"What I'm interested in doing," explained Armenak Tokmajyan, "is to develop an analytical framework to enhance our ability to understand conflicts like the one in Syria." Tokmajyan, who is a research fellow at SPP's Center for Conflict, Negotiation and Recovery, explained the concept of conflict cycles. He described how conflicts go through phases: latent conflict, non-violent conflict, violent conflict, conflict mitigation, conflict settlement, peace agreement, peace, etc.
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November 5, 2015
"What makes for a good victim and a good cause? Why is some life sacred and some not? Why does the world take so long to count the dead?" These are just some of the questions that Yasmin Sooka addressed, and tried to answer, during a compelling conversation with SPP Professor of Practice Robert Templer at the School of Public Policy at Central European University on November 4.
October 21, 2015
Aleppo has been destroyed many times in its more than 8,000 years of history – and each time it was rebuilt. “This is a city that will come back again,” said CCNR Director Robert Templer. He pointed to the importance of a positive narrative in mobilizing people to rebuild their cities after they have been destroyed. The Aleppo Project website has been launched to provide a platform for refugees and others who are already mobilizing people and resources to rebuild Syria when the war ends.
October 15, 2015
Like millions of other Syrians, refugee Maan Abu Layla fled Syria to escape the violence in his country – especially the barrel bomb attacks from the Assad regime, but also the violence and restrictions that are a part of life in ISIS-controlled areas of the country.
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