The Broker aims to identify, integrate and analyze the different perspectives to advance insights into the constantly changing dynamics. We do this by using updated information from experts and on the ground knowledge. We call our method a ‘living analysis’.
Disconnections? Dilemmas around the ‘developmental state’ in Africa
Jan Abbink | 06 July 2025In Ethiopia and many African countries, we need a recalibration of developmentalist authoritarianism that feeds exclusion and conflict.
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The construction of knowledge on rebel groups: ‘a Lord’s Resistance Army for everyone’
Kristof Titeca | 06 July 2025Rebel groups and conflicts are understood and framed in very different ways by various actors, even by those collaborating to end a conflict.
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The regionalization of Boko Haram’s threat
Michel Luntumbue | 06 July 2025The main factors contributing to the rise of Boko Haram firstly relate to the internal crisis of Nigeria’s government.
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Conflicts connected and disconnected: where do we place the problem of governance in Chad?
Souleymane Abdoulaye Adoum , Jonna Both | 02 July 2025Chad’s approach of engagement in regional governance for peace stands in stark contrast to its approach to governance at home.
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Mali at the cusp of UN peace operations reform
Cedric de Coning | 30 June 2025Whilst UN peacekeeping is more critical than ever, it is also under severe pressure. Peacekeeping numbers and costs are at an all-time high, with peacekeepers operating in more complex and dangerous environments than ever before. This has raised q...
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ICTs and the emergence of international protest in Central Africa
Mirjam de Bruijn | 29 June 2025Studying the effect of new Information and Communication Technologies in Central African social and political movements provides valuable insight into their potential regional impact.
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Bringing stability elsewhere, taking instability home
Klaartje Jaspers | 08 June 2025The repercussions for communities where peacekeepers are stationed are often debated, but the effects on countries that send troops are usually forgotten.
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Why peace negotiations in Mali will not succeed
Sofia Sebastian | 04 May 2025Ever since Azawad rebels rejected a UN-brokered deal in March, the peace process in Mali has gone nowhere. Restarting it isn’t the only problem, though. As Sofia Sebastian sees it, true peace won’t come to the country until the links between rebel...
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Youth unemployment in Mali: a magnet for criminals and terrorists
Marije Balt | 23 April 2025Addressing youth unemployment has become increasingly urgent in the face of a deteriorating security situation where criminal and radical groups have penetrated many parts of Mali.
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The Algiers process – a step towards lasting peace in Mali?
Morten Bøås | 21 April 2025After eight months of hard talks the Algiers process resulted in a ceasefire agreement and the final draft of a peace plan on 1 March.
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