Isak Svensson

The Peacemaking Mandate: Nordic Experiences in International Mediation

Svensson, Isak; Wallensteen, Peter

Cambridge University Press, 2025

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Capitalizing on Cleavages: Transnational Jihadist Conflicts, Local Fault Lines and Cumulative Extremism

Svensson, Isak; Nilsson, Desirée

Part of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, p. 265-283, 2025

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Triangulating Peace: How Adversaries Build Sustainable Peace through Negotiated Settlements

Söderberg Kovacs, Mimmi; Svensson, Isak

Part of Negotiation journal, p. 99-127, 2025

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Peace Talks in the Russia-Ukraine War: When, Who, and How?

Bramsen, Isabel; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Negotiation, p. 97-122, 2025

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No End in Sight?: Trajectories of War Terminations in Islamist Armed Conflicts

Svensson, Isak; Nilsson, Desirée; Gåsste, Tim

Part of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2024

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Capitalizing on Cleavages: Transnational Jihadist Conflicts, Local Fault Lines and Cumulative Extremism

Svensson, Isak; Nilsson, Desirée

Part of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, p. 265-283, 2025

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Triangulating Peace: How Adversaries Build Sustainable Peace through Negotiated Settlements

Söderberg Kovacs, Mimmi; Svensson, Isak

Part of Negotiation journal, p. 99-127, 2025

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Peace Talks in the Russia-Ukraine War: When, Who, and How?

Bramsen, Isabel; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Negotiation, p. 97-122, 2025

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No End in Sight?: Trajectories of War Terminations in Islamist Armed Conflicts

Svensson, Isak; Nilsson, Desirée; Gåsste, Tim

Part of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2024

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Fueling protest?: Climate change mitigation, fuel prices and protest onset

von Uexkull, Nina; Geelmuyden Rød, Espen; Svensson, Isak

Part of World Development, 2024

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Resisting Radical Rebels: Variations in Islamist Rebel Governance and the Occurrence of Civil Resistance

Bamber, Matthew; Svensson, Isak

Part of Terrorism and Political Violence, p. 1126-1146, 2023

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Pushing the doors open: Nonviolent action and inclusion in peace negotiations

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 58-72, 2023

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Divided We Fall: Ethnic Cleavages, Movement Cohesion, and the Risk of Escalation to Civil War in Non-Violent Uprisings

Mustasilta, Katariina; Svensson, Isak

Part of Civil Wars, p. 103-136, 2023

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Local Ceasefires and De-escalation: Evidence From the Syrian Civil War

Lundgren, Magnus; Svensson, Isak; Karakus, Dogukan Cansin

Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 1350-1375, 2023

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Violent Political Protest: Introducing a New Uppsala Conflict Data Program Data Set on Organized Violence, 1989-2019

Svensson, Isak; Schaftenaar, Susanne; Allansson, Marie

Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 1703-1730, 2022

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Confronting the caliphate?: Explaining civil resistance in jihadist proto-states

Svensson, Isak; Finnbogason, Daniel

Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 572-595, 2021

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The Intractability of Islamist Insurgencies: Islamist Rebels and the Recurrence of Civil War

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Studies Quarterly, p. 620-632, 2021

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The surprising decline of international mediation in armed conflicts

Lundgren, Magnus; Svensson, Isak

Part of Research & Politics, 2020

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Between the Bombs: Exploring Partial Ceasefires in the Syrian Civil War, 2011–2017

Karakus, Dogukan Cansin; Svensson, Isak

Part of Terrorism and Political Violence, p. 681-700, 2020

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Letter to the Editors: Emancipation and Critique in Peace and Conflict Research

Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Global Security Studies, p. 703-707, 2020

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Resisting Resolution: Islamist Claims and Negotiations in Intrastate Armed Conflicts

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Negotiation, p. 389-412, 2020

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In the Streets and at the Table: Civil Society Coordination during Peace Negotiations

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak; Magalhães Teixeira, Barbara; Martínez Lorenzo, Luís et al.

Part of International Negotiation, p. 225-251, 2020

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Peace Talks and Valid Spokespersons: Explaining the Onset of Negotiations in Southern Thailand

Engvall, Anders; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Negotiation, p. 495-518, 2020

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Is Shia-Sunni Violence on the Rise?: Exploring New Data on Intra-Muslim Organised Violence 1989-2017

Finnbogason, Daniel; Larsson, Göran; Svensson, Isak

Part of Civil Wars, p. 25-53, 2019

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Why Is There So Little Shia-Sunni Dialogue?: Understanding the Deficit of Intra-Muslim Dialogue and Interreligious Peacemaking

Krause, Dino; Svensson, Isak; Larsson, Göran

Part of Religions, 2019

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Introducing an Agenda-based Measurement of Mediation Success: The Divergent Effects of the Manipulation Strategy in African Civil Wars

Duursma, Allard; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Negotiation, p. 296-323, 2019

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From Revolution to Resolution:: Exploring Third‐Party Mediation in Nonviolent Uprisings

Svensson, Isak; Lundgren, Magnus

Part of Peace and Change, p. 271-291, 2018

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The missing jihad: Why have there been no jihadist civil wars in Southeast Asia?

Finnbogason, Daniel; Svensson, Isak

Part of The Pacific Review, p. 96-115, 2018

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Disputes over the Divine: Introducing the Religion and Armed Conflict (RELAC) data, 1975–2015

Svensson, Isak; Nilsson, Desirée

Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 1127-1148, 2018

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Manufacturing Dissent: Modernization and the Onset of Major Nonviolent Resistance Campaigns

Butcher, Charles; Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 311-339, 2016

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Conceptualizing the Religious Dimensions of Armed Conflicts: A Response to "Shrouded: Islam, War, and Holy War in Southeast Asia"

Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, p. 185-189, 2016

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Manufacturing Dissent: Modernization and the Onset of Major Nonviolent Campaigns

Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 311-339, 2016

Explaining Political Jujitsu: Communications Infrastructure and the Outcomes of Regime Violence against Unarmed Protests

Sutton, Jonathan; Butcher, Charles; Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 559-573, 2014

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Talking Peace: International Mediation in Armed Conflicts

Wallensteen, Peter; Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 315-327, 2014

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Leanings and Dealings: Exploring Bias and Trade Leverage in Civil War Mediation by International Organizations

Lundgren, Magnus; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Negotiation, p. 315-342, 2014

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Peace from the Inside: Exploring the Role of the Insider-Partial Mediator

Svensson, Isak; Lindgren, Mathilda

Part of International Interactions, p. 698-722, 2013

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The Exit Option: Mediation and the Termination of Negotiations in the Northern Ireland Conflict

O'Dochartaigh, Niall; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Journal of Conflict Management, p. 40-55, 2013

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Rivers of Peace: Institutionalized Mekong River Cooperation and The East Asian Peace

Bobekova, Elvira; Pearce Smith, Scott; Svensson, Isak

Part of European Journal of East Asian Studies, p. 7-34, 2013

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Dialogue and Interethnic Trust: A Randomized Field Trial of ‘Sustained Dialogue’ in Ethiopia

Svensson, Isak; Brounéus, Karen

Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 563-575, 2013

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One God, Many Wars: Religious dimensions of armed conflict in the Middle East and North Africa

Svensson, Isak

Part of Civil Wars, p. 411-430, 2013

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Believers and Belligerents: Exploring Faith-Based Mediation in Internal Armed Conflicts

Johnstone, Naomi; Svensson, Isak

Part of Politics, Religion & Ideology, p. 556-577, 2013

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Research on Bias in Mediation: Policy Implications

Svensson, Isak

Part of Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs, p. 17-26, 2013

Community and Consent: Unarmed insurrections in non-democracies

Svensson, Isak; Lindgren, Mathilda

Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 97-120, 2011

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Termination as a Tactic and Norwegian Mediation in Sri Lanka

Höglund, Kristine; Svensson, Isak

Part of Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, p. 12-32, 2011

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How Holy Wars End: Exploring the Termination Patterns of Conflicts with Religious Dimensions in Asia

Svensson, Isak; Harding, Emily

Part of Terrorism and Political Violence, p. 133-149, 2011

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East Asian Peacemaking: Exploring the patterns of conflict management and conflict settlement in East Asia

Svensson, Isak

Part of Asian Perspective, p. 163-185, 2011

From Bombs to Banners?: The Decline of Wars and the Rise of Unarmed Uprisings in East Asia

Svensson, Isak; Lindgren, Mathilda

Part of Security Dialogue, p. 219-237, 2011

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Schizophrenic Soothers: The International Community and Contrast Strategies for Peace-making in Sri Lanka

Höglund, Kristine; Svensson, Isak

Part of Cooperation and Conflict, p. 166-184, 2011

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Incentives for Talking: Accepting Mediation in International and Civil Wars

Melin, Molly M.; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Interactions, p. 249-271, 2009

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Who Brings Which Peace?: Neutral versus biased mediation and institutional peace arrangements in civil wars

Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 446-469, 2009

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Mediating between tigers and lions: Norwegian peace diplomacy in Sri Lanka's civil war

Höglund, Kristine; Svensson, Isak

Part of Contemporary South Asia, p. 175-191, 2009

Peace and protest: Unarmed insurrections in East Asia, 1946-2006

Svensson, Isak; Lindgren, Mathilda

Part of Asia Insights, p. 11-13, 2009

'Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t': nordic involvement and third-party neutrality in Sri Lanka

Höglund, Kristine; Svensson, Isak

Part of International Negotiation, p. 341-364, 2008

Mediation with Muscles or Minds?: Exploring Power and Trust Mediators in Civil Wars

Svensson, Isak

Part of International Negotiation, p. 229-248, 2007

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Fighting with faith - Religion and conflict resolution a in civil wars

Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 930-949, 2007

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Bargaining, bias and peace brokers: How rebels commit to peace

Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 177-194, 2007

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"Sticking one's neck out": Reducing mistrust in Sri Lanka's peace negotiations

Höglund, Kristine; Svensson, Isak

Part of Negotiation journal, p. 367-387, 2006

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The Peacemaking Mandate: Nordic Experiences in International Mediation

Svensson, Isak; Wallensteen, Peter

Cambridge University Press, 2025

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Brain Train: A guide to green and creative work trips

Svensson, Isak; Nilsson, Desirée; Söderberg Kovacs, Mimmi

Uppsala University, 2024

Brain Train: En handbok för gröna och kreativa arbetsresor

Svensson, Isak; Nilsson, Desirée; Söderberg Kovacs, Mimmi

Uppsala universitet, 2024

Fredens diplomater. : Nordisk medling från Bernadotte till Ahtisaari

Wallensteen, Peter; Svensson, Isak

Santérus Förlag, 2016

Religion and the International System

Svensson, Isak; Hassner, Ron

Sage Publications, 2016

International mediation bias and peacemaking: Taking sides in civil wars

Svensson, Isak

Routledge, 2014

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Ending Holy Wars: Religion and Conflict Resolution in Civil Wars

Svensson, Isak

University of Queensland Press, 2012

The Go-Between: Jan Eliasson and the styles of mediation

Wallensteen, Peter; Svensson, Isak

United States Institute of Peace Press, 2010

Mediation as a method of conflict prevention in intrastate conflicts

Svensson, Isak

Part of Research Handbook on Conflict Prevention, p. 139-151, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024

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Resolving Religious Conflicts through Peace Agreements

Svensson, Isak

Part of International law and peace settlements, p. 374-397, Cambridge University Press, 2021

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Mediation of Interstate Conflicts and Civil Wars

Svensson, Isak

Part of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, Oxford University Press, 2020

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Biased mediation

Svensson, Isak

Part of Research Handbook on Mediating International Crises, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019

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Mediating Closure: Timing for a MHS

Svensson, Isak

Part of How Negotiations End, p. 201-207, Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Civil war and religion: an overview

Svensson, Isak

Part of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, Oxford University Press, 2019

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Where Are the Women in Peace Mediation?

Aggestam, Karin; Svensson, Isak

Part of Gendering Diplomacy and International Negotiation, p. 149-168, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

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The East Asian Peace: will it last?

Kreutz, Joakim; Bjarnegård, Elin; Eck, Kristine; Guthrey, Holly L. et al.

Part of Debating the East Asian Peace, p. 281-296, NIAS Press, 2017

Mapping armed conflicts over Islamist claims: exploring regional variations

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak

Part of SIPRI Yearbook 2017: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, p. 58-65, Oxford University Press, 2017

When do we mediate? Global trends in armed conflict and peace mediation.

Wallensteen, Peter; Svensson, Isak

Part of The 2016 Oslo Forum Network of Mediators, 14-15 June, p. 40-47, Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 2016

A reversal of peace? The role of foreign involvement in armed conflict: a case study on East Asia

Melander, Erik; Svensson, Isak

Part of SIPRI Yearbook 2016, p. 220-235, Oxford University Press, 2016

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Isak Svensson (2016): ”Conflict and Peace”, in David Yamane (ed): Handbook of Religion and Society (2nd EDITION), Springer

Svensson, Isak

Part of Handbook of Religion and Society (2nd EDITION), Springer, 2016

Conflict Mediation, in  

Svensson, Isak

Part of Elsevier’s International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (IESBS), Elsevier, 2015

Mediation and peace agreements

Svensson, Isak; Lundgren, Magnus

Part of SIPRI yearbook, p. 43-55, Oxford University Press, 2014

Conflict Resolution in Civil Wars

Svensson, Isak

Part of Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars, p. 363-375, Routledge, 2014

The fragile peace in East and South East Asia

Tønnesson, Stein; Melander, Erik; Bjarnegård, Elin; Svensson, Isak et al.

Part of SIPRI yearbook, p. 28-40, Oxford University Press, 2013

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Conflict resolution and religious dimensions of armed conflicts

Svensson, Isak

Part of The Ashgate Research Companion to Religion and Conflict Resolution, p. 119-136, Ashgate, 2012

Partial Peacemakers: Explaining Mediation Success in African Armed Conflicts

Svensson, Isak

Part of From Intra-State War to Durable Peace, Republic of Letters Publishing, 2012

Fallacies of the Peace Ownership Approach: Exploring Norwegian Mediation in Sri Lanka

Höglund, Kristine; Svensson, Isak

Part of Liberal Peace in Question, p. 63-76, Anthem Press, 2011

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Mediating between Tigers and Lions: Norwegian Peace Diplomacy in Sri Lanka's Civil War

Höglund, Kristine; Svensson, Isak

Part of War and Peace in Transition, p. 147-169, Nordic Academic Press, 2009

Guaranteeing Peace: The Credibility of Third-Party Mediators in Civil Wars

Svensson, Isak

Part of International Conflict Mediation, Routledge, 2009

Demos or Deus: Patterns of Religious Dimensions in Asian Armed Conflicts, 1945-2005

Svensson, Isak; Rangdrol, David

Part of The Democratization Project, p. 67, Anthem Press, 2009

Democracies, Disengagement and Deals: Exploring the Effect of Different Types of Mediators in Internal Armed Conflicts

Svensson, Isak

Part of Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict, Routledge, 2008

Religion, Conflict, and Global Society: A Festschrift celebrating Mark Juergensmeyer

Kanwal Sheikh, Mona; Svensson, Isak

DIIS, 2021

Pause or Peace?: Exploring the Impact of Local Ceasefires on Battle-Related Deaths in the Syrian Civil War, 2012-2017

Svensson, Isak; Karakus, Dogukan Cansin; Lundgren, Magnus

2018

The Shia-Sunni Schism: Exploring Trends in Intra-Muslim Organized Violence, 1989-2016

Svensson, Isak; Larsson, Göran; Dino, Krause

2018

From the Balcony to the Barricades: Individual-level explanations for participation in the 2006 Nonviolent uprising in Nepal

Svensson, Isak; Butcher, Charles; Karen, Brounéus; Pradeep, Peiris et al.

2018

A New Category of Organized Violence: Presenting the UCDP “Violence in Civil Protest” (ViCiP) Dataset, 1989-2015

Svensson, Isak; Allansson, Marie; Schaftenaar, Susanne

2017

How Do Islamist Conflicts End?: Religious claims and civil war outcomes, 1975-2015

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak

2017

How Jihadist States End: Tracing the end dynamics of revolutionary Islamist states

Svensson, Isak; Finnbogason, Daniel

2017

How Do Islamist Conflicts End?: Religious claims and civil war outcomes, 1975-2015

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak

2017

How Jihadist States End: Exploring the Termination Patterns of Revolutionary Islamist Statelets

Svensson, Isak; Finnbogason, Daniel

2017

The Rise of Islamist Armed Conflicts and Challenges to Conflict Resolution

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak; Söderberg Kovacs, Mimmi

2017

The Missing Jihad: The East Asian Peace and the Global Patterns of Religious Conflicts

Svensson, Isak

2014

Talking Peace: International Mediation in Armed Conflicts

Svensson, Isak; Wallensteen, Peter

2013

“Manufacturing Dissent: Economic Structure and the Onset of Major Nonviolent Resistance Campaigns”,

Svensson, Isak; Butcher, Charles

2013

Peacemaking in Who’s Authority?: Exploring Mandates in International Mediation of Civil Wars

Svensson, Isak; Duursma, Allard

2012

Protecting Protégés?: Rebel-biased Mediation and the Case of Malaysian Mediation in the Philippines

Svensson, Isak

2012

Karin Aggestam & Isak Svensson: Where Are the Women in International Mediation?

Svensson, Isak; Aggestam, Karin

2012

East Asian Peacemaking? Some Empirical Observations on Patterns of Conflict Management and Termination Stipulations in Civil Wars

Svensson, Isak

2008

Schizophrenic Soothers: The International Community and Contrast Strategies for Peacemaking in Sri Lanka

Svensson, Isak; Höglund, Kristine

2008

Civil society protests and inclusive peace talks

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak; Sandyarani, Utami

2023

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Women, Peace and Security: Women's Organizations in Peace-Making

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak

2020

What We Know - and Don't Know - about Religious Civil Wars

Nilsson, Desirée; Svensson, Isak

2018

Gene Sharp (1928-2018) – ickevåld som strategi 

Svensson, Isak

2018

Krig och fred 2018: de 8 viktigaste trenderna, posted 2018-12-17

Svensson, Isak

2018

Nobelpriset 2018 – några högoddsare och lågoddsare,posted 2018-09-25

Svensson, Isak

2018

Förhastad slutsats om kvinnors roll i fredsprocesser”, 2018-01-05, Replik, DN Debatt

Svensson, Isak

2018

Civil Resistance and Conflict Transformation: Transitions from armed to nonviolent struggle

Svensson, Isak

Part of Cooperation and Conflict, p. 560-562, 2016

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Nio punkter för global fred (Nine Points for Global Peace)

Brosché, Johan; Brounéus, Karen; Fjelde, Hanne; Forsberg, Erika et al.

2015

International Mediation

Svensson, Isak

Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 535-535, 2013