Publications

Research Reports

RESOLVE Research Reports are long-form, peer-reviewed publications presenting final findings from original research and case studies and/or in-depth desk review.

Research Briefs

RESOLVE Research Briefs are medium-form, peer-reviewed publications presenting preliminary research findings or advancing a new conceptual lens to guide future research and practice.

Fact Sheets

Fact Sheets are 1-2 page documents disseminating the key findings of RESOLVE Network publications in a visual, accessible, and digestible format.

Compendiums

Compendiums can be either original edited volumes of work or collections of all publications from a single RESOLVE Network Initiative accompanied by summarizations and text guides.

Policy Notes

RESOLVE Network Policy Notes are short-form publications synthesizing existing research into brief, policy and practice-oriented recommendations and considerations.

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Policy Notes

Jessica Moody

06 Jul 2020

Addressing the Dozo in Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire is home to around 200,000 traditional hunters known as the dozo. These traditional hunters are common throughout West Africa and have often filled gaps in state security provision in…

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Claudia Hofmann

12 Jun 2020

Linking Official and Unofficial Approaches of Engaging Armed Actors

From counterinsurgency and containment, through negotiation and mediation, to integration and cooptation, state and international approaches to address non-state armed actors face significant…

Policy Notes

Moritz Schuberth

11 May 2020

Transforming Community-Based Armed Groups into Community Security Providers

While community-based armed groups (CBAGs) have been found to engage in political violence on behalf of their sponsors and to commit crimes for self-motivated reasons, in many contexts, including…

Policy Notes

Moritz Schuberth

06 May 2020

Measuring the Success of Approaches to Community-Based Armed Groups

Community-Based Armed Groups (CBAGs) are armed groups that are embedded within communities and whose delineation can be defined by territory, blood ties, or shared identities; this definition…

Policy Notes

Joseph Franco

24 Mar 2020

Unpacking Violent Extremism: Dynamics in the Philippines

Overstating the importance of foreign ideology in driving conflict in Mindanao and elsewhere in the Philippines obscures localized drivers that must be addressed to prevent further violence. Most…

Policy Notes

Adrian Shtuni

19 Feb 2020

The Reintegration Imperative: Child Returnees in the Western Balkans

Since 2012, 1,070 nationals of Western Balkan countries traveled to live and fight in territories controlled by terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq. Of those, about 200 were minors at the time…