Conference 2026 Registration – CRS

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The CRS Annual Conference 2026 is fast approaching, and registration is open until 24 April.

⚠️ All participants must register individually by the deadline.

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ISIS and Al-Qaeda have never carried out attacks against Israel. #Geopolitics #ISIS #AlQaeda #Israel #MiddleEast #Terrorism #SecurityAnalysis #ForeignPolicy #ConflictStudies #ProxyWar #StrangeAlliances

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How do aid and social welfare programmes affect social tensions in Lebanon? This contribution explores how assistance targeting vulnerable communities can interact with inequality and conflict dynamics.
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#SocialPolicy #MENA #Lebanon #ConflictStudies

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Merouani, Jawad & Kivimäki analyse how conflicts generate cross-border effects on human development, showing that the social consequences of war extend well beyond national borders.
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#SocialPolicy #MENA #HumanDevelopment #ConflictStudies

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📢 Forum 25.3 📢 Walton et al. explore the complex links between social welfare and conflict in the MENA
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#SocialPolicy #MENA #ConflictStudies #GlobalSocialPolicy #Conflict #SocialWelfare @sagepub.com @journals.sagepub.com

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies CONDITIONS, DYNAMICS,              AND CONSEQUENCES OF                 VIOLENT CONFLICTS

New insights from the Violent Futures? project: exploring how large-scale infrastructure & development corridors in Kenya & Tanzania shape conflict dynamics and local futures. 🌍📊 #ViolentFutures #ConflictStudies #Development #AfricaResearch bicc.de/Projects/Vio...

📢 Great seminar today!
Our colleague David Kreitmeir presented “The Political Economy of Socioenvironmental Conflict: Evidence from #Peru”. Insightful discussion on resources, protest, and accountability.
#PoliticalEconomy #EnvironmentalEconomics #ConflictStudies #econtwitter #econsky

Conflicted Calculations: When Strategic Decisions Aren’t Strategic at All - Stratheia Why strategic failure stems from ideology, intelligence gaps, and unintended consequences rather than rational planning.

Underestimating an adversary’s capabilities is often more fatal than overestimating them.
#MilitaryStrategy #DefensePlanning #StrategicRisk #ConflictStudies
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One of the final publications of our chair 📘

The Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies: Perspectives from the Global South is now fully open access.

Many thanks to all editors and contributing authors 🌍

#OpenAccess #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies #GlobalSouth #AcademicPublishing

Save the date for the 24th Peace and Conflict Talk:
Scenarios for War Termination and Durable Peace in Sudan by Dr. Mohammed Gebrail (Univ. of Konstanz)

📅 29 Jan 2026
🕒 3:00–4:30 CET
🌍 Online | English
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#PeaceResearch #ConflictStudies #Sudan #PoliticalEconomy #PaCT

Hegemonic Desperation and the Regional Peace Crisis in South Asia - Stratheia India’s zero-sum regional strategy and politics have deepened South Asia’s instability, undermining trust, and prospects for peace.

Kashmir remains the unresolved fault line of South Asian security.
#Kashmir #SouthAsianSecurity #ConflictStudies
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BasisPointInsight.com - From Proxies to Lone Actors: The Changing Face of Terror in 2025 by Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) As mass attacks fade, terror is fragmenting into lone actors, micro-cells and tech-enabled networks—harder to detect, harder to deter, and more dangerous. by Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd), BasisPoint...

1/3 Terrorism in 2025 is no longer defined by large, centrally planned attacks. It has fragmented into lone actors, micro-cells and loosely connected networks that are harder to detect, attribute and deter.

#ConflictStudies #CounterTerrorism

Call for Papers: Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace (Keynote Speaker: Benjamin Noys)

University of Nicosia, Cyprus (May 18 - 19)

#socialsciences #sociologyoftechnology #digitalsociology #digitalpolitics #stsstudies #politicsoftechnology #conflictstudies #accelerationism

BasisPointInsight.com - Pakistan, Gaza, and the Strategic Burden of Unmandated Peacekeeping by Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) In 2003, following the US-led invasion of Iraq, New Delhi was approached to deploy an Indian Army brigade for stabilisation duties. One of the brigades under consideration was based in Ranchi. However...

3/3 Read Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain’s (Retd) column for BasisPoint: Pakistan, Gaza, and the Strategic Burden of Unmandated Peacekeeping

#ConflictStudies #MilitaryEthics #Gaza #SouthAsia #StrategicThinking

The Limits of Militarized Border Management - Stratheia Why militarized borders fail to deliver lasting peace, and how connectivity and political inclusion shape sustainable stability.

From Pakistan to Ukraine, conflicts persist because force treats borders as lines, not lived spaces shaped by identity, economy, and history.
#Geopolitics #ConflictStudies #BorderPolitics
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EUROPE FACING EAST IN THE AGE OF OTTOMAN POWER: War, Diplomacy, and the Composite State by James Tracy has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/47FQkT9

#History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies

#OpenAccess! MIGRATION AS ANCHORAGE: Ethnography of a Palestinian Family in London by Michelle Obeid has now been published!

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#MigrationStudies #Anthropology #ConflictStudies

The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe, edited by Pasi Ihalainen, Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social, Kari Palonen, and Henk te Velde has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/49BK15x

Review by @pseaward.bsky.social

#History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies

Das Buch-Cover von »Digital Warfare« auf neongelbem Hintergrund.

In the digital era, who do you become when war breaks out in your own country? Self-perception in digital spaces, with digital tools and digital minds during the Russo-Ukrainian war.

https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7521-4/

#Ukraine #DigitalWar #ConflictStudies #InternationalRelations

Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Submission We are now accepting submissions for the Spring 2026 sessions of the Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop! This virtual workshop provides a supportive space for junior scholars (PhD candi...

📢 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS | Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop Spring 2026
PhD students, postdocs & junior faculty: Present your research/practice job talk!
🗓️ Virtual: 1st & 3rd Fridays, 1pm ET
📝 Deadline: Dec 5

Application below:

#PoliSci #polisky #JobMarket #ConflictStudies

EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSITION: A Comparative and Transnational Approach to the History of a Political and Social Concept, edited by Pablo Sánchez León and Agustín Cosovschi @cosovschi.bsky.social has now been published!

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#History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies

LURKING COLD WAR: Life Through Historical Communion by Stavroula Pipyrou has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/48rPQ5d

Review by @davidhenig.bsky.social

#PoliticalAnthropology #ConflictStudies #History #Anthropology

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#History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies

Research Programme | African Studies Centre Leiden African Trajectories: Past Dependencies and New Directions (2025–2029) The African Studies Centre Leiden’s new Research Programme 'African Trajectories: Past Dependencies and New Directions' builds…

🚀 The ASCL has just launched its new Research Programme for 2025-2029: 'African Trajectories: Past Dependencies and New Directions'. ➡️ Find out: ascleiden.nl/content/rese...
#research #AfricanStudies #conflictstudies #globalstudies #decolonisation #energytransition #environmentstudies

Job vacancy announcement: Research Coordinator (f/m/d) for KonKoop Early Career Lab at Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies. 75% position, TV-L E 13, focusing on Peace & Conflict Studies in East & Southeast Europe. Start date: April 1, 2026. Application deadline: November 9, 2025.

💼 #JoinUs in beautiful #Regensburg as a #ResearchCoordinator (f/m/d, 75%, up to TV-L 13) for an Early Career Lab in Peace and #ConflictStudies in Eastern & Southeastern Europe. The lab is part of the research network #KonKoop.
📅 Application deadline: 9 Nov 2025
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🕊️ New release: The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication, part of the Global Handbooks in Media & Communications series, co-published by IAMCR & Wiley-Blackwell.

Edited by Sudeshna Roy @roysud.bsky.social

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#PeaceCommunication #ConflictStudies #MediaStudies

BRUNO KREISKY'S FOREIGN POLICY: A Reassessment, edited by Günter Bischof and Michael Burri has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/411vLxX

#History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies

#ASHAWorkers #HealthPolicy #ConflictStudies #GenderAndTechnology #NationalGenderFellowship

CAMBODIAN JOURNEYS: Stories of Refugees Surviving the Khmer Rouge
by Stephen Mamula and Eva Sutton has now been published!

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#RefugeeStudies #Anthropology #ConflictStudies

CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE IN THE LAKE CHAD BASIN: Insecurity in Central Africa, edited by Emmanuel Chauvin, Olivier Langlois, Christian Seignobos and Catherine Baroin has now been published!

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#Anthropology #ConflictStudies #Sociology