The Puzzle of Peace moves beyond defining peace as the absence of war and develops a
broader conceptualization and explanation for the increasing peacefulness of the …

The idea of studying peace has gained considerable traction in the past few years after
languishing in the shadows of conflict for decades but how should it be studied? The Peace …

This book examines the nature and implications of the increasing interaction among three
secondary powers in the world: China, Russia and India. It provides an in-depth analysis of …

There appears to be a rift between the theoretical and normative understandings of what
reconciliation means and offers, and what people expect to happen in postconflict scenarios …

For years, mainstream international relations (IR) theorists have essentially ignored
reconciliation as a special—and perhaps the most difficult—form of cooperation building in …

Despite the apparent decline in the global incidence of major armed conflict, there remain
many countries in conflict and many others that are struggling with the legacy of recent …

Regional transformation has emerged as a major topic of research during the past few
decades, much of it seeking to understand how a region changes into a zone of conflict or …

Strong leadership within a group can increase the likelihood of conflict with other groups.
This ingroup/outgroup leadership trade-off, occurring in contexts from businesses and …

Despite the apparent decline in the global incidence of major armed conflict, there remain
many countries in conflict and many others that are struggling with the legacy of recent …

This chapter examines the concept and realities of regional security governance (RSG),
focusing on three major questions regarding its research agenda: its emergence …