Excited to have the opportunity to discuss 'Smuggling in the 21st Century' with Vanda Felbab-Brown, LucaRaineri, Shalaka Thakur and Max Gallien at the ECPR_SGOC Organised Crime conference in Pisa on 5th July!

Today we get to announce the 2022-2023 cohort of Civil War Paths Fellows 🥳 A warm welcome to you all! We are extremely excited to learn from & share w various audiences your expertise in anthropology, economics, politics, sociology & international law /1 civilwarpaths.org/the-centre/peo…

📢Big news: after 2 years as the Centre for the Study of Armed Groups hosted at ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social, we’re going out on our own as an independent NGO armedgroupscentre.org

Launching a new 2-year research project on community engagement, join HPG (now on Bluesky: hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social) CIVIC & Global Protection Cluster to discuss community engagement with armed actors for self-protection: implications for peace protection actors.28 October 10:00 CEST Sign up: diagnostics.phap.org/s3/GPC2022-reg…

📢 New piece for The New Humanitarian on the #Sahel insurgency: Rethinking armed group and population control as #JNIM jihadists move South Great join venture with Ed Stoddard Florian Weigand Ashley Jackson Leigh Mayhew Ibraheem Bahiss and myself thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2022/1…

To stem jihadist influence, understand citizen's needs, argue: Ed Stoddard Laura Berlingozzi Florian Weigand Ashley Jackson Leigh Mayhew Ibraheem Bahiss thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2022/1… (The New Humanitarian)

Misunderstanding wartime control has serious consequences. It can lead to biased analysis, inappropriate policy, and unpreparedness when things go south Yet status quo approaches to measuring control tend to get it all wrong. Two new articles out. Quick thread...

Next up: Ibraheem Bahiss, Leigh Mayhew, Florian Weigand and I write more generally about the tyranny of color-coded maps for Irregular Warfare Initiative -- and how to measure control differently mwi.usma.edu/the-tyranny-of…

The Tyranny of Color-Coded Maps: What We Get Wrong About Measuring Control During Armed Conflict "...Taliban tend to seek control over people and behavior—not necessarily territory alone" By Ibraheem Bahiss Ashley Jackson Leigh Mayhew Florian Weigand buff.ly/3UgBMk0

November Newsletter Released TODAY Subscribe to the newsletter: buff.ly/3HbFC8C Read this month's update: buff.ly/3VyKSdC Chris Blattman Teny Oded Gross Justin Sherman @ElenaPokalova Ibraheem Bahiss Ashley Jackson Leigh Mayhew Florian Weigand Mark Hertling Derek Reveron

More research on #debt levels farmers, #pastoralists & agropastoralists in #Somalia face due to #drought & #inflation needed to understand household recovery - #anticipatory action - FEWS NET Read this brief by Leigh Mayhew & our partners in Somalia👉 bit.ly/3iL2rc7

Despite facing #drought & #inflation, #community support & #conflict resolution mechanisms are helping #pastoralists in #Somalia to manage tensions & #conflict risk - HPG (now on Bluesky: hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social) UNHCR Somalia Read this brief by Leigh Mayhew & our partners in Somalia👉 bit.ly/3iL2rc7

I'm pleased to share HPN’s 82nd Humanitarian Exchange on community engagement with armed actors. It includes recent work Gemma Davies, @VeroBarbelet, Pascal Bongard and I have been doing launching a 2-year HPG (now on Bluesky: hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social) project: odi.org/en/about/our-w… bit.ly/HPN_HE82

📢 It's out! HPN's Humanitarian Exchange on engaging with armed groups, with contributions from the Centre's Pascal Bongard, Leigh Mayhew + Ashley Jackson odihpn.org/magazine/commu…

Our first multi-year #strategy is up! We aim to reshape narratives on and ways of engaging armed groups in an increasingly uncertain geopolitical environment. We plan to build organizational capacities to do this. Read more: rb.gy/edeqmu

📢 Our latest paper "Climate Adaptation in No-Man's Land: Bridging the Conflict-Climate Gap" is out now Jointly released with ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social & CCDP, it addresses the urgent need for climate adaptation in conflict zones. Must-read ahead of #COP28 🔗armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-ar…

Ahead of COP28, this joint paper from Centre on Armed Groups and ODI examines the failure the address climate adaptation in conflict areas and areas beyond state control. odi.org/en/publication…

Climate adaptation paradigm often neglects conflict areas, which are among the worst impacted by climate change and the least prepared to adapt. Our paper with Centre on Armed Groups explores what's driving the conflict-climate gap and potential solutions. odi.org/en/publication… #COP28

📢 JUST PUBLISHED! Read our brand-new case study highlighting the importance of community engagement with armed actors in South Sudan, and how it can prevent and reduce violence and protection risks → buff.ly/49IZxt8 1/5

Join us next week for a discussion on communities engaging in dialogue with armed actors to reduce violence & improve protection. Be there in person (in Nairobi, Kenya) or online as we explore the implications for peace, humanitarian & protection actors: buff.ly/49zrkN2