Resources

Incompatible Bedfellows: UN Peace Operations and Counter-terrorism

Predictions of the demise of United Nations peacekeeping have so far been premature. The world is adrift in a sea of volatility. Current trends – including rising conflict, authoritarianism, and heavy-handed security practices – mean there will be plenty of “peace” for UN operations to keep in the next decade.

Security Policy Change Project

Oxford Research Group have been a great ally of Saferworld in working to improve responses to conflict and we are sad to hear they will close at the end of the year. Despite this difficult news, we are pleased to be sustaining their Remote Warfare Programme. 

“A war that hurts us twice”. Inside Kenya’s war on terror: community perspectives on security in Mandera county

The People’s Coalition for the Sahel: Presentation of the four People’s Pillars

A fourth pillar for the United Nations? The rise of counter-terrorism

“When you build a house you don’t start at the top”

In the third of our series on Somalia, Somalis share their perspectives on how a Somali-led approach to reconciliation could open up a whole host of opportunities for peacebuilding, justice provision and institution building that prioritise keeping people safe, rather than merely defeating Al Shabaab.

Summary: When the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled

Building on past Saferworld research, this series of three illustrated long-reads shares the perspectives of Somalis that have lived through three decades of conflict. They chronicle their own experiences and their perspectives of international interventions in the country.

COVID-19 and the toxic politics of exploitation

We are all under siege. As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, urgent action is needed to challenge the governments who are exploiting it for their own ends, and to address the dangers confronting the world’s most vulnerable people.

Thinking beyond ‘countering violent extremism’ in Somalia: local views on an international ‘project’

In the second of our series on Somalia, we hear the concerns of Somalis on the 'countering or preventing violent extremism' agenda and ask whether it is time to think beyond this international 'project'.