Full report & case studies 

Roundtable event 2021 

Speakers 

Dr. Nishank Motwani @NishankMotwani 

Malish John Peter @PrinceMalish 

Dr. Owen Ndoromo  

Ursina Bentele 

Dr. Laurent Goetschel 

Emma Baumhofer 

@swisspeace 

@Idrc_crdi 

Music 

Life In Silico by Scott Buckley Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 

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In this podcast episode, Dr. Dana Landau invites Elisabeth King, Professor of International Education and Politics at New York University, and Cyrus Samii, Associate Professor in the Wilf Family Department of Politics of New York University, authors of the recently published book “Diversity, Violence, and Recognition: How Recognizing Ethnic Identity Promotes Peace”. The authors explain their new theory for understanding the adoption of ethnic recognition and its effects on peace. They refer to the examples of Rwanda, Burundi, or Ethiopia, which they used as qualitative case studies alongside a large quantitative cross-national study in their book.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Dana Landau invites Dr. Sophie Haspeslagh, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo, who published the book "Proscribing peace - How listing armed groups as terrorists hurts negotiations" this month.

She touches upon key concepts developed in her book, such as the material and symbolic effects of international proscription regimes and the importance of the "linguistic ceasefire."

By taking the negotiations between the Colombian government and the FARC as an example, she provides a concrete scenario in which proscription hampers negotiations.

In this second episode of Conflicts of Interest, we discussed this topic with Izabela Steflja, Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in the Department of Political Science Ontario Canada, and Jessica Trisko Darden, Assistant Professor Prof. of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University in the US. Authors of the book "Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency & Justice," published in 2020 by Sanford University Press, they argue why post-conflict justice systems often fail to assign blame to women. Through the cases of former politicians Biljana Plavšić and Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, they explain the conceptual frames of "Mother, Whore, Monster," applied by actors within the court and the media to create narratives around these women. They also analyze how these narratives benefited or harmed both women accused of war crimes based on their identity (race, religion, or political rank).

Drawing on the experiences of large corporations such as Fiat or ArcelorMittal, she underlines the critical role that big businesses play in building a safer world, in the face of failed states, health pandemics, insurgencies and organized crime.