A new Taliban for a new Afghanistan?
Written by Karim Merchant & Ingrid Nyborg. 20 years after Western troops invaded Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Kabul has fallen. The speed of the Taliban’s […]
Warfare
The Afghan Peace Dialogue: Peace or another attempt at an exit strategy?
Written by Karim Merchant and Gry Synnevåg. By design, peace processes tend to be a patchwork of discussions with a variety of key individuals and groups, under the general oversight […]
Climate Change, Jihadism and Policy Failures in the Sahel
Written by Tor Arve Benjaminsen. Originally published in the PRIO Climate & Conflict blog. On the 22 November 2017, the Subcommittee on Security and Defence in the European Parliament held […]
Herder warfare in East Africa: A social and spatial history
On the eve of the publication of his major new monograph, Gufu Oba considers the genesis and wider impact of his work. Herder Warfare in East Africa will be published […]