An evidence-based analysis of governance focusing on the institutional capacities and qualities that reduce the risk of armed conflict.

This book explains why successful international peacebuilding depends on the unorthodox actions of country-based staff, whose deviations from approved procedure

A critical study of incentives commonly used to induce non-state armed groups to engage in peace negotiations. Offers a closer analysis of these incentives, whi

When the guns are silenced, those who have survived armed conflict need food, water, shelter, the means to earn a living, and the promise of safety and a return

Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Does it accelerate progress towards social welfare and human development? Does it generate a peace-divide