Research theme

Conflict Resolution & Peace

How dialogue, mediation and engagement open pathways out of conflict.

UN Afghanistan, June 2020
Kabul, UN compound, 2020

Focus

Talking to armed groups.

Why engagement succeeds or stalls, and what international actors can learn from past interventions.

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Selected work

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Engagement in practice