The article explores the complex interaction between war-dynamics and non-state armed
groups' approaches to governance and politics at the local, sub-national level. It focuses on …

Participation, and institutions derived from such involvement, through integrating weak,
limited, and sporadic capacities into new arrangements, provide opportunities and a driving …

This article engages with and contributes to a nascent debate on state-sponsored militias by
way of an analysis of the formation and deployment of the Syrian regime's National Defence …

Survey research can generate knowledge that is central to the study of collective action,
public opinion, and political participation. Unfortunately, many populations—from …

Scholars expect operational compromises by humanitarian organizations to follow attacks
on aid workers. However, in response to the War in Syria, organizations compromised aid …

Based on empirical material collected in Lebanon and Turkey in 2014 and 2016, this paper
focuses on Syrian activists and social aid networks operating from exile from 2011 onwards …

Building on an emerging scholarly literature that discusses methodological issues related to
the safety of researchers, I explore the lived experiences of Western researchers who …

This report examines how to scale up and speed up climate action by leveraging
peacebuilding practice for climate change adaptation. It argues that climate and …

This research explores the dynamics of interaction between the sovereign state and
international humanitarian organisations in alleviating human suffering in the Syrian civil …

Participation, and institutions derived from such involvement, through integrating weak,
limited, and sporadic capacities into new arrangements, provide opportunities and a driving …