Publication Announcement
New Book – How We Stopped War, 1990-2021
New book in PDF format uploaded to this site. Link below.
23/02/2022
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Publication Announcement
New Policy Paper – Why the US Failed in Afghanistan and How the World can Succeed
The US focused on fighting a war it had already won at the expense of building a resilient Afghan state – a goal which should
01/09/2021
Publication Announcement
New Policy Paper – How Local People Stop War
This report documents ten cases in which local people and organisations were able to directly stop war. Each case explores a different approach that has
28/06/2021
Publication Announcement
New Policy Paper – The Research Implications of the Report on Stopping War
In 2020, I wrote a report documenting 101 successful efforts to directly reduce armed conflict that took place between 1990 and 2020. The selection encompassed
10/06/2021
Video Announcement
New Video – Guest Lecture with the Better Evidence Project at George Mason University – Assessing the effectiveness of post-war statebuilding initiatives at preventing conflict relapse.
In this lecture and Q&A I present some findings from a report that I wrote on post-conflict statebuilding initiatives for the Better Evidence Project (BEP).
09/03/2021
Publication Announcement
New Publication – Stopping War: 101 Successful Efforts to Reduce Armed Conflict
This report is one of my proudest achievements to date. It documents 101 cases of successful efforts to stop war that have taken place since
09/03/2021