Teaching Notes for CHAPTER 16: Whole of Society Conflict Prevention: Kenya’s Contrasted with Afghanistan and Iraq

Teaching Notes for Whole of Society Conflict Prevention: Kenya’s Contrasted with Afghanistan and Iraq, by Lisa Schirch. This case study looks at the three inter-related concepts; conflict prevention, civil society, and a whole of society or comprehensive approach. It compares and contrasts the Whole of Society Approach to Conflict Prevention in Kenya with Afghanistan and Iraq. A brief literature review outlines the relevance of these three concepts to current security discussions. Lessons from what worked in Kenya and other countries illuminate the successes and failures of civil society efforts at conflict prevention in Iraq and Afghanistan where attention focused largely on the state and not civil society. In sum, the case study raises questions about how Coalition Forces have related to Afghan civil society since 2001 and in Iraq since 2003 and how they could have related in a way that better achieved US goals in reducing insurgency and building a stable democracy

Social Cohesion and Conflict Dynamics on Social Media

On May 20, 2021, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) Vancouver hosted a digital roundtable where Dr. Lisa Schirch, Senior Research Fellow and Social Media, Technology and Peacebuilding Programme Director at the Toda Peace Institute, presented on Social Cohesion and Conflict Dynamics on Social Media. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives

Ritual and symbol in peacebuilding

Bloomfieldx, 209 p.; 23 cm

Civilian peacekeeping. : Preventing violence and making space for democracy.

Uppsala115 p.; 21 cm

The civil society-military relationship in Afghanistan

Lisa Schirc

EU and Security Sector Reform: Tilting at Windmills?

This scoping study was produced as part of the project “Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding”, which aims to enhance the EU’s peacebuilding and conflict prevention capabilities. This paper is part of the first series of orientation papers that were intended to indicate lines of inquiry and propose research questions, as a basis for discussion and input for the project's Theoretical and Methodological Framework. They seek to provide an overview of scholarly knowledge about the EU’s capabilities and means for conflict prevention and peacebuilding in relation to several cross-cutting themes and clusters that the project focuses on. More information at www.woscap.e