There remains within International Relations a general presumption towards mistrust which
characterises interactions at the global level and which has been identified as a relevant …

Trust is a core concept in International Relations (IR), representing a key ingredient in state
relations. It was only relatively recently that IR scholars began to probe what trust really is …

Trust, distrust and conflict between social groups have existed throughout the history of
humankind, although their forms have changed. Using three main concepts: culture …

This article starts from the premise that empathy is an inherent part of social and political life
but that this is not sufficiently theorised in International Relations (IR). Building on the …

The article presents an approach to the gradual building of trust among enemies, who—
even when they have an interest in making peace—are afraid to extend trust to each other …

The challenge of building trust between states that have a history of conflict and acrimony
has attracted the attention of scholars in the field of International Relations for several …

This book aims to understand the processes and outcomes that arise from frictional
encounters in peacebuilding, when global and local forces meet. Building a sustainable …

Over the last decade, the USA and Britain have argued that Saddam Hussein only
understands the language of force. Based on this reasoning, the Agreement on Mutual …

The past two decades of peacebuilding policy, practice, and research have seen the gradual
emergence and consolidation of a significant discursive phenomenon. This apparently new …

Institutions do not decide whom to destroy or to kill, whether to make peace or war; those
decisions are the responsibility of individuals. This book argues that the most important …