Blog Posts & Opinion Pieces
New Research Centre on Armed Groups
2023, Armed Groups and International Law
Sahel insurgency: What policymakers need to do differently
2022, The New Humanitarian
The Tyranny of Color-Coded Maps: What We Get Wrong about Measuring Control during Armed Conflict
2022, Irregular Warfare Initiative, West Point’s Modern War Institute
How to build (or lose) legitimacy during war
2022, LSE International Development
Why do armed groups tax? It’s not just about the money
2022, International Centre for Tax and Development
Humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan in the light of a Taliban-controlled state
2021, Centre for Humanitarian Action
Afghanistan: a legitimacy failure
2021, LSE International Development
Lessons after 20 years of (failed) peacebuilding
2021, Lessons for Peace
Afghanistan: Winning the War or Building a State?
2021, Lessons for Peace
Kabul at War: The Widening Gap between the State and its Citizens
2021, LSE Conflict Research Programme
Three Myths about Armed Groups and the Smuggling Economy
2021, ODI Insight
Book Review | Crossed Swords: Pakistan, its Army and the Wars Within by Shuja Nawaz
2019, South Asia @LSE
Building Legitimacy during Armed Conflict – Learning from the Taliban
2017, Political Violence @ at Glance