China’s drive toward becoming a soccer superpower is reflective of its own political economy. On the political side, its objectives are national pride domestically, and great power status internati...

In recent years, the function of walls as a major role in border protection has been a topic of global conversation. For decades now, many Europeans have enjoyed the ability to eat breakfast in Par...

In Colombia and elsewhere around the world, a new appreciation has been emerging of the roles youth-led civil society can play in building and sustaining peace. It’s a recognition of the vital cont...

International mediation processes are a peace and conflict studies’ object of study in their own right, which seems to broaden as new international actors, such as regional organizations, come to t...

“The way that America has changed after 9/11 is the way that Kenya will change after Garissa”—Kenyan Vice-President William RutoWhere border walls and securitization in Kenya are concerned, it is a...

As explained by Ellen Fleischmann, “crucial to understanding Third World feminisms is a notion of agency which works not through the logic of [gender] identification but through the logic of opposi...

Caroline Sinalo’s Rwanda After Genocide: Gender, Identity and Post-Traumatic Growth addresses an important yet often overlooked aspect of the experiences of genocide survivors: their resilience and...

In the following I examine the legal right of Australians to be conscientious objectors, that is, to disobey conscription laws if their beliefs (religious or otherwise) preclude them from reporting...