In Iraqi Kurdistan’s September 2017 referendum on independence, 92% of the population in Kurdish-held areas voted in favour of secession. Yet dreams of independence were shattered quickly. In response to the referendum’s result,… Continue reading
“Only when Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria fall, can we begin to talk about the beginning of the end of the physical territorial state. We already have plenty of evidence, that… Continue reading
“[A united front against ISIS is] something the Houthis would definitely be interested in, right from the very beginning, one of their grievances was the inability of the government to protect them from extreme… Continue reading
“I think the conflict has reached a point where it’s too painful for everyone, including the Saudis. […] They have found out the hard way that air bombings are not going to resolve… Continue reading
“I’m not sure … the Saudis and their allies control 80 percent [of Yemen], had they done so we would have seen an end to this conflict a long time ago.” For War and Peace Talk,… Continue reading
“The big difference to me is, when we were fighting against landmines … the resistance from the companies was very small. […] [Now,] The military industry is pushing this [the development of lethal autonomous weapons… Continue reading
“I honestly am calling for the reinstatement of the national draft in my country. [..] If a country decides to go to war, it has to have a nation-wide discussion and that doesn’t… Continue reading
“We presume that as a peacebuilding community, what we need to be doing is engaging more politically and ensuring that our interventions are inclusive […]. This inclusive posture is actually conflict-inducing, and it’s… Continue reading
“The concern is that the government would simply claim this land and use it without providing any kind of compensation to the farmers and pastoralists who are currently using that land.” Ethiopia has… Continue reading
“To the people who have experienced the brutality of the LRA, this remains a war without an end. […] Their [the LRA’s] activities continue to fluctuate; there are moments when they scale up their… Continue reading
“Is there a way we could de-radicalize these people and reintegrate them – or perhaps for the first time integrate them into society?” Dr Moncef Kartas (Project Coordinator, Small Arms Survey) argues that… Continue reading
“What we have now is basically a dominance of different Salafi ideologies, […] due to the fact that we don’t have an appealing alternative philosophy in Islam in Tunisia.” Dr Moncef Kartas… Continue reading
It is with joy and pride that I launch a new series of War and Peace Talk-videos. Over the last few months I have been working with The Hague Institute for Global Justice. Together with… Continue reading