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  • PROGRAM
    • PEACE AND GLOBAL TRENDS
      • Global Arms Trade and Corruption
        • Revitalizing Debate on the Global Arms Trade
        • Defense Industries, Foreign Policy and Armed Conflict
        • Indefensible
        • The Corruption Tracker
      • Political Markets and Conflict Research
        • PeaceREP
        • Carbon Compacts, Decarbonization, and Peace in Fragile States in Africa and the Middle East
    • PROTECTING VULNERABLE GROUPS
      • Mass Atrocities Research
        • Memory from the Margins
        • Mass Atrocity Endings Research
        • Dignity for the Dead: In Their Presence
      • Mass Starvation Research
        • Accountability for Starvation
        • The History and Future of Famine
          • Famine Trends Dataset, Tables and Graphs
      • Tracking COVID-19 in Detention
      • Children and Youth Staying Safe in Violent Conflict
    • AFRICAN PEACE RESEARCH
      • Responding to Crises in the Horn
      • Sudan Peace Archive
      • African Peace Missions
  • Publications
    • World Peace Foundation Publications
    • Alex de Waal publications
    • Bridget Conley publications
    • Sam Perlo-Freeman publications
    • Dyan Mazurana WPF publications
  • Events
    • AY2022-2023 Events
    • Past Events
      • In Their Presence: Debates on the dignity, display, and ownership of human remains
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Publications

famine Gender mass starvation New Publication Publications 

New Occasional Paper: Gender, Famine and Mortality

December 9, 2021November 14, 2022 Bridget Conley 1362 Views famine, Gender

During times of famine, sex, gender and age differences matter. But precisely how and why these factors intersect with famine conditions is an issue of much debate.

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Human Rights and Justice New Publication New Research Prison Program Publications Research 

96 Deaths in Detention: A View of COVID-19 in the Federal Bureau of Prisons as Captured in Death Notices

August 28, 2020August 31, 2020 Bridget Conley 958 Views 0 Comment

On March 28th, the Federal Bureau of Prisons reported the first death of someone in their custody: Patrick Jones, a

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Global Arms Trade New Publication Publications 

Corrupt third-parties in the legal arms trade

April 3, 2020November 2, 2020 Lisa Avery 1645 Views 0 Comment arms business, arms trade, Global Arms Business, Global Arms Trade

This paper presents a preliminary typology of arms trade intermediaries as encountered in the more than 40 cases of corruption in the compendium.

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South Sudan Soldiers lined up with red berets
New Publication Political Marketplace Publications 

Recent publications from the Conflict Research Programme

December 10, 2019September 2, 2020 Lisa Avery 1176 Views 0 Comment conflict research, political marketplace, South Sudan, Sudan

Creating a peaceful political order in South Sudan often seems like trying to cage a torrent: however creative the formula, however forceful its application, the water always escapes.

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Red flag against clouds
Global Arms Trade Publications 

Red Flags and Red Diamonds

September 19, 2019October 30, 2020 Lisa Avery 1756 Views 0 Comment corruption, Global Arms

Red Flags and Red Diamonds: the warning signs and political drivers of arms trade corruption, a new report by Dr. Sam Perlo-Freeman

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Horn of Africa Publications Research Sudan 

New Occasional Paper: “Sudan–A Political Marketplace Framework Analysis”

August 2, 2019August 31, 2020 Bridget Conley 1660 Views 0 Comment

Alex de Waal analyzes the development of Sudan’s political economy and political market.

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famine mass starvation Publications 

Accountability for Starvation

June 20, 2019November 14, 2022 Bridget Conley 4164 Views famine

Three new reports in the project “Accountability for Starvation: Testing the Limits of the Law” are now available.

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Horn of Africa Political Marketplace Publications 

The Transnational Conflict in Africa Dataset

April 24, 2019May 6, 2022 Bridget Conley 3203 Views 0 Comment Africa, African Peace Missions, conflict data, political marketplace

Most armed conflicts in Africa have a significant transnational element. This key research finding inverts the standard trope that the

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Horn of Africa Peace and Security Publications 

Pax Africana or Middle East Security Alliance in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea?

January 25, 2019August 31, 2020 Lisa Avery 1965 Views 0 Comment Horn of Africa, Middle East, political marketplace, Red Sea

A new occasional paper by Alex de Waal examines the peace and security challenges facing the Horn of Africa in the context of assertive military and political engagement from the Arabian Peninsular

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Horn of Africa Publications Somalia 

The Prairie Fire that Burned Mogadishu

December 13, 2018August 31, 2020 Lisa Avery 1472 Views 0 Comment Africa, clans, Somalia

A new occasional paper by Alex de Waal, as part of the Conflict Research Programme.

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