Consequences of Excluding Armed Actors from Peace Negotiations
The exclusion of some rebel groups from peace negotiations can perpetuate civil war, rather than hastening a resolution.
Making Civil Resistance Work against Rightwing Populism
The focus of civil resistance movements on ousting rightwing populist leaders is counterproductive because it plays into narratives of “us vs. them” and hampers efforts to gain broad-based support by polarizing supporters and detractors of rightwing populism.
More Women in Government, Less Corruption, More Peace
When governments are less corrupt and have high levels of women’s participation, they are better able to promote and support peacebuilding.
Women’s Ethnic Organizations, Representation, and Informal Peacebuilding in Myanmar
Women play a crucial role in building peace at the grassroots level in Myanmar, even if they are not represented adequately in the formal peace talks.
Assessing the Shift from Liberal Peacebuilding to Counterterrorism and Stabilization Operations
More militarized UN peacekeeping mandates do not address the root causes of conflict and can contribute to cycles of violence and terrorist recruitment.
More Civilian Casualties, Less Support for Military Action
People care about deaths in war, whether the killing of their own soldiers or the killing of foreign civilians, which affects their support for military action.
Exploring the Relationships Between Climate Change, Migration, and Violent Conflict
When climate change is framed as a security threat, it is often due to assumptions about how changes in the climate will cause mass migration, which will itself precipitate violent conflict.
Rethinking the Climate-Conflict Relationship
In 2016 and 2017, Eastern Africa experienced a drought that most experts believe to be linked to global climate change.
How the Paris Agreement Can Help Us Get to a Low-Carbon Global Economy
The Paris Agreement’s most significant departure from the Kyoto Protocol was the shift from top-down, legally binding emissions targets to bottom-up, voluntary pledges on emission cuts, opening the way for reluctant parties to get on board and for the climate agreement to articulate more ambitious goals.
From Water Scarcity to Conflict or Cooperation
Although it can be a factor that exacerbates conflict, water scarcity in transboundary river basins can also provide incentives and opportunities for greater cooperation between countries.
Considering Links Between Gender, Climate Change, and Conflict
Gender—along with other social identities—positions women and men in particular ways in relation to power and influences both how vulnerable or adaptive they are to environmental change and how they experience violent conflict and its transformation.
