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Conflict Causes

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Ungoverned Space and Regional Spillover, Rethinking Afghanistan’s Borders

2026 | Modern Diplomacy
Sahibzada Usman

The Afghanistan crisis is generally spoken of as a crisis of the hour in terms of the Taliban, outside power intervention, or an unsuccessful election…

China, Afghanistan, and Critical Minerals: Options for US Strategic Competition Below the Threshold of War

2026 | Small Wars Journal
Sean Ryan and Adib Farhadi

Afghanistan remains relevant to the United States in the context of Great Power Competition. While China assumed a major role in Afghanistan after the US…

Towards Environmental Peacebuilding in Nepal: Understanding Violence, Addressing Conflicts, and Strengthening Governance

2026 | Centre for Social Change
Pratiksha Giri, Dipin Subedi, Prasansa Thapa, Prakash Bhattarai, and Pawan Roy

This report explores environmental peacebuilding as a strategy for converting shared environmental challenges into avenues for dialogue, cooperation, and trust among conflicting groups in Nepal.…

Environmental Entry Points to Mediation

2026 | Center for Security Studies and ETH Zürich
Simon Mason, Sebastian Kratzer, and Edward Jackson

The environmental peacebuilding field often advances the assumption that environmental issues present good entry points for dialogue, mediation, and peace. It is, however, often that…

The Effects of Climate Change on Security

2026 | NATO Science and Technology Organization

This report analyses how climate change rapidly transforms NATO’s strategic environment. Four case studies are presented: the northwestern parts of Africa, the Arctic, the east…

Climate, Conflict and the Development Squeeze [Audio]

2026 | In Pursuit of Development
Florian Krampe and Dan Banik

Dan Banik and Florian Krampe explore how climate change is reshaping development and security debates -- not as a single cause of conflict, but as…

Critical Minerals and Contested Sovereignty: Inside the US–DRC Agreement

2026 | Public Citizen, Friends of the Congo, United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, and Earthworks

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has endured escalating violence and upheaval since the 2022 revival of a historic regional conflict. Rwanda-backed M23 and…

Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era

2026 | United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Kaveh Madani

Published on the occasion of UNU-INWEH’s 30th anniversary, and ahead of the 2026 UN Water Conference, this flagship report, Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our…

Climate Security and Climate Justice, Recognizing Context in the Sahel

2026 | Australian Journal of Emergency Management
Tor A. Benjaminsen

Benjaminsen explores the complex interplay between climate change, security and justice in the Sahel region of West Africa. He emphasises the importance of understanding historical,…

Armed Conflict and Climate-Induced Weather Disruptions in Agricultural Input Use: Evidence From Ethiopia

2026 | Journal of Agricultural Economics
Hailemariam Ayalew, Guush Berhane, Meseret Wondale, and Clemens Breisinger

The recent surge in violent conflicts, intertwined with climate-induced drought shock, is jeopardizing decades of development progress in many low- and middle-income countries. This study…

Climate-Related Disasters and Temperature Extremes Are Not Associated with Conflict Risk in Pacific Island Countries

2026 | Environment and Security
Tobias Ide, Ore Koren, and Luke Derrick

Concerns about climate change and conflict are ubiquitous. Systematic research on the climate-conflict nexus in the Pacific is lacking, despite the region’s high vulnerability to…

Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa

2026 | The Review of Economic Studies
Eoin F McGuirk and Nathan Nunn

The authors consider the effects of climate change on seasonally migrant populations that herd livestock—i.e. transhumant pastoralists—in Africa. Traditionally, transhumant pastoralists benefit from a cooperative…

Climate and Conflict Vulnerability Mapping of Northern, Northwestern, Eastern and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka

2026 | International Water Management Institute
Sujeewa Dissanayaka, Nishadi Eriyagama, Karin Fernando, Nadiya Azmy, Thilini de Alwis, Minuri Perera, Lal Muthuwatta, Hashitha Ruwan Abeywardana, Shiraj Morugama, Sanjiv de Silva, and Kumarathasan Vinopavan

This study examines climate and conflict vulnerability across the Northern, Northwestern, Eastern, and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka, focusing on how climatic and socio-economic factors…

Climate Change and Fulani Herdsmen Violent Conflict in Nigeria: Rethinking the Present Crisis From an Ecofeminism Perspective

2025 | Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Ibikunle Adeakin and Tayo Agboola

Environmental issues particularly climate change, are largely an unexplored area in social research in Nigeria, particularly the link between changes in climatic conditions and some…

Gender Inequality, Climate Change, and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Triple Challenges for Female Farmers in Northwestern Cameroon

2025 | Society & Natural Resources
Lotsmart Fonjong and Mbuli Clodine

Armed conflict amidst climate challenges significantly impacts on men and women in sub-Saharan Africa. In dominantly agrarian communities, climate vulnerability aggravates food insecurity, especially for…

The Take: What Does RSF Capture of Heglig Oilfield Mean for Sudan's War? [Audio]

2025 | Al Jazeera
Hiba Morgan

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized the Heglig oilfield, a critical site located on the border of Sudan and South Sudan. The capture…

Navigating Climate, Conflict, and Migration: Insights from Ethiopia and the East and Horn of Africa

2025 | International Organization for Migration
Victor Villa, Brenda Chepngetich, Christopher Zapp, and Melissa Branca Carvalho Magalhaes

This report examines the intricate relationship between climate, human security and migration in Ethiopia and the broader East and Horn of Africa region, with the…

Environmental Peacebuilding and the Gender–Climate–Security Nexus: Global Frameworks and Local Realities in an Increasingly Volatile World

2025 | Environment and Security
Marisa O. Ensor, Olivia Morganti, Isabella Remor, Vaishnavi Singh, and Peiqi Wang

In an era defined by interconnected crises—climate change, violent conflicts, resurgence of nationalist-populist discourses, and deepening gender inequalities—furthering our understanding on how these convergent issues…

Water and Power: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Nile Basin Security

2025 | E-International Relations
Chourouk Mestour

Water has been an important natural resource since the beginning of civilization. It is one of many resources studied in the field of International Relations,…

Human Security Under Climate Stress: Environmental Peacebuilding Pathways in Somalia

2025 | Frontiers in Political Science
Mohamed Yusuf Adan

Somalia provides a critical case for examining how climate change undermines human security and peace in fragile states. Climate-related environmental stress continues to intensify resource…

Talking History: Water Wars with Sara McLaughlin Mitchell [Audio]

2025 | KSMU Radio
Djene Bajalan

From oil and gas to lithium and rare earth elements, the story of the modern world has often been shaped by competition over natural resources.…

Spotlight: Exploring the Stories and People behind Environmental Peacebuilding — Carl Bruch, Environmental Law Institute [Video]

2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Buket Altınçelep

"Spotlight: Exploring the Stories and People behind Environmental Peacebuilding" is an ongoing initiative of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx), dedicated to highlighting the individuals and…