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Global Outlook: Contemporary Peace Research and Practice

Five Conflicts to Keep an Eye On in 2024

By Tobias Ide  |  15 January, 2024

In 2024, five conflicts have potentially far-reaching consequences and international attention could be crucial in making a difference for those affected.

The Way We Were

By Nassrine Azimi  |  02 January, 2024

From Jewish school days in Tehran, to a wish and a prayer from Hiroshima.

Exposing the Emerging Orientalist Narrative of Peace and Security for Afghanistan Part I

By Bashir Mobasher and Zakira Rasooli  |  04 December, 2023

A growing number of self-proclaimed Afghanistan observers in the West propagate the notion of a 'safe' and 'peaceful' Afghanistan under the Taliban.

Exposing the Emerging Orientalist Narrative of Peace and Security for Afghanistan Part II

By Bashir Mobasher and Zakira Rasooli  |  04 December, 2023

What visitors to Afghanistan can fail to recognise is the stark disparity between their experiences and the experiences of the local population.

Turning the Gaza Ceasefire into a Circuit-Breaker

By Ramesh Thakur  |  27 November, 2023

Israelis and Palestinians have to somehow draw a line under the past – or they will face a future of chaos.

Scaling the Wall of Grief in Israel and Palestine

By Lisa Schirch  |  17 October, 2023

Scaling the wall of grief requires us to understand history. Stories of the intertwined history of European Christians, Jews, and Palestinian Muslims and Christians are grappling hooks to help us begin to scale this wall.

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