Intellectual leadership for peace
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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Most armed conflicts in Africa have a significant transnational element. This key research finding inverts the standard trope that the
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The Conflict Research Programme (CRP) is an international consortium of researchers and academics working in partnership to deliver findings from
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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
Read moreAlex de Waal teamed up with Kenyan artist Victor Ndula to create two series depicting what de Waal calls the
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The concept of a ‘political marketplace’, developed by Alex de Waal, is gaining currency among diplomats, peacemakers, aid workers and
Read moreAs my framework of the “political marketplace” becomes more widely referenced among people who study Africa and the Middle East,
Read moreIn the of the 3 November 2016 edition of the London Review of Books, Alex de Waal reviews From War
Read moreThe Times Literary Supplement of October 14, 2016 includes both a review of Alex de Waal’s The Real Politics of
Read moreKleptocracies are bad. A kleptocracy going bankrupt is dangerous. The Enough Project should know better than to advocate it. One
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