Dr. Alex Waterman

Emerging research has suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic has generally favored rebel organizations—rather than states—in situations of intrastate conflict. This article challenges this perspective by analyzing the pandemic's impact on three dimensions of rebel activity—armed activity, popular support and recruitment, and rebel governance.

The global order is shifting from a unipolar world dominated by the West to a multipolar one with Asia emerging as a major centre of gravity. Narratives of order and re-ordering are powerful tools that shape policy agendas and enable local, national, and global actors to make sense of contemporary or historical orders or changes in those orders.

This article leverages data from an oft-overlooked case of rebel governance – India’s United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) – to demonstrate the importance of de-centring territorial control as a prerequisite for rebel governance.

Leibniz im Bundestag 2023, Berlin Organisers: Leibniz Association Dr. Alex Waterman (Consultant)

Briefed a member of Bundestag on the conflict situation in Northeast India, including current violent unrest (2023) in Manipur and ways ahead with major peace processes in the region.

State-sponsored Assassinations in International Politics, History, and Law, Swansea University, Swansea Dr. Alex Waterman (Speaker)