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Dismantling the 2016 peace agreement and introducing a military clampdown is not the answer to rising levels of violence.
The nebulous nature of narco-terrorism has allowed presidents from Reagan to Trump to deploy the term when it serves broader political goals in Latin America.
The Orinoco Basin is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. It’s also rich in oil, gold and critical minerals crucial to modern technology.
The Colombia-Venezuela border has long fuelled cycles of violence in Colombia. It’s now the main sticking point in any Venezuelan efforts to transition to democracy and the rule of law.
The country’s long-running conflict continues to impact life in many rural areas, which also face threats from illegal mining and other extractive industries.
Colombia, the location of Latin America’s longest-running insurgency, is seeing a new wave of violence.
They used to fight the state and now want to be part of society – but after demobilisation, thousands of former Farc guerrillas face violence and displacement
Colombia has elected its first left-wing government, led by a former guerrilla fighter and a female black activist.
The outcome of Colombia’s presidential election has major implications for the survival of its historic peace deal, and the prospects of former combatants who have committed to a life without conflict
The U.S. State Department rarely removes terrorist groups from its Foreign Terrorist Organizations list. Most terrorist groups, unlike the Colombian FARC, don’t want to put down their weapons.
Reintegration is a gendered phenomenon — women, men and LGBTQ+ people experience it differently.
Despite a landmark deal in 2016 which brought an end to five decades of conflict, an upsurge in mass killings is threatening peace in Colombia.
Interviews with former fighters show the pandemic is putting a fragile peace process under strain.
A nationally mandated quarantine isn’t keeping Colombia’s armed groups at home. Despite calls for a ceasefire, they are still killing activists, threatening humanitarian workers and seizing aid.
Small business grants are supposed to help Colombia’s disarmed FARC fighters start new lives as entrepreneurs. But interviews with 12 female ex-insurgents suggests the government plan may fail women.
Colombia’s new president opposes the 2016 peace deal with the FARC guerrillas. As trust between the government and militants erodes, at least 1,700 former insurgents have returned to armed struggle.
Hundreds of thousands of women helped the Nazi cause. Few ever faced justice.
Cross border security is at serious risk. So are the lives of the people who live there.
A 2016 accord with the FARC guerrillas was supposed to end Colombia’s 52-year civil war. But a deadly car bomb in Bogotá shows that armed insurgents still threaten the South American country.
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Political and International Studies, Rhodes University
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Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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Research fellow at the International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Teaching Fellow in Law, University of Birmingham
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Reader, University of Huddersfield; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Assistant Professor, Swedish Defence University
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Research assistant professor, Universidad de los Andes
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Research and Communications Officer, University of Oxford
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Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of International Humanitarian Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin, Global Security Programme, University of Oxford, University of Oxford
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PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin
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Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London