Nigeria is far from ready to hold a credible ballot in 2019.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Peace and Security
Displaying 1 - 20 of 435 articles
Ethiopia has taken time and listened to the new prime minister. Now he needs to convert his vision into concrete policies
Kenya may never close Dadaab, but it has good reasons for wishing to do so
Mexico's presidential front-runner wants to end violence in Mexico by pardoning drug traffickers and corrupt officials. Some 235,000 people have died in the country's 11-year cartel war.
Governing parties and officials need to take note of the frustration being expressed by ordinary South Africans.
The death of Mozambican opposition leader Alfonso Dhlakama could affect the progress made to end hostilities in the country.
A big rise in armed attacks in the Sahel - and the intensity of the attacks in recent years - is now seen as a major source of concern.
It is misguided to blame armed conflict and violence on climate change alone.
For the thousands of children who have left armed groups, education is crucial to their reintegration.
Not all African leaders are willing to be swept by the democratic reforms of the early 2000s.
Bolivia's populist leader has been in office for 12 years. He's a thorn in the US's side and an ally of the late Hugo Chávez. Now he's running for a fourth term. But that doesn't make him a dictator.
The genocide memory in Rwanda is diverse and dynamic.
After a fire killed 66 inmates at a Venezuelan jail in March, news stories portrayed the country's prisons as lawless. The real backstory of this deadly riot is more complex — and maybe a bit scarier.
Nearly 40 percent of voters in Costa Rica supported an anti-gay evangelical for president. Maybe progressive Costa Rica is more like its troubled neighboring countries than it once seemed.
It's election season in Pakistan, and the Supreme Court is at war with the ruling party. Many Pakistanis wonder whether the nation's top judge is cleaning up government or staging a judicial coup.
A deal brokered by Ethiopia to develop the port at Berbera will have a ripple effect across the Horn of Africa.
The US secretary of state's visit to five African countries didn't have much to offer by way of investments and commerce.
The US Secretary of State's mission to Africa will produce few benefits for the continent or for US-Africa relations.
Exactly 234,966 people have died in Mexico's 11-year drug war. Now the government wants to deploy soldiers to criminal hot spots, a move many fear will just increase violence and weaken the police.
Refugee policy may well be a humanitarian issue. But it is also a development issue.
Top contributors
-
Research Fellow, Global Governance Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
-
Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
-
Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
-
Researcher on Conflict, Peace and Development, International Institute of Social Studies
-
Professor, Center for Research on North America, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
-
Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
-
Political Science Profesor, Torcuato di Tella University
-
Conacyt Research Professor, National Laboratory of Public Policy, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
-
Chargé d'enseignement International Public Affairs, Sciences Po – USPC
-
Associate Professor of International Relations, Gulf University for Science and Technology
-
Postdoctoral research associate, European University Institute
-
Assistant Professor, Thammasat University
-
PhD researcher, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences
-
Tenure Track in Global History, University of Tampere
-
Research Economist, United Nations University
