White, S., Collet, D., Alcoberro, A. et al. Climate, peace, and conflict—past and present: Bridging insights from historical sciences and contemporary research. Ambio 54, 774–792 … More
Author: Cedric de Coning
Cedric de Coning is a Research Professor with the Peace, Conflict and Development Research Group at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), where he coordinates the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON) and co-convenes the NUPI Center on United Nations and Global Governance. He is also a Senior Advisor for ACCORD. He tweets at @CedricdeConing
What Future for Peace in a World Characterized by Uncertainty and Fear?
Cedric de Coning and John, Lord Alderdice (2025) “What Future for Peace in a World Characterized by Uncertainty and Fear?,” … More
Resilience, Peacebuilding, and Preventing Violent Extremism: A Complex Systems Perspective on Sustaining Peace
Edited by Cedric de Coning, Rui Saraiva, Ako Muto This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the complex drivers of violent extremism, along … More
Is Europe preparing for the wrong war in Ukraine?
Published originally as a LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/europe-preparing-wrong-war-ukraine-cedric-de-coning-nrv4f/ Over the last few months, the political and diplomatic focus in Europe’s capitals has … More
The Peace and Security Implications of Climate Change for the Nordic Region
Published in the Nordic Review of International Studies, No 3 of 2024, and available here: https://nris.journal.fi/article/view/141742 Abstract Climate-related stressors like … More
Climate change and peacebuilding: sub-themes of an emerging research agenda
Florian Krampe, Dylan O’Driscoll, McKenzie Johnson, Dahlia Simangan, Farah Hegazi, Cedric de Coning, Climate change and peacebuilding: sub-themes of an … More
What Would It Take for a Ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine to Hold?
Published in IPI’s Global Observatory on 18 March 2025, and available here: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2025/03/what-would-it-take-for-a-ceasefire-between-russia-and-ukraine-to-hold/ We know a lot about how to … More
Coping with the Complexity of the Changing Character of War: Toward a New Paradigm of Adaptive Peace
Published as: de Coning, Cedric (2024) “Coping with the Complexity of the Changing Character of War: Toward a New Paradigm … More
How does climate change affect peace and security?
Should the Security Council Engage with Implications of Climate Change? Let’s Look at the Scientific Evidence
Halvard Buhaug, Cedric de Coning, Nina von Uexkull Published in the Global Observatory on 8 June 2023, available at: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2023/06/security-council-climate-change-scientific-evidence/ … More
Complexity 4 Peace 