Publications

This paper presents the ethnic and ideological factors in the Sudan crisis as products of other processes, notably the strategies adopted by successive governments for managing the peripheries and the...chevron_right

This working paper argues that a regionalist approach is not a viable policy option for Central Asian states. The author outlines Central Asia's dismal record on regional cooperation and argues that t...chevron_right

This working paper examines the development of the Sungusungu, community-based security organizations in Kenya. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, these groups evolved to fill the security vacuum left be...chevron_right

This working paper argues that the violence plaguing Central America during the 1970s and 1980s - officially ended in 1996 - continues largely unabated. Drawing on the example of Nicaragua, the author...chevron_right

This working paper identifies the marginal role of ideological actors in the jihadi movement in post-1992 Afghanistan as the chief reason for state collapse. The author explains that, relying heavily ...chevron_right

This working paper examines the relationship between terrorism and development. It compares urban centers of the global north and south and their exposures to risk. The author argues that although ter...chevron_right

This report examines donor policy commitment to local ownership of security sector reforms (SSR). The emphasis is on political and practical guidance to donors and other external actors. The book incl...chevron_right

This paper examines detailed demographic data on Iraq, in particular data collected since 1990. After presenting a brief modern history of Iraq and commenting on population trends in the country, it a...chevron_right

This working paper investigates whether electoral fraud was committed in Mozambique's 2004 presidential election. Due to a lack of comparative electoral data to conduct a standard quantitative analysi...chevron_right

This paper revisits the debate on how the escalation of ethnic identity to full-scale conflict can be prevented and applies the theories to the case of ethnic violence in India. The author outlines th...chevron_right

This paper analyzes society in India, especially, the marginalized and depressed sections of its population. Despite policies aimed at the marginalized sections of India's society, the equity issue re...chevron_right

This paper examines the Darfur mediation process, particularly the negotiations and mediation in Abuja between November 2005 and May 2006. It analyzes the use of deadline diplomacy and the failure of ...chevron_right

This paper discusses the Revolutionary Council for the Islamic Unity of Afghanistan (the Shura) that was formed in June 1979 by a grand assembly of rebellion leaders. The author examines the Shura as ...chevron_right

This paper discusses the role played by political and military legitimacy, ideology, coercion and repression in the rise of the Ismail Khan in Afghanistan. Khan had unified under his leadership much o...chevron_right

This working paper examines from an anthropological perspective the limited occurrence of warlordism in the "Pashtun Belt" of southern Afghanistan. The authors argue that for warlords to seize power, ...chevron_right