President Vladimir Putin escalated Russia's war on Ukraine in September 2022, announcing a partial mobilisation and … repeating his threat to use nuclear weapons. But what really ended efforts to bring about peace - which had continued since the …

To date, there is limited understanding about the consequences of wartime dynamics for post-war state … armed groups govern territories and civilians within them-that under certain circumstances may be harnessed in the post-war … the type of statebuilding and political regime trajectories that emerge in the post-war period. …

Direct negotiations on a ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine broke down within just a few months. Today, Moscow … and Kyiv are pursuing diplomatic initiatives in order to shape the international context of the war in their favour …. Russia’s war diplomacy aims to weaken the "collective West" at the global level as part of its strategy to bring external …

conflict; on the linkages between agriculture, food security, and conflict; on the role of technology for peace; and on the …

have a war bias that is so strong that they prefer war occurring with high probability whereas citizens prefer peace …What can be done to reduce the likelihood of future wars? While states’ decisions that bear on war are ultimately made … future wars. This thesis can be broken down into two claims: first, there is a war bias of political leaders; second, people …

How does the reform of state institutions shape prospects for peace after war? Existing research on the institutional … causes of peace focuses on how institutional designs, as the outcomes of reform processes, reduce post‐conflict violence and … promote peace. The literature does not, however, adequately address how the politics that characterise reform processes affect …