Carla Suarez

Carla Suarez is an independent researcher interested in peace and conflict studies, the politics of non-state armed groups, gender dynamics during and after war, and the ethics of field research in conflict-affected settings. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Dalhousie University, and has been supported by Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Killam Memorial Fund. Her research has been featured in International Peacekeeping, the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Resilience, and Stability. She currently serves as a board member to Women In International Security-Canada (WIIS-C) and the Siinqee Institute. Carla resides in Vancouver and can be found exploring the mountains and beaches when she is not working.

“Negotiating Survival” Book Symposium – Living together in the “forever war”: Negotiations among civilians and insurgents?

By Carla Suarez / February 7, 2022

Ashley Jackson’s Negotiating Survival: Civilian-Insurgent Relations in Afghanistan provides a brilliant account into the daily struggles that people encounter amid prolonged violence and precarity. Drawing on multi-sited field research in Afghanistan (2017 – 2019), involving interviews with over 400 informants, the book examines negotiations made among insurgents and civilians to survive. Jackson introduces a novel theory of …

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