International peacebuilding is experiencing a pragmatic turn. The era of liberal idealism is
waning, and in its place new approaches to peacebuilding are emerging. This article …

This book places the lens on postcolonial agency and resistance in a social and geopolitical
context that has witnessed great transformations in international politics. What does …

This article combines both international practice and analytical contributions into a
systematic and synthetic presentation of the evolution of peace operations from their modern …

In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war, groups of ex-combatants seized control of natural
resource enclaves in the rubber, diamond, and timber sectors. With some of them …

The Western Balkans have seen rapid changes since the end of the violent conflicts in the
1990s. The European Union (EU) has been one of the main drivers for change, focusing on …

Debates on EU foreign policy have been dominated by two opposing schools of argument.
One includes a broad range of work that extols the virtues of a European liberal concept of …

Since 1898, the United States and the United Nations have deployed military force more
than three dozen times in attempts to rebuild failed states. Currently there are more state …

Everyday Resistance, Peacebuilding and State-making addresses debates on the liberal
peace and the policies of peacebuilding through a theoretical and empirical study of …

Plagued by systematic state failure, sub-Saharan Africa's failed states have helped facilitate
internationally sponsored terrorist networks and operations. However, until recently, this type …

Against the background of decades of limitedly successful Western international state-
building efforts and in light of the recent heightened attention to (state-building in) Africa, this …