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Are Wars Becoming Less Lethal? The 2009 Human Security Report
The Human Security Report has become well-known for its argument, backed up by careful statistical analysis, that wars are becoming less common since the early 1990s, ... -
Why Chad Isn’t Darfur
Jérí´me Tubiana has published an article under this name in a recent issue of the London Review of Books. It provides a rare, ethnographic, field-based account ... -
When Killers Become Victims
Sean Brooks has published a three-part review of Mahmood Mamdani’s Saviors and Survivors. The text is available here. The essay reflects the author’s views and not ... -
The AUPD and the UNSC
Documents from the UN Security Council discussion of the AU High Level Panel on Darfur are available here: The speech of President Thabo Mbeki: Speech of ... -
Arms in Sudan
A new publication by the Small Arms Survey, “Supply and Demand: Arms flows and holdings in Sudan,” provides the most up-to-date assessments of the military capacities ... -
Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
A new book edited by Sara Pantuliano, Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action (ODI and Practical Action, November 2009), breaks new ground in addressing the ... -
Making Patronage Work
Alex de Waal’s Christian Michelsen lecture, ‘Fixing the Political Marketplace,’ given last month in Bergen, Norway, is now available online at this link. His article ‘The ... -
Voices from the Blue Nile
War and Survival in Sudan’s Frontierlands: Voices from the Blue Nile, by Wendy James, is now available in paperback. We reprint the review from its earlier ... -
Environment and Conflict in Darfur
A new volume examines climate and ecological changes in Sub-Saharan Africa, and how these relate to conflicts on the continent. Particular attention is paid to environmental ... -
AU Panel on Darfur Documents
The following documents from the African Union Panel on Darfur can be uploaded here: The AUPD report as presented last week: AUPD Report Final October 2009 ...