COP26 and the climate-peace nexus: why peace should matter for the COP and why COP26 is important for peace

Published by the Global Observatory on 12 November: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2021/11/why-peace-should-matter-for-the-cop-and-why-cop26-is-important-for-peace/ In the medium to long-term, the most effective prevention against the worst … More

Lessons for Cabo Delgado from the African experience in Somalia

Published in the ACCORD COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor on 29 April 2021, available at: https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/lessons-for-cabo-delgado-from-the-african-experience-in-somalia/ What can we learn … More

Strengthening the resilience and adaptive capacity of societies at risk from hybrid threats

How would the civilian population of a specific country respond to significant disruptions caused by hybrid threats? This paper explores … More

Hybridity, Adaptive Peacebuilding and Complexity

This chapter introduces Complexity and Adaptive Peacebuilding and considers how it contributes to the contemporary hybridity debate. Following a brief … More

The future of UN peace operations: Principled adaptation through phases of contraction, moderation, and renewal

Published in Contemporary Security Policy in March 2021 as part of a special issue on the future of UN peace … More

Pathways towards a revitalised Africa-Europe strategic partnership

Published by FriEnt on 01.10.2020 at: https://www.frient.de/en/blogdata/frient-blog/pathways-towards-a-revitalised-africa-europe-strategic-partnership The African Union and European Union were scheduled to adopt a new strategic … More

Adaptive Peace Operations: Navigating the Complexity of Influencing Societal Change Without Causing Harm

Adaptive Peace Operations: Navigating the Complexity of Influencing Societal Change Without Causing Harm Cedric de Coning (2020) Adaptive Peace Operations: Navigating the … More

Insights from Complexity Theory for Peace and Conflict Studies

This is a chapter in O. Richmond, G. Visoka (eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies, that was published … More

Measuring peace consolidation: for whom and for what purpose?

Published as Cedric de Coning (2020) Measuring Peace Consolidation: For Whom and for What Purpose?, Ethnopolitics, 19:3,320-323, DOI: 10.1080/17449057.2020.1759918 Symposium on Richard Caplan’s ‘Measuring Peace’ (Oxford University … More