Recent Submissions

  • Peace and Conflict-Covid-19 Nexus in Yemen – a Consultation with Experts: The Impact on Women’s Inclusion in the Peace Process in Yemen 

    Peace Track Initiative (PeaceRep, 2022)
    This report is the third in a series that has examined the connections between Covid-19 and the conflict in Yemen in considering prospects of broader inclusion, i.e. women, when rethinking the peace process. The first ...
  • Covid-19: Tool of Conflict or Opportunity for Local Peace in Northwest Syria? 

    Beaujouan, Juline (Political Settlements Research Programme (PSRP), 2021-07)
    Despite early mitigation measures and a proactive stance, opposition governance institutions used the Covid-19 crisis as a political tool at the expense of relief. The opposition Syrian Interim government in northern ...
  • Breathing Space: Vaccination Ceasefires in Armed Conflict 

    Russell, Ian; Wise, Laura; Badanjak, Sanja (Political Settlements Research Programme (PSRP), 2021-09)
    In March 2020, as people worldwide grappled with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) called for a global ceasefire “to help create corridors for life-saving aid. To open precious ...
  • Pandemic Cleavages: Covid-19 and the South Sudanese Peace Process 

    Pospisil, Jan (Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), 2021-07)
    About: Roughly 15 months into the Covid-19 pandemic, it now becomes possible to analyse the impact the pandemic shock had on peace processes globally and assess its mid- and long-term consequences. This briefing investigates ...
  • Pandemic Pauses: Understanding Ceasefires in a Time of Covid-19 

    Wise, Laura; Badanjak, Sanja; Bell, Christine; Knäussel, Fiona (Political Settlements Research Programme (PSRP), 2021)
    On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the rapid global spread of the novel coronavirus known as Covid-19 as a pandemic.1 Shortly after, on 23 March 2020, the UN Secretary General (UNSG) Antonio ...
  • Covid-19: Tool of Conflict or Opportunity for Local Peace in Northwest Syria? 

    Beaujouan, Juline; El hafi, Abdulah; Ghreiz, Eyas (Global Justice Academy, University of Edinburgh, 2021-06)
    Evidence shows that local communities played a central role in mitigating the impact of Covid-19, helping to bridge the governance gap in northwest Syria. As Covid-19 was spreading across the world in the early months ...
  • An Interactive Tracker for Ceasefires in the Time of COVID-19 

    Allison, John; Badanjak, Sanja; Bach, Benjamin; Bell, Christine; Bhattacharya, Devanjan; Knaussel, Fiona; Wise, Laura (Elsevier, 2020-12-14)
    COVID-19 poses a distinct health challenge in conflict-affected states. Conflict has been recognised as a direct threat to health and a factor that complicates responses to health crises. Reflecting these challenges, the ...