During the previous decade, there has been an increased focus on the role of food security
in processes of armed conflict, both in the academic and policy communities. While the …

The potential links between climate change and conflict have received much attention in
recent years, but there is little consensus on the issue in the relevant literature. So far, few …

Since 2015 jihadist groups have taken control of the Mopti region in central Mali. We ask
how such a radical development has been possible in a country previously praised as a …

In Making and Unmaking Nations, Scott Straus seeks to explain why and how genocide
takes place—and, perhaps more important, how it has been avoided in places where it may …

Until recently, most writings on the relationship between climate change and security were
highly speculative. The IPCC assessment reports to date offer little if any guidance on this …

The mounting evidence for climate change has put the security implications of increased
climate variability high on the agenda of policymakers. However, several years of research …

Vocal actors within policy and practice contend that environmental variability and shocks,
such as drought and prolonged heat waves, drive civil wars in Africa. Recently, a widely …

Violent clashes between Fulani and Dogon have recently escalated in the Seeno plains in
central Mali. After failing to defeat a “jihadist” insurgency dominated by Fulani, the Malian …

While climate change scenarios for the Sahel vary and are uncertain, the most popularized
prediction says there will progressively be drier conditions with more erratic rainfall …

Why does peace fail? More precisely, why do some countries that show every sign of having
successfully emerged from civil war fall once again into armed conflict? What explains why …