Threats, Public Support, and Military Intervention
“[W]hether public opinion is a constraint on military action or an effect of threats strongly depends on the primary objective of the military operation and whether or not the threats to a state’s national interests are clear and tangible.”
Beyond Armed Conflict: Exploring Broader Understandings of Reconciliation in Colombia
There are fairly evenly split views on the possibility of reconciliation with former combatants, as well as varied opinions (sometimes along gender, income, education level, and/or regional lines) on which activities would foster reconciliation and how willing respondents would be to come into close contact with former combatants.
Limiting State Violence and Activist Violence in Nonviolent Resistance Struggles
Limiting both state violence and activist violence in the context of a civil resistance struggle is important to movement success.
Movement Violence Can Lead to a Decline in Public Support
In Barcelona, a four-day-long riot associated with 15-M led to an overall 12-point decline in public support for the movement.
Masculinities, Militarization, and Myth-Making in Post-Genocide Rwanda
Certain gendered myths—like the “gentleman soldier” and “women as peacebuilders”—were used by the Rwandan Defense Forces to re-assert traditional gender roles.
Barriers to Peace for Women in Nepal and Bosnia
Women find innovative ways to build peace in their daily lives, significantly supplementing formal peacebuilding initiatives.
Volume 4, Issue 4
Nearly all nonviolent resistance movements face a common challenge—the temptation to turn to violence, whether among those within the movement or on the part of the government whose policies or behaviors may be the target of the resistance movement.
Refugee Resettlement as a Form of Transnational Peacebuilding
Liberian refugees in Canada reported being involved in peacebuilding in Liberia primarily through remittances, but smaller numbers reported involvement through the transfer of social capital and engagement in the Canadian political process.
Challenges to Integrating Refugees into the Formal Economy in Jordan
The Jordan Compact is a work program for Syrian refugees created by the Government of Jordan and numerous international partners that frames refugees not just as “objects of humanitarian care” but as “unused human capital, which can be made productive.”
What Makes Some Refugees More Likely to be Approached for Armed Group Recruitment?
Refugees who exhibited a greater degree of relative economic deprivation, who knew someone who had been recruited into an armed group, or who had previous combat experience were more likely than others to be approached for recruitment into armed groups.
The Refugee Crisis and Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Others
Local people take perspectives on refugees by 1) imagining themselves as the foreign “other” or in the refugee situation or 2) making assumptions about the foreign “other” or the refugee situation.
