I was interviewed for this piece on IRIN which analyses the ways in which prominent diaspora figures are...
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...
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...
Petition: Stop the Slaughter in Aleppo
As the carnage in Aleppo has reached unimaginable proportions, with a group of fellow academics and a great...
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...
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...
Op-ed on Balkan Insight
Op-ed written together with Robert Donia and Richard Wilson was published on Balkan Insight today. The article can...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Field Notes: Interviews with Syrian Opposition Fighters
Antakya, Turkey – Having interviewed several FSA field commanders, I struggle with the meaning of the label “moderate”...
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...
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...
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...
Lecture at the International Criminal Court
I gave a lecture at the Office of Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. It was an absolute...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Book Launch: “From Civilians to Soldiers”
My book “From Civilians to Soldiers” was published by the Amsterdam University Press. What motivates young people to...
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....
New Column for Hurriyat Sudan
Kampala, Uganda – Column for Hurriyat Sudan: an independent news website with on Sudanese politics. In the collumn,...
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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