Impunity and Boko Haram in north-eastern Nigeria
The Boko Haram conflict northern Nigeria has been mostly viewed in social, economic, and religious terms; however, the relationship between the politics of transitional justice... Read More
A welcome shift towards peace
The eagerly-awaited High Level Panel Report on the post-2015 development agenda has set out a transformative agenda with much for proponents of peace-related commitments to... Read More
Kosovo – who gets to decide EULEX’s departure?
No one can force EULEX to stay in Kosovo if the EU and Pristina agree it’s time to go. But that would simply pass the... Read More
On the mathematics of war
By pulling raw data from the news and plotting it onto a graph, Sean Gourley and his team have come up with a stunning conclusion... Read More
Integrating Somali women into peacebuilding processes
Despite the great strides they have been made in cementing peace in Somalia, women remain marginalized from such processes. As such, the forgotten heroines of peacebuilding... Read More
Empowering the forgotten heroines of peacebuilding – the Somali Women
Women have played an indispensable role in conflict transformation and peacebuilding in Somaliland, despite a lack of recognition and marginalization from formal peacebuilding efforts in... Read More
The UN Arms Treaty – a milestone in peacekeeping or flawed and discriminatory?
The 2013 UN Arms Treaty has been heralded as a milestone document that has the potential to curb the weapons trade, but there is a... Read More
Lessons in war – military use of schools and other education institutions during conflict
TransConflict is pleased to present the findings of a study by the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) which sets out how armed forces and non-state... Read More
Honor Malala’s birthday by protecting education from attack
To mark the birthday of Malala Yousafzai, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) called on governments, non-state armed groups, international and local organizations, and... Read More
From YouTube to Jihad – Balkan volunteers in Syria
Even though conservative Islam is not much appreciated among the liberal and secular Bosniak and Albanian communities in the Western Balkans, radical groups show an... Read More
Five inconvenient truths about Kosovo
If Kosovo is ever to be the functioning state its supporters think it is, considerable attention will have to be paid to issues of power-sharing... Read More
Egypt’s democratic phantasm
If Egypt now falls into a period of extended civil conflict, this will not be a new phenomenon driven by recently discovered popular democratic impulses.... Read More
Kosovo – what or who can convince the northern Kosovo Serbs?
“Multi-ethnic democracy” is a peculiar Western myth that few in Kosovo really believe in but that the Albanians have been very clever at using to... Read More
Disarming with empathy
TransConflict is pleased to present a talk on empathy by Jo Berry, whose father, Anthony, a Conservative Member of Parliament, was killed by the IRA... Read More
We’ll do this again sometime – retaining lessons-learned from Iraq and Afghanistan
As NATO prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan, and the engagement in Iraq passes 10 years, government leaders must take on board the lessons learned from... Read More
Promoting the role of youth in peacebuilding
On July 10 and 11, the Youth Advocacy Team of the United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY Peacebuilders) will participate in two events taking place... Read More
The Basque Country – patience and determination
Driving a peace process forward requires staying patient and determined. What has been achieved seemed unthinkable a few years ago, so it is now also... Read More
Dialogue and the public realm
Dialogue has to address the fundamentals of faiths – not just to discover how much they have in common, but to understand the differences and... Read More
US foreign policy and the pursuit of “democracy”
The problem with the US effort to push “democracy” is that it doesn’t seem to help anyone. When the US talks democracy, it means the... Read More
The military, in the barracks and in society
By staging a coup, Egypt’s generals have acted against the grain of an era in which militaries have become less involved in politics. That is... Read More
Explosions in Egypt
Democracy is the product of a process; it is not the product of instantaneous results. Egypt – and much of the Middle East – is... Read More
Serbia and its migration issue – dealing with the past, managing the present
Taking into account the surprisingly low numbers of persons granted any form of international protection, the actual situation in Serbia raises serious doubts about whether... Read More
Balkans in the Χάουζ
TransConflict is pleased to present a celebration of Balkan culture – through films, music, images and theatre – in Athens on 4th and 5th July,... Read More
Protests in Bosnia and Herzegovina – building momentum for change?
Protests in Bosnia and Herzegovina against the inefficient administration and deteriorating socio-economic situation will be used as an argument for constitutional reform. Accordingly, the EU... Read More
Sacrificing Kosovo
It is necessary for Belgrade to deal directly with Pristina without the interference of Brussels, Berlin, London, Washington or Moscow to discuss the major issues,... Read More