ICSR TeamIsrael’s bombardment of Lebanon: Reopening Lebanon’s sectarian wounds
Read moreBy Mohamad El Kari Thanks to the ceasefire deal agreed with Israel, Lebanon has recently entered a state of fragile…
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Blood diamonds and bloodshed: The psychological drivers of violence in Sierra Leone’s civil war
Read moreBy Clara May Sierra Leone’s civil war (1991-2002) was brutal. Reports of ‘savagery’ were not simply displays of rhetoric. Alongside…
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Unravelling conflict: The power of predictive modelling
Read moreBy Sam Hibbs Over the past decade, the number and intensity of both inter- and intrastate conflicts has been rising.…
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Q&A with Nils Mallock – XCEPT research
Read moreNils Mallock is a postdoctoral researcher with the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme at King’s College…
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The rise of Soldiers of God: Is Beirut back to the time of the militias?
Read moreBy Mohamad El Kari Members of Soldiers of God. Credit: An-Nahar They are a group of Lebanese muscular tattooed men…
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Rebuilding Downtown Beirut: Laying the foundations for division or reconciliation?
Read moreBy Clara May Beirut is the posterchild for a divided city. 15 years of fighting during Lebanon’s civil war (1975-1990)…
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Green Mosul: How trees helped a city recover after conflict
Read moreDr Omar Mohammed is a renowned historian and the voice behind ‘Mosul Eye’, a blog which anonymously documented life under…
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‘These statues are not just pieces of stone’: How sculpture helps Mosul heal
Read moreBy Ali Al-Baroodi The city of Mosul in Iraq encloses the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh, which was…
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Understanding the role of unconscious bias in conflict dynamics
Read moreBy Emma Ciccarella Standing before members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in 1977, then President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, declared that…
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Photo essay: A week in Iraq
Read moreIn 2023, Dr Inna Rudolf, Dr Craig Larkin, and Dr Rajan Basra from the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends…
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