SwissInfo. 2025. Macht Demokratie die Welt wirklich friedlicher? / Does democracy really make the world more peaceful? Von Benjamin Van Wyl und Pauline Turuban. here in German. here in English.
International Peace Institute. 2025. UN Strategic Communications and the Protection of Civilians: The Role of UN Radio (with Marc Werner). here. [Based on a presentation at the policy-research workshop at McGill University, November 2024 ]
DeFacto. 2025. Wie eine Demokratie Krieg vermeiden kann. here. [Based on input presentation at Democracy Days Aarau, 2025]
HSG. 2024. UNO-Blauhelme: Woran kranken die Friedenstauben. here.
Tagesanzeiger. 2024. Europa bereitet sich auf Krieg vor — die Schweiz streitet um Geld. [Europe is preparing for war — Switzerland is fighting over money.] here.
Africa @ LSE. 2023. Exiting UN peacekeepers were unpopular in Mali. Read here.
De Facto. 2022. A Dangerous Goodbye: What the Withdrawal of Peace Operations implies for International Security. (Original: Ein gefährlicher Abschied? Was der Abzug von Friedensmissionen für die internationale Sicherheit bedeutet.) Read here (in German).
SRF 10vor10. 2022. Membership of Switzerland in UN Security Council. Listen here
Deutsche Welle. 2020. Résuregence des violences interethnique en Côte d’Ivoire. Read here.
Political Violence @ A Glance. 2020. Everyday Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic. Read here.
The Washington Post. 2020. “Governments Around the World Are Restricting Rights, Using the Pandemic as Cover.” Read here.
The Washington Post. 2019. In Liberia, the U.N. mission helped restore confidence in the rule of law. Read here (mentioning of my research on UN-sponsored social cohesion initiatives in Côte d’Ivoire).
Politikorange.de. 2019. Zivilgesellschaftliche Freiräume in Gefahr. Read here.
Freies Gymnasium Zürich. 2022. Internationales Konfliktmanagement und der Krieg in der Ukraine.
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