Local Climate Policy-Making in the UK
While local climate policy involves a whole range of organisations that we might not normally consider to be important, central governments approach towards municipalities plays a crucial role in shaping policy.
Lost Generations: Consequences of and Responses to Child Soldier Recruitment
Despite being strictly prohibited in international humanitarian law, child soldiering remains a serious global problem. How effective has the international community’s response to this phenomenon been?
Marine Resource Scarcity, Fisheries Conflict and Maritime Insecurity
Increasingly, non-traditional threats to maritime security are linked to resource scarcity and conflict. An overriding challenge for policymakers is how to address these threats.
Intersecting Commitments: The Responsibility to Protect and the Women Peace and Security Agenda
The acknowledgement of gender issues through the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda marked a watershed moment for women’s rights.
Militarising Conservation: A Triple Fail for Security, People and Wildlife
Biodiversity conservation is becoming increasingly militarised. Conservationists are learning from the strategies of contemporary warfare, and this is highly problematic for both wildlife and global security.
Interview: Alex Bellamy
In this interview Professor Bellamy discusses the successes and failures of the Responsibility to Protect and the future of this doctrine.
Mission Impossible: The Elusive Search for Peace in Syria
The Syrian war is one of the worst political and humanitarian crises since the Second World War and mediation attempts have proven largely fruitless. What are the reasons behind their failure, and what are the prospects for peace in the future?
Interview: Jon Moran
In this interview, Dr. Moran discusses the use of remote warfare in Libya, its effectiveness and some of the key problems yielded by the use of this tactic.
Music and Dance in Youth Peacebuilding
Music and dance can be useful means to engage youth in a dialogue for peace. Music and dance can also provide many unique insights into transforming conflicts and achieving change.
Drone Strikes and Never-Ending Wars
Drone strikes have been a core strategy of the so-called global war on terror. But there have also been many questions raised surrounding the effectiveness, transparency, legitimacy, and ethics of their use.
Ending the Niger Delta’s Oil Wars: Will the Crimilegal Settlement Hold?
A blanket amnesty for militant groups ended the oil wars in the Niger Delta. However, the pact that was struck in 2009 between the federal government and the oil warriors is unstable.