Publications
Find out how we are helping people find peaceful solutions to conflict in over 25 countries around the world.
Découvrez comment nous aidons les populations à trouver des solutions pacifiques aux conflits dans plus de 25 pays à travers le monde.
Узнайте, как мы помогаем людям находить мирные решения конфликтов в более, чем 25 странах мира.
This third volume of the South Caucasus Literary Almanac presents a new selection of prose, poetry and essays following the theme of the ‘ordinary person’ suspended between war and peace.
Третий выпуск литературного альманаха «Южный Кавказ» представляет новое собрание прозы, поэзии и сочинений на теме «маленького человека» подвешенного между войной и миром.
This report examines how forestry projects positively and negatively affect pre-existing structures of power, economy, fairness, safety, and wellbeing in Brazil, Indonesia and Uganda.
This paper examines how the African Union, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, can enhance its contribution to sustainable peace. This is part of our Peace Focus series.
At the end of 2012 International Alert and Desco organised an event in Lima, Peru aimed at promoting dialogue between government agencies, companies and civil society organisations on social conflict associated with the extractive industry in Peru. This report (available only in Spanish) compiles the presentations made by the speakers.
This publication attempts to shed some light on the ways in which myths and dominant narratives associated with the conflicts in the South Caucasus are constructed and transmitted in the region. A region-wide research project examined three mechanisms through which myths are created and disseminated. A particular focus of interest was how myths associated with the conflicts are subject to domestic political manipulation, how “enemy images” are created, and how these in turn serve to strengthen the resilience of those conflicts to resolution. In this volume, we present a comparative analysis of history textbooks in use across the region from the late Soviet and post-Soviet periods. (Russian/Pусский)
Данная публикация пытается пролить свет на способы, с помощью которых создаются и передаются мифы и доминантные нарративы, связанные с конфликтами на Южном Кавказе. В охватывающем весь регион проекте исследованы три механизма, с помощью которых создаются и распространяются мифы. Особое внимание уделено тому, каким образом связанные с конфликтами мифы обусловлены местными политическими манипуляциями, как создаются «образы врага» и каким образом они, в свою очередь, способствуют усилению сопротивляемости конфликтов их разрешению. В этом томе мы представляем сравнительный анализ учебников истории, используемых в данном регионе в поздний советский и постсоветский периоды. (англ/English)
This publication attempts to shed some light on the ways in which myths and dominant narratives associated with the conflicts in the South Caucasus are constructed, transmitted and used in the region. A region-wide research project examined three main modern mechanisms through which myths are created and disseminated: through history textbooks; through political discourse; and through the media, including the blogosphere. A particular focus of interest was how myths associated with the conflicts are subject to domestic political manipulation, how “enemy images” are created, and how these in turn serve to strengthen the resilience of those conflicts to resolution. In this volume, we present the research on political discourse, examining how these enemy images are utilised in the domestic politics of the South Caucasus as they enter their third decade of protracted conflict. (Russian/Pусский)
Данная публикация пытается пролить свет на способы, с помощью которых создаются и передаются мифы и доминантные нарративы, связанные с конфликтами на Южном Кавказе. Особое внимание уделено тому, каким образом связанные с конфликтами мифы обусловлены местными политическими манипуляциями, как создаются «образы врага» и каким образом они, в свою очередь, способствуют усилению сопротивляемости конфликтов их разрешению. В данном томе мы приводим результаты исследований политического дискурса, анализируя способы использования этих образов врага во внутренней политике Южного Кавказа, вступившего в третье десятилетие длительных конфликтов. (англ/English)
Following the change of government in Georgia in October 2012, International Alert launched a new 'Dialogue through research' process with Georgian and Abkhaz experts, inviting them to take stock of the challenges and opportunities facing both societies, taking a medium-term view to 2020. Highlights of their dialogue are presented in this publication in the form of nine discussion papers, putting the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict into the context of democratisation and governance, statebuilding and nationbuilding, socio-economic development and international relations. (Russian/Pусский)
После смены власти в Грузии в октябре 2012, International Alert запустила новый процесс «Диалог через исследование» с грузинскими и абхазскими экспертами – и предложила им критически оценить проблемы и возможности, стоящие перед обоими сообществами в среднесрочной перспективе – до 2020 года. В данном сборнике мы представляем девять дискуссионных статей, которые отображают Грузино-Абхазский конфликт в контексте демократизации и управления, строительства государства и национального строительства, социально-экономического развития и международных отношений. (англ/English)
This report measures the degree and quality of change in the livelihoods of the communities in Uganda's Albertine Graben region, where oil exploration is taking place.
The crisis in Mali is currently being defined by far too many commentators in terms of security for Western citizens, and realpolitik is dominating the agenda. In this paper we will discuss what a peacebuilding approach to the conflict in Mali could look like.
Un trop grand nombre d’analystes définissent aujourd’hui la crise au Mali en termes de sécurité pour les Occidentaux. En outre, la realpolitik domine l’agenda politique. Dans cet article, nous allons tenter d’imaginer ce à quoi pourrait ressembler une approche base sur la consolidation de la paix si elle était appliquée au conflit malien.
This report analyses the activity and influence of civil society organisations in Tunisia over the last two years, identifying the implications and opportunities for the broader Middle East and North Africa region.
The report aims to deepen understanding of diaspora communities in the UK and to improve partnerships between the diaspora and policymakers on peacebuilding and development policy and practice. It explores how the experience of diasporas in the UK is affected by conflict in their countries of origin, the nature of their continuing connections with these countries, and their perceptions and mobilisation around international engagement on development and peacebuilding processes. The report is based on the outcomes of focus group discussions and interviews with members of the Congolese, Pakistani, Somali and Sri Lankan Tamil diasporas together with interviews with desk officers in the EU and UK governments.
In the context of transition from conflict to peace in Nepal, and the associated urgent need for the state to be seen to enforce rule of law and ensure access to justice for all, this report documents research which examines the relationship between state and non-state justice mechanisms. The purpose of this research is to begin to identify opportunities for strengthening coordination between state and non-state justice providers, with the aim of improving access to justice. Its intended audience is state security and justice providers, and those involved in supporting non-state justice mechanisms such as paralegal committees and community mediation programmes.
This declaration was prepared for the Conference of Burundi Development Partners in Geneva on 29th-30th October 2012. It puts forth concrete policy recommendations on development, gender equality, economic empowerment and peacebuilding priorities for Burundi. Burundi’s second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper outlines the Government’s commitments for the country’s economic growth and development from 2012 to 2016 and was prepared in consultation with development partners and other stakeholders. Following the successful advocacy of these women’s rights organisations in Burundi over the past few years, the PRSP II document reflects concerns and priorities outlined by a broad cross-section of Burundian women. It is now crucial to ensure that these written commitments are translated into concrete and tangible actions that will benefit women and girls, and contribute to durable peace and reconciliation for all Burundians