Kosovo under autonomy
Kosovo Under Autonomy endeavors to provide new analyses of several controversies surrounding the relationships between Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo between 1974-1990: the causes of... Read More
Attitudes to peace walls – key findings
TransConflict is pleased to present the key findings of research into attitudes to peace walls in Northern Ireland, which show that more than three quarters... Read More
Kosovo – is Belgrade seeking a Republika Srpska?
The Quint would be rightly concerned over a Serbian demand to give an association its own powers, funds and representation at central level. That would be... 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
War, peace and a new world paved with good intentions through sport
Sport has often been overlooked as a form of soft power that is able to broker moments of normality within periods of conflict between ethnic... Read More
Kosovo – painting into a corner
Leaving the northern Kosovo Serbs out of the process of determining their future leaves open the possibility that whatever Belgrade might come to accept under... Read More
Confronting the Yugoslav controversies – a scholars’ initiative
TransConflict is pleased to announce that, every Friday, it will be presenting extracts from ‘Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies: A Scholars’ Initiative (Second Edition)’. Charles Ingrao,... Read More
Cyberwar and international humanitarian law
Hostile states, non-state actors and individuals have not only taken to the internet as a means of expressing themselves, but have also created a hotbed of... Read More
Addressing horizontal inequalities as drivers of conflict in the post-2015 development agenda
Horizontal inequalities increase the risk of violent conflict, and violence and conflict can worsen inequalities. This paper analyzes how inequalities, violent conflicts and the relation between... Read More
Solving the Syrian conflict starts with shutting up
Can a decentralised transitional power model – as proposed in ‘Solving the Syrian conflict starts with building trust’ – really be carried out by western diplomats... Read More
UN in Kosovo held responsible for failing to investigate forced disappearances – too little, too late?
In a landmark decision, the Human Rights Advisory Panel found UNMIK responsible for failing to investigate forced disappearances. With such competencies having now been transferred... Read More
Burundi – problematic reconciliation in the hills
Internally displaced persons of the Ruhororo site are living in difficult conditions amongst an already well established population. Despite the harsh conditions that an IDP... Read More
The Bosnian Project
TransConflict is pleased to present ‘The Bosnian Project, which explores the question of identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina – particularly whether or not there is a shared,... Read More
Turkey and the Kurdish conflict – domestic agenda meets regional concerns
Though a possible peace deal with the PKK has a lot to offer to Turkey, the process is still susceptible to spoilers. Should the rumoured PKK... Read More
Serbia, Kosovo and EU enlargement
Only Washington can push Pristina to accept a compromise over the north. Yet despite the fact that the Ahtisaari Plan clearly allows them to have... Read More
Security Council Resolution 1244 – everyone’s favorite crutch
Kosovo has been an abject failure of Western policy, especially in Washington where successive administrations have been content to pontificate, but have been unwilling to... Read More
A “Republika Srpska” in Kosova?
The only way Kosova can hope to manage successfully the creation of a Serb counter-government is if Washington can accomplish what it has failed to so far... Read More
Kosovo – remembering what the Ahtisaari Plan says
The latest round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina appears not to have reached agreement, with the north still remaining the issue. Yet, the Ahtisaari... Read More
Can reconciliation be pursued through history teaching?
EUROCLIO offers a successful model for many history educators in Europe to address innovative, and often controversial, content as well as collaborative, active, meaningful and... Read More
Promoting responsible history education – the case of EUROCLIO
EUROCLIO, the European Association for History Educators, propagates an approach to history education that smoothes out the ragged edges of nationalism and other ideologies, deconstructing... Read More
Peace initiatives on the Sotik/Borabu border in Kenya
Despite the apparent return to peace after the terrible events of the 2007/2008 post-election violence, complex pockets of conflicts – which are formed along ethnic... Read More
Drivers of pastoralist violence in northwestern Kenya
Pastoralist violence in northwestern Kenya can be divided into three contexts – the traditional, the political and the business – each of which must be taken... Read More
