Posts by Ben Baruch

Interview An interview with Johan Galtung

Professor Johan Galtung talks to Insight on Conflict’s Ben Baruch about the Arab Spring, his concepts of positive peace and negative peace, the conflict in Sudan, his views on mediation and the merits of local vs. outsider participation in peace processes. Read more >>>

Commentary Can Sudanese peace initiatives prove their worth?

Evaluation is an on-going and inherent challenge for peacebuilders, and has different roles to play. In this blog I tell how I set out to find whether Sudanese conflict prevention initiatives could “prove their worth” through evaluation. My objectives were wider, though, as I aimed to develop current understanding of the wider roles of peacebuilding evaluation, and of the environment in which peacebuilding evaluators operate. Read more >>>

Interview Fambul Tok: Grassroots reconciliation in Sierra Leone

Fambul Tok is an innovative peacebuilding organisation from Sierra Leone. They draw on traditional African practices to create a community owned and led reconciliation project. Two members of Fambul Tok recently visited London, and were kind enough to conduct a video interview with us to explain their work. Read more >>>

Commentary Women, War and Peace

With three women winning this year’s Nobel Peace prize, now is an apt time for PBS’s new series, Women, War and Peace initiative, especially as the central character of one of the films is Leymah Gbowee, one of the Nobel Prize winners. Read more >>>