New Book – How We Stopped War, 1990-2021
New book in PDF format uploaded to this site. Link below.
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 have been the primary objective of a sustained multilateral peace operation since October 2001. For all its victories and martial prowess, the US military was playing the wrong game all […]
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 achieved at least some success in preventing, containing, or ending armed conflict with minimal external assistance. I argue that such efforts can be made less dangerous and more effective when […]
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 a wide range of initiatives, providing a unique insight into global efforts to build a peaceful world by reducing immediate violence and ultimately demonstrating that war can be stopped. In […]
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). The BEP is a group of leading academic, practitioner, and funding organisations based at George Mason University in Washington, DC. The goal of the Project is to produce high quality […]
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 1990. The selection spans the globe and encompasses a wide range of approaches to reducing armed conflict, from the use of early warning systems and preventive diplomacy to the deployment […]
New Publication – Report On Statebuilding
International Statebuilding Initiatives at Preventing the Return of Armed Conflict in Countries Recovering from War – Executive Summary This lengthy project was generously funded by Milt Lauenstein. The report assesses the efforts of the international community to consolidate peace in countries recovering from armed conflict. Its findings are informed by extensive financial data harvested from […]