LSE Conflict & Civicness Research Group
@LSE_CCRG
Based in @LSEIDEAS
📌How can peace processes be reimagined? 📌 What does a granular understanding of Somalia’s fragmented governance landscape in Kismayo & Galkayo look like? 📌 Do local realities enhance policy & progmmatic engagement? Join the conversation tomorrow! 2 pm BST / 4 pm EAT
🇸🇴What can we learn from shifting the narrative towards local realities in fragmented regions such as Galkayo & Kismayo? Join us this Thurs at 2pm BST for a discussion with @Peace_Rep_’s Nisar Majid @khalifwaylac @AbdifatahTahir @mari_thero Register 👇🏻 lse.ac.uk/ideas/projects…
🇸🇴What can we learn from shifting the narrative towards local realities in fragmented regions such as Galkayo & Kismayo? Join us this Thurs at 2pm BST for a discussion with @Peace_Rep_’s Nisar Majid @khalifwaylac @AbdifatahTahir @mari_thero Register 👇🏻 lse.ac.uk/ideas/projects…
From the Director of our Ukraine programme 👇🏻 @lseideas @LSEEI
If Ukraine’s war economy is far more stable than that of Russia, why would it sign such a one sided minerals deal with the United States, with terms so obviously favouring the latter? My attempt at an answer is up on Guardian Opinion. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
This series has been postponed to September. However the registration links are still open - new dates will be announced soon
📣 🇸🇴🇨🇴 New Webinar Series! We are pleased to present a three part webinar series drawing on research from Galkayo and Kismayo in Somalia and Tumavo and Chocó is Colombia’s Pacific region, conducted by @Peace_Rep_’s Somalia team and @civ_engagement respectively (1/3)
📌Is the Russia-Ukraine war transforming state capacity? 📌Will economics or firepower determine the endgame? Hear from @lukecooper100 Director of our @Peace_Rep_ Ukraine programme in a special episode of the Conflict Zone Podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/con…
I spoke to Maliek Banat for the LSE Conflict Zone podcast about which side is winning on the “economic front” in the Russo-Ukrainian War @LSE_CCRG @lseideas @UkraineSol @EuropeanWith podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/con…
From further dependency on purchase of US technology, to expanding nuclear weapons, the 2025 #SDR strategises for a bygone era of US-UK alliance, rather than the present day threat posed to European democracy, as Mary Kaldor & @lukecooper100 argue 👇🏻 blogs.lse.ac.uk/crp/2025/06/23…
🚨New on the Blog: Mary Kaldor and @lukecooper100 of the LSE argue that the UK Strategic Defence Review strategizes for a bygone age, in which the US was a dependable ally rather than a threat to European democracy. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/06/16/org…
Does Ukraine really not hold any cards, as Donald Trump so trenchantly insisted ? I spoke Liliane Bivings from @KyivIndependent about my recent @Peace_Rep_ @lseideas report on the political economy of the Russo-Ukrainian War. kyivindependent.com/clearly-ukrain…
I joined Naga Munchetty on BBC Radio to mark the two-year anniversary of the war in #Sudan. We spoke about the resilience of Sudanese civic networks, & the international community’s inability to adequately respond. Starts at 1:42:38 @Peace_Rep_ @LSE_CCRG bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Went on @BBCWorld to discuss #Sudan’s war. This type of war isn’t meant to be won, it’s meant to be survived—by those who loot through peace deals. We need new peacemaking approaches centring civic voices that stop war economies that sustain cycles of war @Peace_Rep_ @LSE_CCRG
What keeps Ukraine in the fight? What threatens Russia’s stability? My new report analyses the political economy of the present balance of forces through the metric of "money and people", to assess the 2 sides' levels of economic resilience in the war 🧵/1 peacerep.org/publication/ru…
Comment in @TheLancet on #Syria's health system post-regime - need for governance-driven transition Need for #equity; #development focus rather than only #humanitarianassistance & #transitionaljustice for all affected doi.org/10.1016/S0140-… @sams_usa @TheSyriaCmpgn @UNCoISyria