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September 7, 2017February 11, 2018

Interview on the Role of Online Hate Speech in South Sudan’s Violence

I was interviewed for this piece on IRIN which analyses the ways in which prominent diaspora figures are...

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July 10, 2017February 14, 2018

New Publication in the Transitional Justice Review

The Transitional Justice Review accepted my paper on the role of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the...

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October 9, 2016February 23, 2018

Aleppo Appeal in the Media and EU Parliament Resolution

Media picked up on our petition calling for immediate EU sanctions against those committing crimes against humanity in...

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September 10, 2016April 9, 2018

Petition: Stop the Slaughter in Aleppo

As the carnage in Aleppo has reached unimaginable proportions, with a group of fellow academics and a great...

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April 4, 2016February 11, 2018

Op-ed: Preserve the Archives of the Yugoslavia Tribunal

My op-ed together with Richard Wilson appeared in the Dutch newspaper NRC today. You can find the full...

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March 31, 2016April 9, 2018

High-level meeting at the Yugoslavia Tribunal

Together with fellow petitioners I was invited at the ICTY for a high-level discussion. The list of signatories...

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March 30, 2016April 9, 2018

Op-ed on Balkan Insight

Op-ed written together with Robert Donia and Richard Wilson was published on Balkan Insight today. The article can...

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March 10, 2016April 9, 2018

Petition: Open the Archives of the Yugoslavia Tribunal

Today, Richard Wilson and I launched a petition, with the help of a few other great people. Knowing...

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January 10, 2016February 23, 2018

New Policy Brief: Syria’s “Moderate” Armed Opposition

My Policy Brief for Small Arms Survey was published, analyzing the comparative organizational capacity of the “moderate” Syrian...

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December 10, 2015February 11, 2018

Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice

I’ve been participating in panel discussions at the “Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice” conference, at the Peace...

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September 10, 2015February 23, 2018

Research Affiliation with NIOD Institute for War and Genocide Studies

I am now an Associated Researcher with the NIOD Institute for War and Genocide Studies. The coming year,...

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May 10, 2015February 11, 2018

Field Notes: Interviews with Syrian Opposition Fighters

Antakya, Turkey – Having interviewed several FSA field commanders, I struggle with the meaning of the label “moderate”...

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April 12, 2015February 10, 2018

News: To Turkey for Research on Syrian Armed Groups

Small Arms Survey asked me to write a policy paper for them to shed light on the increasingly...

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January 13, 2015February 11, 2018

Op-ed: Don’t Forget Syrian Victims of the Islamic State

Beirut – The attack in France this week was absolutely horrendous. But while I am in Lebanon to...

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June 21, 2014February 10, 2018

Speaking at the Annual Conference Of The European Political Science Association

Edinburgh – I am presenting a paper and participating in a panel at the 4th Annual Conference Of...

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March 1, 2014February 11, 2018

Lecture at the International Criminal Court

I gave a lecture at the Office of Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. It was an absolute...

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February 2, 2014February 9, 2018

News: “From Civilians to Soldiers” to be distributed in the U.S. by the University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press will distribute my book “Form Soldiers to Civilians” in the U.S. Here’s what...

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February 1, 2014February 9, 2018

Conference Paper: “We Have to Work Hard to Love Each Other”

Finally finished my conference contribution on the reproduction of ethnic conflict during the birth of the Republic of...

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December 15, 2013February 23, 2018

New article: Managing Ethnic Conflict During Transitions

New article for The Broker reflects on the challenges of governing ethnically diverse societies, looking at current events...

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October 15, 2013February 9, 2018

Presentation on South Sudan at Berghof Foundation in Berlin

I will be presenting the findings of my Berghof-funded field research on South Sudan to Berghof experts in...

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August 10, 2013February 23, 2018

Book Review: “Useful Enemies” by David Keen

My review of David Keen’s new book on the political economy of protracted conflicts has been published in...

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June 5, 2013February 23, 2018

Op-ed: Netherlands Should Push for Peace in Darfur

The op-ed I wrote together with Jan Pronk appeared today in De Volkskrant, in Dutch. ‘Nederland moet de...

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June 5, 2013February 9, 2018

10 Years after the Genocide, Is The War in Darfur Over?

It was great to see many activists from Darfur in the Balie today to participate in the discussion...

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May 9, 2013February 9, 2018

Upcoming Debate: Darfur, 10 Years After the Genocide

We should never forget the atrocities that were committed in Darfur, killing over 300,000 people. To reflect on...

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October 1, 2012February 23, 2018

New Publication: Armed Opposition Groups in Eastern Sudan

Analysis of armed revolutionary movements in Eastern Sudan has been published in the journal Small Wars & Insurgencies...

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September 9, 2012February 11, 2018

Book Launch: “From Civilians to Soldiers”

My book “From Civilians to Soldiers” was published by the Amsterdam University Press. What motivates young people to...

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April 9, 2011February 11, 2018

Field Notes: New Conflict Looms in South Sudan

Juba, South Sudan – Reflections from my field work in South Sudan’s southern edge, where new conflicts loom....

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February 23, 2011February 10, 2018

New Column for Hurriyat Sudan

Kampala, Uganda – Column for Hurriyat Sudan: an independent news website with on Sudanese politics. In the collumn,...

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April 9, 2010February 9, 2018

Article: The Oil Industry and War in Sudan

Article on the so-called “resource curse” was published in the Internationale Spectator, in Dutch. The article analyses the...

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