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Journal Article | forthcoming 2021
Legal Mobilization to Protect Women against Rape in Islamist Sudan
A popular uprising recently ousted Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist cronies from power after having ruled Sudan with an iron fist since 1989. Sexual abuse and torture orchestrated by the...
in Cahiers d'études africaines

Sudan Working Paper | 2020
Sudan’s Transition: Living in Bad Surroundings
Following the 2019 April revolution, Sudan now finds itself in the middle of a profound and uncertain political transition. Should the transition succeed, the country could move in directions that...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:4) 17 p.

Journal Article | 2020
Too big to fault? Effects of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Norwegian exports to China and foreign policy
In October 2010, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel peace prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The Chinese government responded by freezing political and economic relations with Norway, introducing...
in International Political Science Review vol. 41 no. 2 pp. 207-223

Report in External Series | 2020
Evaluation of Norway’s Engagement in Somalia 2012–2018
The purpose of this evaluation commissioned by Norad's evaluation department is to draw lessons from Norway's involvement over time in a country affected by conflict. Somalia is one of the...
Oslo: Norad (Evaluation Department Reports no. 7/2020) 122 + 78 p.

Report in External Series | 2020
ترتیبات آتش بس
مذاکرات آتش بس در کدام زمان و چگونه صورت میگیرد وعناصربنیادی آن کدام ها اند؟ این رهنمود عناصر بنیادی ۲۶۷ موافقتنامه های آتش بس مندرج بانک اطلاعاتی که بین سال...
Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh (PA-X Spotlight) 21 p.

U4 Practitioner Experience Note | 2020
Twenty years with anti-corruption. Part 9. The UK’s changing anti-corruption landscape – new energy, new horizons
Between 2013 and 2018, the UK made unusually rapid progress in improving instruments to address corruption. These advances included legal reforms, such as establishing beneficial ownership registers, Deferred Prosecution Agreements,...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Practitioner Experience Note 2020:9)

Sudan Brief | 2020
Patriarchy, Politics and Women’s Activism in Post-Revolution Sudan
While Sudanese women were at the forefront of the popular uprising under the banner "freedom, peace and justice" that started in December 2018 and eventually led to the ousting of...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2010:02) 4 p.

Journal Article | 2020
Polygynous Neighbors, Excess Men, and Intergroup Conflict in Rural Africa
We argue that polygyny creates a social imbalance where few, economically well-off men marry many wives and many poor men marry late or never. By definition, polygyny produces what we...
in Journal of Conflict Resolution vol. 64 no. 2-3 pp. 402-431

Journal Article | 2020
Armed governance: the case of the CIA-supported Afghan militias
This article examines the genealogy and behavior of the CIA militias in Afghanistan against the backdrop of persistent armed governance whereby a plurality of actors competes over control and rule....
in Small Wars and Insurgency

U4 Practitioner Experience Note | 2020
Twenty years with anti-corruption. Part 3. The international journey – from ambition to ambivalence
The UN Convention against Corruption is an instrument that changed the face of the global corruption dialogue. It created agreement on what corruption is, the damage it causes, and the...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Practitioner Experience Note 2020:3)

Book Chapter | 2020
Constituting Transitions: Predicting Unpredictability
This chapter examines how transitional governance arrangements are constituted in peace and transitions processes. We map and analyse the relationship between the legal ‘constitutionalisation’ of the transition, and the political...
in Emmanuel H. D. De Groof, Micha Wiebusch: International Law and Transitional Governance Critical Perspectives. London: Routledge

Journal Article | 2020
Independence or Front Lines: Securing Southern Representation in Yemen's Peace Talks
The article addresses the consolidation and rise of the Southern Transitional Council in South Yemen and their push for access to a seat at the table of Yemen’s peace talks....
Forster, Robert. 'Independence or Frontlines: Securing Southern Representation in Yemen's Peace Talks', Babylon: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier, Vol. 17, No. 2 (2019), pp. 8-21

Journal Article | 2020
A critical look at civil society and peace building in Sudan (in arabic)
in Bulletin of Sudanese Studies

Book Chapter | 2019
Ceasefires
A review of the practice and content of ceasefire agreements and provisions in peace agreements. The article include a discussion on the definition of ‘ceasefire’ and related terms, such as...
in Romaniuk, S., Thapa M., and P. Marton: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan

Sudan Brief | 2019
The paradox of federalism and decentralisation in South Sudan: An instrument and an obstacle for peace
A power sharing agreement and the inauguration of a new government in South Sudan has been put to a halt. Disagreement on the number of states and local self-government, security...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2019:01) 5 p.

Report in External Series | 2019
Local Peace Processes: Opportunities and Challenges for Women’s Engagement
When and how do local peace processes and agreements address conflict?
What are the opportunities and challenges for women and gender-equality
advocates seeking to meaningfully engage with local peace processes?
When and how...
Wise, L., Forster, R., and Bell, Christine. (2019). 'Local Peace Processes: Opportunties and Challenges for Women's Engagement', Edinburgh: Global Justice Academy, University of Edinburgh

Report in External Series | 2019
Women and the Renegotiation of Transitional Governance Arrangements
The PA-X Spotlight Series addresses questions regarding comparative peace processes, asked by those seeking to influence peace and transition processes to be more inclusive. Each Spotlight provides brief comparative material...
Forster, R. & Bell, C. (2019). Gender Mainstreaming in Ceasefires: Comparative Data and Examples (PA-X Report, Spotlight Series). Edinburgh: Global Justice Academy, University of Edinburgh

Report in External Series | 2019
Gender Mainstreaming in Ceasefires: Comparative Data and Examples
This Spotlight addresses the questions: How did peace agreements and transition documents signed in Libya between 2011 and 2018 provide for the inclusion of women and gender? When and how...
Forster, R. & Bell, C. (2019). Gender Mainstreaming in Ceasefires: Comparative Data and Examples (PA-X Report, Spotlight Series). Edinburgh: Global Justice Academy, University of Edinburgh

Report in External Series | 2019
A Gender Analysis of Peace Agreements and Transitional Documents in Libya, 2011-2018
This Spotlight addresses the questions: How did peace agreements and transition documents signed in Libya between 2011 and 2018 provide for the inclusion of women and gender? When and how...
Forster, R. (2019). A Gender Analysis of Peace Agreements and Transitional Documents in Libya, 2011-2018 (PA-X Report, Spotlight Series). Edinburgh: Global Justice Academy, University of Edinburgh

Report in External Series | 2019
The “CIA’s Army”: A Threat to Human Rights and an Obstacle to Peace in Afghanistan
Afghan paramilitary forces working with the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have long been a staple in the US war on terrorism in Afghanistan and the border region with...
Providence: The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University (Costs of War) 14 p.