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Social Cohesion in Iraq: Leveraging Religious, Political, and Tribal Authorities for Conflict Transformation
How can we foster social cohesion by engaging with informal religious and political authorities in conflict contexts, such as present-day Iraq?
Japan’s Approach to Peace Promotion
Japan’s approach to peace promotion bears distinct characteristics, ensuring long-term development to give war-torn societies tangible peace dividends. The work adapts to local contexts, with financial commitment to co-creating social values through dialogue. Combining humanitarian and mediation work in the same spirit can further enhance peace.
Mediation as a State Enterprise in Türkiye
Türkiye’s geography and history, constructed as exceptional through decades of political discourse, enables Ankara to forge a distinctive state identity and position itself as an “in-between”. While this strategy opens the possibility for Ankara to play a mediating role in international conflicts, it also introduces a degree of ambiguity and unpredictability.
Ceasefire Monitoring and Verification and the Use of Technology: Insights from Ukraine 2014–2022
The aim of this book is to review the use of technology in monitoring and verifying ceasefires, drawing on the Ukraine experience between 2014 and 24 February 2022. It explores the question of how technology can be used to improve the monitoring of conflicts and the verification of whether parties are adhering to their agreements.
Intra-group Dialogue - Insights from Egypt and Thailand
What is intra-group dialogue? Why is it relevant for conflict transformation and peace promotion? And how does it work? Owen Frazer, Simon J. A. Mason, Hesham Gaafar, Ahmed Hamdon, Suphatmet Yunyasit and Duanghathai Buranajaroenkij explore these questions, drawing on recent literature and two case studies from Egypt and Thailand.