That sinking feeling in Somalia? The trouble with NGOs in the Horn of Africa
There has been welcome progress in the NGO sector in Somalia during recent years, with many new organisations setting up around the country. However, questions... Read More
Northern Ireland’s incomplete peace – young feminists speak out
Organising around a belief in feminism’s ability to articulate and represent visions of peace and politics, a new generation of feminists is emerging to challenge... Read More
Updates on the Basque peace process
In mid-December, the International Verification Commission announced that it had “received reports from ETA that it is continuing the process of sealing and putting its... Read More
Justice denied? The ICC’s record in the DRC
The ICC has pursued the ‘small fish’ in the DRC, letting those most responsible for the worst crimes off the hook.
Reconciliation in the Cote d’Ivoire – mission impossible?
Four years on from the Second Ivorian Civil War, the Cote d’Ivoire’s truth and reconciliation commission is tasked with helping to heal the divisions the... Read More
Reflections on the Peshawar massacre
The policy of using proxies has produced the Peshawar massacre. It has failed miserably. Pakistan will continue to remain a nation at war and will... Read More
Je suis Charlie – a quoi bon?
Whilst apprehensive about ‘verbal delict’, open disapproval by decision- and opinion-makers of public statements and pictures considered offensive by Muslims, coupled with education about ‘the... Read More
Top 15 GCCT articles of 2014
TransConflict is pleased to present the top-15 articles from members of the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation published during 2014.
Keynote Lecture – “The political geography of Israel/Palestine: apartheid or confederation?”
TransConflict is pleased to announce the lecture, “The Political Geography of Israel/Palestine: Apartheid or Confederation?”, organised by the Centre for Comparative Conflict Studies (CFCCS) on... Read More
The Cyprus dilemma at a crossroads – a perspective on negotiations
The Turkish Cypriot refusal to accept the EU’s presence at the negotiation table represents a profound challenge to the effectiveness of EU mediation in negotiations over... Read More
Ireland and Kosovo
Elements of the Irish-English settlement may offer a model for how a Kosovar-Serbia deal might be made, including recognition that the creation of an ethnic state cannot proceed peacefully on the back of forcing an ethnic minority to join.
Women in Northern Ireland – sharing the learning
In the last two years, more than 600 women peacebuilders have met on a cross-community and cross-border basis to share their experiences of working for... Read More
Northern Ireland – attitudes to peace walls
In 2012 a research team based at the University of Ulster successfully applied for research funding to the Office of the First Minister and Deputy... Read More
Do good walls make good neighbours?
Over a decade on from the Good Friday Agreement, Belfast is yet to tackle the interfaces and contested spaces of the north of the city, or indeed to look to remove the walls that have for so long shaped the daily lives of the people living there; real peace does not need to be sustained or “secured” by walls.
Taliban butchers are Pashtun cowards
The Taliban have sunk so low on the scale of humanity, that they are no longer Pashtuns: for a Pashtun respects the the Pashtunwali and will die... Read More
Turkey’s rapprochement with Iraqi Kurdistan – an obstacle to the Kurdish peace process?
The decision by Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to pursue rapprochement with the president of Iraqi Kurdistan could prove a profound obstacle to the Kurdish... Read More
