UN Peacekeeping and the Rule of Law
Study points to what might enhance peacekeeping ‘rule-of-law’ impact
Summary
The study seeks to explain when UN peacekeeping missions are more likely to succeed at improving the rule of law. It identifies how UN personnel levels, activities, and timing impact success in rule of law reforms.
A security dividend: Peacekeeping and maternal health outcomes and access
Study demonstrates how peacekeeping operations have a positive impact on maternal health and women’s education.
Summary
There is strong evidence that a UN peacekeeping presence positively impacts women and maternal health. Such a presence leads to lower mortality rates, more maternal health services, as well as higher levels and years of women’s education.
Lecture by the Right Hon. Lord David Willetts (PPE, 1975): 'Can politics deliver fairness between the generations?'
5pm: Lecture at The Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre
6.15pm: Drinks and Informal chat in the Exhibition Space
7pm: Dinner at High Table. (Senior Members only. Please book in as normal if you wish to join Lord Willetts at dinner.)
6.15pm: Drinks and Informal chat in the Exhibition Space
7pm: Dinner at High Table. (Senior Members only. Please book in as normal if you wish to join Lord Willetts at dinner.)
A Match Made in Heaven: Love and Piety in Iranian Spousal Selection
Abstract: Love’s emergence as basis of marriage is a hallmark of modernity. Its compatibility with religious and traditional bases of marriage, however, is less understood. We explore the different criteria Iranians use to select their spouse as part of a broader effort to understand the complex relationships between love, religion and modernity. Love, we argue, does not mean the same thing to all, and its meaning is conditioned by the distinct historical and cultural frameworks in which it is embedded.
In Sudan, West Darfur is in the grip of a new escalation of violence
Stealing from the Rich to Give to the Poor: Towards an Ethics of Social Banditry
Radio France Internationale
Bordering and Ordering among Refugees from Burma/Myanmar | Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2022
The impact of borders on refugees’ lives has been extensively analysed in relation to border control, border policing and border violence. However, borders can also be generative, shaping non-state political and social orders at multiple levels. This lecture examines the relationship between border regimes and the social orders created in displacement, drawing on empirical work with refugees from Burma living in Thailand, Malaysia and India.
My Neighbour, My Friend? The Rise and Demise of Local Civil Alliances in Ethnic War
Under what conditions do communities in ethnic wars form, and abide by, local non-aggression pacts? Studies of civilian victimization showed that pre-existing microlevel contention can generate violence, but lesser attention was given to the role of cordial relationships in constraining it. In this paper I argue that local actors will create inter-ethnic agreements in order to coordinate when there is high uncertainty over the local outcome of the war, and thus cooperatively lower it by providing mutual assurances.