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• [Publication] The scarcity of land in Somalia. Natural resources and their role in the Somali conflict

  • The scarcity of land in Somalia. Natural resources and their role in the Somali conflict
  • A historical perspective, as proposed by this Occasional Paper, might illuminate one of the underlying roots of conflict and state failure and might also help address central problems to conflict resolution in Somalia. It is the thesis of this Paper that in the fertile riverine areas of southern Somalia, natural resources and especially land have become a key driver of armed conflict. By looking at the current conflict from a historical perspective and by considering co...

• [Publication] The scarcity of land in Somalia. Natural resources and their role in the Somali conflict

  • The scarcity of land in Somalia. Natural resources and their role in the Somali conflict
  • A historical perspective, as proposed by this Occasional Paper, might illuminate one of the underlying roots of conflict and state failure and might also help address central problems to conflict resolution in Somalia. It is the thesis of this Paper that in the fertile riverine areas of southern Somalia, natural resources and especially land have become a key driver of armed conflict. By looking at the current conflict from a historical perspective and by considering co...

• [Event] 13th Käte Hamburger Dialogue in Berlin \ Endless Peacebuilding? The Missions in Afghanistan and Mali

  • On 29 April 2019, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21), German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion) cordially invited to the event “Endless Peacebuilding? The Missions in Afghanistan and Mali” in Berlin.
  • Monday, 29 April 2019: The core idea of this event was to reflect ongoing peace operations in Afghanistan and Mali, which are both of high interest for European and German policy. Several thousand soldiers and policemen are seconded to stabilizations missions in both countries. Both missions are at a crossroads: Increasing tensions between local demands and substantive interests of the intervening countries and the policy of the governments in Afghanistan and Mali question the missions’ contr...

• [Event] AU Roster of practitioners' field mission to MINUSMA, Mali

  • From 30.09. – 6.10. a delegation of two AU Roster practitioners were deployed to a mission in Mali.
  • Sunday, 6 October 2019: From 30.09. – 6.10. a delegation of two AU Roster practitioners were deployed to a mission in Mali.

• [Publication] External actors in stateless Somalia: A war economy and its promoters

  • External actors in stateless Somalia: A war economy and its promoters
  • The overall aim of this paper is to provide an understanding of the role external actors play in Somalia’s war economy. To achieve this, the study will take a close look at the impact of international economic agents; that is, individuals, groups of people, corporations and institutions based outside of a conflict zone but supporting conflict parties through economic interaction. The emphasis will be on corporations which trade with conflict parties, as well as on foreign armed forc...

• [Publication] External actors in stateless Somalia: A war economy and its promoters

  • External actors in stateless Somalia: A war economy and its promoters
  • The overall aim of this paper is to provide an understanding of the role external actors play in Somalia’s war economy. To achieve this, the study will take a close look at the impact of international economic agents; that is, individuals, groups of people, corporations and institutions based outside of a conflict zone but supporting conflict parties through economic interaction. The emphasis will be on corporations which trade with conflict parties, as well as on foreign armed forc...

• [Publication] Diasporas and peace: A comparative assessment of Somali and Ethiopian communities in Europe

  • Diasporas and peace: A comparative assessment of Somali and Ethiopian communities in Europe
  • BICC brief 42 "Diasporas and Peace: A Comparative Assessment of Somali and Ethiopian communities in Europe" is a DIASPEACE working paper.DIASPEACE (Diasporas for Peace: Patterns, Trends and Potential of Long-distance Diaspora Involvement in Conflict Settings) is a three-year research project looking into how diaspora groups can foster peace and development in their countries of origin.DIASPEACE consists of five main research components:Defining joint analytical tools and r...

• [Publication] Diasporas and peace: A comparative assessment of Somali and Ethiopian communities in Europe

  • Diasporas and peace: A comparative assessment of Somali and Ethiopian communities in Europe
  • BICC brief 42 "Diasporas and Peace: A Comparative Assessment of Somali and Ethiopian communities in Europe" is a DIASPEACE working paper.DIASPEACE (Diasporas for Peace: Patterns, Trends and Potential of Long-distance Diaspora Involvement in Conflict Settings) is a three-year research project looking into how diaspora groups can foster peace and development in their countries of origin.DIASPEACE consists of five main research components:Defining joint analytical tools and r...

• [Publication] Calculated Informality in Governing (Non)return: An Evolutionary Governance Perspective

  Geopolitics

  • Calculated Informality in Governing (Non)return: An Evolutionary Governance Perspective
  • Afghans’ protracted displacement is a geopolitical legacy from the Cold War. Although Pakistan’s return policymaking has foreseen the complete voluntary return of Afghans since the end of the Cold War, then as now, about three million Afghans reside in Pakistan. This article advances the notion of calculated informality to dissolve this seeming contradiction. Pakistan’s policymakers have excelled in calculated informality by successfully navigating the domestic and geop...

• [Publication] Calculated Informality in Governing (Non)return: An Evolutionary Governance Perspective

  Geopolitics

  • Calculated Informality in Governing (Non)return: An Evolutionary Governance Perspective
  • Afghans’ protracted displacement is a geopolitical legacy from the Cold War. Although Pakistan’s return policymaking has foreseen the complete voluntary return of Afghans since the end of the Cold War, then as now, about three million Afghans reside in Pakistan. This article advances the notion of calculated informality to dissolve this seeming contradiction. Pakistan’s policymakers have excelled in calculated informality by successfully navigating the domestic and geop...