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Separatism and exiting violence

"Separatism and exiting violence" highlights the issues at stake in the relationship between independence and political violence, and therefore the end of violence. Starting from the postulate that political violence is inherent in the formation of the state, this panel of researchers examines the question of independence as a solution to exit violence.

The study first defines the key notions, notably those of 'violence' and 'separatism', through concrete examples (Kurdish case, war in Yemen, Southern Sudan among others) before analysing typical situations around the world and examining the role of the geopolitical context.

This work is also an opportunity to look again at the "separatist" means that could allow a way out of violence such as referenda, the right to self-determination, the role of the UN and other international mediators.

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Leaders

  • Adel Bakawan

    • Research field nationalism, islamism, terrorism in Kurdistan
    • Institution Ecole des Haute Etudes en Sciences sociales (EHESS)
    • Position research fellow
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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Group members

  • Azza Ahmed Abdel Aziz

    • Research field cultural understandings of health
    • Institution CEDEJ Khartoum
    • Position Visiting researcher at CEDEJ Khartoum
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Jean-Nicolas Bach

    • Research field democracy in Africa
    • Institution Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    • Position CEDEJ Karthoum coordinator
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Pierre Blanc

    • Research field violences, geopolitics and ressources
    • Institution Sciences Po, Bordeaux
    • Position researcher in geopolitics
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Xavier Guignard

    • Research field State Building
    • Institution Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
    • Position Lecturer
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Ines Hassen

    • Research field urban History, Kurdish diaspora
    • Institution University of Leicester
    • Position teaching fellow
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Omed Hussein

    • Research field radicalisations violentes
    • Institution University of Suleymaniyah
    • Position professor
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Soran Mahmood

    • Research field Islamism
    • Institution Dabran Platform, Sulaymaniyah
    • Position researcher at Dabran Platform
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Bahman Nariman

    • Research field political Islam in Kurdistan
    • Institution Dabran Platform, Sulaymaniyah
    • Position researcher
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Jean-Luc Racine

    • Research field separatism, radicalism
    • Institution Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    • Position Emeritus Senior Fellow
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Ayshwarya Rajith Sriskanda Rajah

    • Research field Biopolitics of liberal state-building and securing life, re-conceptualisation of the term ‘war’
    • Institution Brunel University
    • Position Lecturer
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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  • Nicola Ashraf Namiq Shalli

    • Research field criminal law, human rights
    • Institution Charmo University
    • Position Lecturer
    • Theme Separatism and exiting violence
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