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Karina Shyrokykh, a member of FBA’s International Research Working Groups, leads a new research project that aims to shed light on how Transnational Municipal Cooperation can be deployed in crisis situations.
Ukraine, international peace operations and civil-military cooperation
Johanna Gårdmark is head of FBA's unit for Ukraine. She has previously worked with humanitarian aid and disaster risk reduction. She also has several years of experience of working with security policy and military peace operations for the Swedish Ministry of Defence. In addition, she has been employed at the Mission of Sweden to NATO and the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, and she has spent several years working in the Western Balkans.
FBA's work in Ukraine | international peace operations | Civil-military cooperation | Western Balkans
Research within FBA's areas of expertise, the Middle East
Colombia, peace-building and mediation
Colombia, ELN, FN peace operations and inclusion issues
Afghanistan, Western Balkans, Africa, Preventive Diplomacy
Conflict prevention and peacebuilding | Security sector reform
Inclusive peace processes
Women, peace and security
Afghanistan
State-building and human security
FBA's work in Africa
Democracy and governance, leadership and cooperation in peace operations
Head of Research
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Western Balkans
Palestine and state-building
Multilateral Cooperation | Liberia
The African Union and peace operations
Research in developing countries, Africa, control of small arms
Civilian crisis management and international deployments
Myanmar, peace and democracy building
Sustainable peacebuilding | support to peace processes
Latin America and disarmament of ex-combatants
Election observation
Iraq and Palestine
Mozambique, dialogue, reconciliation, and peace processes
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