Climate variability as a fuel to conflicts: the case of Syria
The Syrian civil war shows how climate change can act as a threat mult...
14 Giugno, 2021
Insights
Climate change and the Colombian peacebuilding process
Colombia is facing two challenges: a peacebuilding process after over ...
07 Giugno, 2021
TIME TO LISTEN TO YOUTH
During the inauguration of US President Joe Biden and Vice President K...
16 Febbraio, 2021
WESTERN SAHARA WOMEN’S CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE AND SECURITY
Western Sahara – the Spanish ex-colony – has been on the UN list o...
04 Dicembre, 2020
GENDER MAINSTREAMING AND STATE-BUILDING IN KOSOVO: INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL PITFALLS
On October 31st, 2000, sixteen months after the end of the Kosovo war,...
14 Novembre, 2020
THE EUROPEAN UNION MEDIATION AND THE WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY AGENDA IN THE LIBYAN PEACE PROCESS
Since the peace talks started, Libyan women have been at the forefront...
30 Ottobre, 2020
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, DECENTRALIZATION AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING: THE PARFAIT PROJECT IN TUNISIA
There are still fewer than a hundred National Action Plans (NAPs) on W...
14 Ottobre, 2020
A CASE STUDY OF NORTH MACEDONIA’S NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, the Republic of ...
14 Settembre, 2020
WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY IN KOSOVO: EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THE TANGLES OF TRADITION
On October 31, 2000, the UN Security Council issued Resolution 1325 on...
03 Agosto, 2020
GENDER ACTIVISM: A VIBRANT NARRATIVE FOR POST-WAR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina are rallying to come out of the shadow...
02 Agosto, 2020
IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1325 IN SERBIA: STATE-BUILDING, INSTRUMENTAL EQUALITY AND INTERNATIONAL IMAGE
This year the world celebrates the twentieth anniversary of United Nat...
07 Luglio, 2020
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE THE WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY AGENDA AFTER LEBANON’S PROTEST MOVEMENT
October 2020 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of UN...
23 Giugno, 2020
WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE PROCESSES: THE CASE OF THE “WOMEN FOR PEACE INITIATIVE” IN TURKEY
Since the 1980s, Turkey’s Southeast has been embroiled in a conflict...
23 Giugno, 2020
YOUTH-FRIENDLY SAFE HAVENS: ENABLERS OF YOUTH PEACE WORK
The United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY), together with four o...
30 Gennaio, 2020
CAN SOCIAL CONTACT REDUCE PREJUDICE? EXPLORING THE ASSUMPTION IN NIGERIA
In recent years, there has been an increase of peacebuilding projects ...
19 Novembre, 2019
WE’VE GOT TIME: PEACEBUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS IN KOSOVO AND SERBIA
From whichever side one observes them, Kosovo-Serbia relations seem li...
05 Novembre, 2019
DIALOGUE AMONG YOUTH: A MEANS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN BURUNDI
Burundi has been devastated by a series of socio-political conflicts s...
07 Ottobre, 2019
TALKING PEACE IN TEHRAN
This article concerns one of the projects of the Tehran Peace Museum (...
23 Settembre, 2019
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT: RETHINKING PEACE AND SECURITY
Do nuclear weapons make the world a safer place? While devastating hum...
31 Luglio, 2019
USING POSITIVE VOICES TO TACKLE YOUTH RADICALIZATION IN NIGERIA
This article is published as part of AP’s work in support of the You...
28 Giugno, 2019
FROM THE BACKYARD TO THE UNITED NATIONS: THE PEACEMENTORS INITIATIVE IN IRAN
This article is published as part of AP’s work in support of the You...
13 Giugno, 2019
STRENGTHENING YOUTH RESILIENCE THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE PHILIPPINES
This article is published as part of AP’s work in support of the You...
28 Maggio, 2019
USING PEACEBUILDING TO COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMISM: LESSONS FROM KENYA AND TANZANIA
Many development and peacebuilding NGOs are working today to prevent a...
30 Aprile, 2019
A CONFLICT SENSITIVE LENS ON THE UPCOMING HUMANITARIAN AID OPERATIONS IN BURKINA FASO
Since the end of 2018 there has been a growing interest in opening up ...
27 Marzo, 2019
THE ANNOUNCED WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES FROM SYRIA: REACTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE PEACE PROCESS
On December 20th, 2018, the President of the United States Donald Trum...
31 Gennaio, 2019
A LESSON FROM KENYA ON COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
In East Africa, Kenya has been more affected by violent extremism and ...
13 Dicembre, 2018
GETTING IT RIGHT: PEACEBUILDING IN LIBYA AFTER PALERMO
On November 12 and 13, 2018, the Italian government hosted the Confere...
30 Novembre, 2018
TANZANIA, WHEN STATISTICS BECOME THE ENEMY
The recent limitations to freedom of speech in Tanzania have created s...
23 Ottobre, 2018
KEEPING PEACE AT THE HEART OF THE EU: A POLITICAL CHALLENGE
Should the pursuit of peace remain at the heart of the EU? The ongoing...
06 Settembre, 2018
ITALY’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEACEBUILDING: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK
As violent conflict and instability have grown around the world and in...
11 Luglio, 2018
THE MILITARY INTERVENTION IN RESPONSE TO THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA: FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF FORCE
The US attack in April 2017, in response to the alleged use of chemica...
22 Giugno, 2018
THE EU BUDGET POST 2020 AND THE FUTURE OF PEACEBUILDING
One of the main debates happening now in Brussels is on the Multiannua...
06 Giugno, 2018
Local participation and migration: The role of countries of origin
Can the level of political and civic participation of migrants in Ital...
21 Maggio, 2018
THE CASE FOR CONFLICT SENSITIVITY
In one of my last assignments in Chad, I was carrying out a conflict a...
05 Aprile, 2018
THE EUROPEAN CONSULTATION ON UN RESOLUTION 2250 ON YOUTH, PEACE AND SECURITY
In September 2017, almost two years after the adoption of the UN Secur...
19 Febbraio, 2018
WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA: A GUIDE TO PROGRAMMING
Working to support the empowerment and participation of women has been...
29 Dicembre, 2017
PERSPECTIVES FOR PEACEBUILDING IN SYRIA: THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN ROJAVA
The region of Rojava, in the north of Syria, also known as Western Kur...
23 Dicembre, 2017
COLOMBIA’S PEACE ACCORDS: A BOTTOM-UP ANALYSIS
The negotiation is now over: on November 24, the Colombian government ...
02 Dicembre, 2017
PEACE IN LIBYA IS NO LONGER A PRIORITY FOR ITALY
Two years removed from the signing of the Skhirat agreement, which rek...
16 Novembre, 2017
BUILDING EVIDENCE ON YOUTH-DRIVEN PEACEBUILDING
Recent years have seen an increase in attention and awareness of the p...
16 Ottobre, 2017
HOW TO PROMOTE HEALTHY STATE-CITIZEN RELATIONS IN AFRICA: LESSONS FROM AN EVALUATION
Many African countries are today characterized by predominantly advers...
27 Luglio, 2017
MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA: A RISK FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PROHIBITION TO USE FORCE?
On 26 June 2017, the Government of the United States issued a statemen...
13 Luglio, 2017
Are you series? New narratives for women’s political participation
Web and TV series have been progressively used to shape national and i...
25 Maggio, 2017
PEACEBUILDING AND THE EU ACCESSION PROCESS IN BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) officially applied for EU membership in Febru...
05 Maggio, 2017
CIVIL SOCIETY AS THE ENGINE FOR STABILITY AND GROWTH IN AFRICA
When people speak of stability and growth in Africa what they normally...
12 Aprile, 2017
NOT ONLY BRIDES: THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLE OF WOMEN WITHIN THE ISLAMIC STATE
Although it is generally agreed upon that terrorism is a male phenomen...
27 Marzo, 2017
PARAMILITARY ADVANCES THREATEN IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENTS IN COLOMBIA
Three months after the signature of the final peace agreement in Colom...
24 Febbraio, 2017
THE NEW ITALIAN NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
In December 2016, the third Italian National Action Plan (NAP) on Wome...
08 Febbraio, 2017
PEACE IS STILL POSSIBLE IN LIBYA, BUT ONLY WITH THE INVOLVEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY
The news coming out of Libya today is of worsening socio-economic cond...
01 Febbraio, 2017
AFTER NICE: THE URGENT NEED FOR A NEW APPROACH TO COUNTER-TERRORISM
Nice and Saint Etienne-du-Rouvray are the latest of many massacres tha...
05 Agosto, 2016
ITALY NEEDS TO DO MORE FOR LIBYA
Last week, during a conference organized by the Instituto di Affari In...
24 Giugno, 2016
VIOLENT CONFLICT AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EASTERN UKRAINE
The issue of sexual violence in the conflict in the East of Ukraine is...
06 Giugno, 2016
ITALY’S CONTRIBUTION IN LIBYA AND THE LESSONS FROM LEBANON
Italy’s participation to the stabilization mission in Libya, which w...
10 Maggio, 2016
PEACEBUILDING IN UKRAINE: A LONG WAY TO GO
The conflict in the Donbas region between Ukrainian forces and separat...
07 Maggio, 2016
WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA: BETWEEN RHETORIC AND REALITY
In 2000, the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 13...
05 Maggio, 2016
PREVENTING VIOLENCE IN A ‘PEACEFUL’ COUNTRY: THE CASE OF TANZANIA
Tanzania is a good example of how conflict prevention is crucial even ...
12 Aprile, 2016
PEACEBUILDING TODAY
It wasn’t too long ago that different authors and reports showed dat...
25 Febbraio, 2016