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Conflict Weekly
Special Edition: Conflicts in 2023
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IPRI Team
30 December 2023
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Conflict Weekly #208, 28 December 2023, Vol.4, No.52
An initiative by NIAS-IPRI and the India Office of the KAS
Special Edition: Conflicts in 2023
Greetings to you from the NIAS International Peace Research Initiative (IPRI)!
This year, across the regions, we witnessed more conflicts. While the War in Ukraine throughout the year and the War in Gaza now have attracted global attention, from East Asia to Latin America, 2023 saw more conflicts than peace processes. Second, the conflicts during 2023 witnessed different root causes - big power politics, bilateral issues, coups, authoritarian regimes, gender, migration, etc. Third, 2023 also witnessed more weather anomalies, underlining the shift taking place because of climate change. Fourth, this year also witnessed the inability of the regional and global organizations to make any meaningful intervention, leading towards conflict resolution. Fifth, 2023 also witnessed a trend in the electoral success of right-wing parties.
Will 2024 be any different? Let us be hopeful and optimistic, but get ready to face the reality.
Warm regards
D. Suba Chandran
Professor & Dean, School of Conflict and Security Studies
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), IISc Campus, Bangalore
& Editor, Conflict Weekly
Conflict Weekly in 2023
52 Issues | 104 Comments | Ten Reviews | 11 Briefs/Special Comments
In 2023, Conflict Weekly published by NIAS-IPRI and the India Office of the KAS entered into the fourth year. During 2023, we published 52 issues with 104 focused notes, ten review reports and 11 special commentaries and briefs. It covered regions including, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Caucasus, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America. It also had a focus on issues relating to gender, climate change, migration and humanitarian crisis. The war in Ukraine, earthquakes in Syria, Turkey and Afghanistan, instability in Myanmar, floods in East Africa and Libya, Israel-Gaza war, Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, coups in Africa, abortion debates in the Americas, migration crisis in Europe, conflicts in Sudan and Ethiopia and protests and gang violence in Latin Americas were this year’s focus.
NIAS-KAS Conflict Weekly provides an exclusive space for the young scholars and attempts to train them at an early part of their career. This year we had students from the following institutions contributing to different issues: Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore, St Joseph’s College, Bangalore, Loyola College, Chennai, Stella Maris College, Chennai, Indian Maritime University, Chennai, Pondicherry University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, Calicut University, Kerala and Mysore University.
Anu Maria Joseph and Dhriti Mukherjee
Assistant Editors, Conflict Weekly
About the authors
Ankit Singh, Akriti Sharma, Harini Madhusudan, Rashmi BR and Rohini Reenum are PhD at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS.
Sourina Bej is a doctoral candidate at the University of Bonn.
Manoranjan Kumar is a PhD Scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
Trisha Roy is a PhD Scholar at Christ (Deemed To Be) University, Bangalore. Prerana P is a Postgraduate Scholar at Christ (Deemed To Be) University, Bangalore.
Padmashree Anandhan, Anu Maria Joseph, Femy Francis, Rishika Yadav, Shamini Velayutham and Dhriti Mukherjee are Research Assistants at NIAS.
Apoorva Sudhakar is a Research Analyst at Janes, Bangalore. Mohaimeen Khan is a Research Analyst at Janes, Bangalore.
Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare is a Research Assistant at Verité Research, Sri Lanka.
Nuha Aamina is a Postgraduate Scholar at St Joseph’s University, Bangalore.
Sneha Surendran is a Postgraduate Scholar at the OP Jindal University, Haryana.
Annem Naga Bindhu Madhuri and Genesy Balasingham are Postgraduate Scholars at the University of Madras.
Subiksha S, Taffy Tonia A, Lakshmi Parimala H and Nithyashree RB are Postgraduate Scholars at Stella Maris College, Chennai.
Sreeja JS, Varsha K, Immaculate Joy Paul and Jerry Franklin are Postgraduate Scholars at the Madras Christian College, Chennai.
Ryan Marcus is an Undergraduate Scholar at Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore.
Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray is the Director of Mantraya, Goa. He was formerly a Deputy Director at the National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India.
Dr S Shaji teaches at the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad.
Avishka Ashok is an independent scholar based in Mumbai. Abigail Fernandez is an independent scholar based in Bangalore. Sandra D Costa is an independent scholar based in Kerala. |
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