Sumários
Peace Operations and the Conflict Resolution Process
11 Março 2026, 18:00 • Manuel João Ramos
Lecture by General (rtd) Carlos Branco.Peace Operations and the Conflict Resolution Process Basic concepts of conflict resolution, and how they relate to the different peace and security activities carried out by international partnerships and organisations. DAALDER, Ivo and GOLDGEIER, James (2006) "Global NATO", Foreign Affairs, Vol. 85, NO. 5., pp. 105-112. UN Agenda for Peace: Gathering a body of global agreeements
Women, Peace and Security Agenda
11 Março 2026, 15:30 • Vasco Martins
Women, Peace and Security Agenda and the post-colonial feminist critique
Women, Peace and Security Agenda
11 Março 2026, 13:00 • Vasco Martins
Women, Peace and Security Agenda and the post-colonial feminist critique
Horn of Africa: Political Violence in Changing Regional Environment
4 Março 2026, 18:00 • Manuel João Ramos
Lecture by Dr. Aleksi Ylonen, CEI-IUL Readings: Bach, J-N., Abbink, J., Ancel, S., Ahmed, A., Fantini, E., Ferras, P., Mwakimako, H., Nallet, C., Ylönen, A., & Záhořík, J. (Eds.) (2022). Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa. Abingdon: Routledge. Dias, A. (Ed.) (2013) State and Societal Challenges in the Horn of Africa: Conflict and Processes of State Formation. Lisbon: CEA, Iscte-IUL. Frauwallner, M. (2021) "Tigray Tragedy": An Interview with Manuel João Ramos." Stichproben. Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien / Vienna Journal of African Studies 41/2021, Vol. 21, 33-42. Ylönen, A. & Zahorik, J. (Eds.)(2017) The Horn of Africa since the 1960s: Local and International Politics Intertwined. Abingdon: Routledge. Ylönen, A. (2022) A Scramble of External Powers and Local Agency in the Horn of Africa. CIDOB, Notes Internacionals, 280.
Chronic internally and externally induced political instability and armed conflict have led scholars to refer to the Horn of Africa as a "bad neighborhood". In the past, the sub-region has hosted some of Africa's rare inter-state wars and currently experiences multiple conflicts within states or their borderlands. However, at the same time, the political environment in the sub-region has recently changed with the leadership transition in Ethiopia, the historical agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the end of a three-decade-long dictatorship in Sudan. While the roots of political instability and violence in the Horn are mainly local, involvement by external within-the-region and extra-regional actors has often exacerbated rivalries and conflicts. This lecture looks into political violence in the Horn of Africa taking into account local and external actors and forces.
Terrorism, counter-terrorism and conflict
4 Março 2026, 15:30 • Vasco Martins
Terrorism, counter-terrorism and conflict: exploring the root causes of political violence