Economies of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives brings together recent, cutting-edge research on economic factors affecting peace and war. This important area of continuing research was the focus of an international conference held at the University of Sydney in June 2009...

Those of us helping countries to build capacity to manage reconstruction after a conflict has ended need to be fully aware of the context in which we operate. Apart from the obvious destruction of infrastructure, presence of armed groups and difficult working conditions, there are several other...

The conflict in northern Uganda has gone on for more than two decades despite efforts to have a peaceful settlement. The latest attempt to have a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Northern Uganda has culminated in the Juba peace talks on the conflict in northern Uganda, where the government...

This paper is an empirical study to demonstrate the effect of the ethnocentric cultures of both Western interveners and national warring factions on civil war peace negotiations. By examining the peace negotiations in Cambodia and Angola, it demonstrates that actors' cultural values have...