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The key to countering radicalization lies with the communities affected. Building on their abilities to bring about positive change is the basis of effective policy.

In four articles published this week, The Broker reports on the experiences of the CoCooN research programme on conflict over natural resources.

Informal negotiations on peace and security advance efficiency but undermine legitimacy of the Council’s actions

An overview of resources that have been accessed for our Sahel Watch programme and that have been recommended by our experts.

With so many conflicts emerging in Africa, the connections between these conflicts are becoming important. While conflicts are influenced by a diverse array of factors at local, national, regional and international levels, there is a need for poli...

Whilst 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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The upsurge in violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle is often named in one breath with the drugs market. Although apparently obvious describing an illegal trade that has met with exclusively repressive state responses, assumptions on cau...

Actividades extractivas tienen que integrar los intereses estratégicos y las urgencias económicas de los gobiernos con las demandas de los pueblos indígenas.

How to eradicate the root causes of resource conflicts?

Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen are embroiled in an enduring dispute over the use of fishing grounds in the Palk Bay. The dispute is not only a matter of big India versus small Sri Lanka, or big boats versus small boats. Rather, Sri Lankan Tamil f...

A recent UN workshop highlighted the ‘blind spot’ of men and boys as victims of sexual violence in conflict. 

Viewing countries through an R2P paradigm requires active international support and strong US leadership

More than 80% of labour disputes in China are solved through mediation, but the processes do not eliminate the antagonism.

A more integrative approach to understanding the myriad causes and consequences of inequality is needed, as well as more defined framework of which actors must be involved in tackling inequality.

The key areas to prioritize in the UN’s Post-2015 development agenda will soon be determined in a worldwide consultation process coordinated by the UN. Feeding into this process, The Broker brings together international experts to pool their knowl...

For conflict abating strategies two policies are important. The first is addressing enduring inequalities in asset ownership, education and health. The second policy issue is promoting growth with redistribution, truly pro-poor growth.

Had we not had such chock-a-block days preparing the launch of our new website, I would have loved to have attended the conference on the micro-analysis of violent conflict hosted by IDS yesterday and today.MICROCON, an EC supported research conso...

Yesterday I attended a meeting, organized by the Civil Society Dialogue Network (CSDN), about the role that the European Union could and should play in conflict prevention and resolution in ‘situations of fragility’. 

The Broker has started a new series on Emerged States. We kicked off with the articles Turkey turns the tide and Brazil braves new waters. 

Humanitarianism today is faced with many challenges. On 2-5 June 2011, the Second World Conference on Humanitarian Studies (WCHS) brought together the best of thinkers and researchers to discuss urgent questions about the changing nature of curren...

The Broker runs an editor's blog on this Human Security theme page. 

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Five years after its acceptance by the 2005 World Summit, it is time to consider the contribution that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has made and could make to the prevention of mass atrocities.

The decisions that are made in the autumn of 2009 will shape Europe’s international role in the future.

Thea Hilhorst, professor of Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction at Wageningen University, is one of our resident bloggers.

Governments and institutes devote immense resources to learning how to avoid a relapse into war in post-conflict situations. But there is only a limited focus on preventing conflict in seemingly stable regions that are actually susceptible to viol...