Over the past three decades, interest in understanding, predicting and preventing violent conflict across different fragile and conflict-affected situations has soared. The focus on conflict prevention recognises not only the imperative of preventing the steep human costs associated with violent conflict and donor interests in stability in key regions across the world, but also rests on the idea that conflict prevention is cost-effective.

By Azadeh Zamirirad

Editor’s introduction

By Hamidreza Azizi and Erwin van Veen

Editor’s introduction