Peace Building and Reconciliation Archive
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Are amnesties morally and legally justified?
Posted on July 21, 2013The debate about the moral and legal implications of amnesties is probably as contested as no other topic in the field of conflict resolution. For academics the debate is first ... -
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Somalia needs a New Deal for Peace
Posted on July 2, 2013Last year Somalian Journalist Mohamud Uluso warned that “the future forebodes more pessimism and treachery than optimism and trustworthiness”. His pessimism seemed (almost) misplaced in the recent chorus excitement about Somalia’s progress ... -
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Weapons for the Free Syrian Army: An incentive for Assad to negotiate or further oil on the fire?
Posted on May 30, 2013The UK’s foreign secretary William Hague has recently argued in favour of delivering weapons to the Free Syrian Army. Hague gained support from France, but also significant opposition by several ... -
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Somalia: Rising from the Ashes
Posted on February 28, 2013This article was originally published in The Huffington Post. Known for topping the list of failed states, Somalia seems to be rising from the ashes of war and all its connotations. ... -
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Northern Ireland’s Negative Peace
Posted on February 13, 2013by Jonathan Lima-Matthews and Greg Dawson Progress or Failure? “Northern Ireland remains a divided society” was the summation of the Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report. There has recently been a ... -
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The European Union: Reconciliation at its best and a Peace Nobel Prize well deserved
Posted on October 13, 2012If you read this article you are likely to be a fellow EU citizen. The EU, that is you, me, all of us. Congratulations to the Peace Nobel Prize, well done, ...