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Overview

Astri Suhrke is affiliated with the Christian Michelsen Institute in Norway and conducts research primarily in the social sciences. Their academic work spans topics in sociology, political science, and international relations, with particular focus on regions including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East.

The main fields of study for Suhrke include:

  • Social Sciences

Their subfields of study are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • General Health Professions
  • Economics and Econometrics

Suhrke's research covers a number of interconnected themes such as:

  • Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Global Security and Public Health
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Health and Conflict Studies
  • Economic Sanctions and International Relations

Significant recent publications authored or co-authored by Suhrke include:

  • Veien videre - kollisjon eller kreative kompromiss?, 2022, Internasjonal politikk
  • Working with the Taliban: from the first to the second Emirate, 2023, Central Asian Survey

Other related publications in the field by frequent coauthors include:

  • Armed governance: the case of the CIA-supported Afghan militias, 2020, Small Wars and Insurgencies (by Antonio De Lauri)
  • Quiet Engagement with the Taliban, 2021, Survival (by Arne Strand)
  • LA PROTECTION INTERNATIONALE DES RÉFUGIÉS ET LE PARTAGE DU FARDEAU: LEÇONS DE LA CRISE DU KOSOVO, 2023, Revue québécoise de droit international (by Michael Barutciski)

Suhrke's frequent collaborators include Arne Strand, Antonio De Lauri, Adèle Garnier, Susanne Schmeidl, and Michael Barutciski.

Publications by Suhrke and coauthors appear across a diverse selection of academic venues including:

  • Small Wars and Insurgencies
  • Survival
  • Internasjonal politikk
  • Central Asian Survey
  • Revue québécoise de droit international

Best Publications

  • Escape from Violence: Conflict and the Refugee Crisis in the Developing World

    Aristide R. Zolberg;Astri Suhrke;Sergio Aguayo

  • Human Security and the Interests of States

    Astri Suhrke

  • When More Is Less: The International Project in Afghanistan

    Astri Suhrke

  • Environmental Degradation and Population Flows

    Astri Suhrke

  • Burden-sharing during Refugee Emergencies: The Logic of Collective versus National Action

    Astri Suhrke

  • International factors in the formation of refugee movements.

    Aristide R. Zolberg;Astri Suhrke;Sergio Aguayo

  • Reconstruction as modernisation: the ‘post-conflict’ project in Afghanistan

    Astri Suhrke

  • The Path of a Genocide: The Rwanda Crisis from Uganda to Zaire

    Howard Adelman;Astri Suhrke

  • Pressure points : environmental degradation, migration and conflict

    A. Suhrke

  • Peacekeepers as nation‐builders: Dilemmas of the UN in East Timor

    Astri Suhrke

  • What's in a Figure? Estimating Recurrence of Civil War

    Astri Suhrke;Ingrid Samset

  • The International Response to Conflict and Genocide: Lessons from the Rwanda Experience Synthesis Report

    John Eriksson;Howard Adelman;John Borton;Hanne Christensen

  • Lessons from the Kosovo Refugee Crisis: Innovatons in Protection and Burden‐sharing

    Michael Barutciski;Astri Suhrke

  • Strategies of survival : the foreign policy dilemmas of smaller Asian states

    Charles Edward Morrison;Astri Suhrke

  • Environmental Degradation, Migration, and the Potential for Violent Conflict

    Astri Suhrke

  • Roads to Reconciliation

    Elin Skaar;Siri Gloppen;Astri Suhrke

  • A Contradictory Mission? NATO from Stabilization to Combat in Afghanistan

    Astri Suhrke

  • Democratizing a Dependent State: The Case of Afghanistan

    Astri Suhrke

  • Escape from Violence: Conflict and the Refugee Crisis in the Developing World.

    Pamela De Largy;Aristide Zolberg;Astri Suhrke;Sergio Aguayo

  • After Bonn: conflictual peace building

    Astri Suhrke;Kristian Berg Harpviken;Arne Strand

  • The Myth of the Democratic Peacekeeper: Civil–Military Relations and the United Nations

    Astri Suhrke

  • Statebuilding in Afghanistan: a contradictory engagement

    Astri Suhrke

  • The Peace In Between : Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding

    Astri Suhrke;Astri Suhrke;Mats R. Berdal

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Goodhand
Jonathan Goodhand School of Oriental and African Studies

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