Conflict and Security
Conflict and Security
The Conflict and Security Research Cluster includes researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including political science, history, geography, sociology, education and economics (with growing links to researchers in the STEM fields). The cluster undertakes to foster linkages among BSIA students and faculty with an interest conflict (and conflict resolution) research, facilitate debate and dialogue within the BSIA community on key contemporary issues of conflict and security, and encourage collaborative research across these areas. Through research, events, and publications, the cluster seeks to enhance the profile of the BSIA as a leading research centre – recognized both domestically and internationally – for the study of peace, conflict and security.
Explainer: International implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
On March 7, 2022, the scholars of the Conflict & Security Research Cluster at the Balsillie School of International Affairs gathered to answer some of the more commonly asked questions about the broader implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Veronica Kitchen & Timothy Donais, the co-leaders of the Research Cluster, distilled the discussion into an explainer. Read the explainer here.
Cluster Leads
Izabela Steflja
Wilfrid Laurier University
Veronica Kitchen
University of Waterloo
PhD Support Officer
Maral Niazi
BSIA
Events
Media
Reflecting on the Crisis in Gaza: Possibilities for Peace and Humanitarian Assistance
Virtual Balsillie School of International Affairs, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, ON, CanadaFeaturing Mohammed Abunimer, Boaz Atzili and Dana El Kurd
Media
"Recent UN news on conflict, peace, and security", UN News, Global perspective Human stories.
"Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo", Global Conflict Tracker, Council on Foreign Relations, October 31, 2023.
"In-focus: The women, peace, and security debate", UN Women, October 24, 2023.
"U.S. Fears Sudan’s War Will Worsen Humanitarian Crisis", Foreign Policy, September 29, 2023.
"Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno-Karabakh’s mass exodus", Aljazeera, September 28, 2023.
"A New Era of Conflict and Violence", United Nations.
"Conflict in Ethiopia", Global Conflict Tracker, Council on Foreign Relations, August 28, 2023.
"Conflict and Food Insecurity", Security Council Report, August 23, 2023.
"What does it take to ‘stabilize’ Haiti?" by Allison J. Petrozziello. Canadian Dimension. March 23, 2023.
Explainer: International implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, written by Veronica Kitchen and Timothy Donais based on a discussion with the scholars of the Conflict and Security research cluster on March 7, 2022.
