Roberto Belloni is Professor of International Relations at the University of Trento, Italy. His recent publications include The Rise and Fall of Peacebuilding in the Balkans (2020).Francesco N. Moro is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research has been published, among else, in the Journal of Peace Research, Terrorism and Political Violence and Journal of Conflict Resolution.

• 1. Stability and Stability Operations: Definitions, Drivers, Approaches Roberto Belloni and Francesco N. Moro 2. Political Transitions and Macro-level Foundations of Political Stability Stefano Costalli and Francesco N. Moro 3. Stabilization and Local Conflicts: Communal and Civil War in South Sudan Jana Krause 4. United Nations Stabilization Operations: Chapter Seven and a Half John Karlsrud 5. From Liberal Statebuilding to Counterinsurgency and Stabilization: The International Intervention in Iraq Roberto Belloni and Irene Costantini 6. NATO’s Landscape of the Mind: Stabilisation and Statebuilding in Afghanistan Mats Berdal 7. (B)ordering Hybrid Security? EU Stabilisation Practices in the Sahara-Sahel Region Luca Raineri and Francesco Strazzari

Roberto Belloni is Professor of International Relations at the University of Trento, Italy. His recent publications include The Rise and Fall of Peacebuilding in the Balkans (2020).Francesco N. Moro is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research has been published, among else, in the Journal of Peace Research, Terrorism and Political Violence and Journal of Conflict Resolution.

• 1. Stability and Stability Operations: Definitions, Drivers, Approaches Roberto Belloni and Francesco N. Moro 2. Political Transitions and Macro-level Foundations of Political Stability Stefano Costalli and Francesco N. Moro 3. Stabilization and Local Conflicts: Communal and Civil War in South Sudan Jana Krause 4. United Nations Stabilization Operations: Chapter Seven and a Half John Karlsrud 5. From Liberal Statebuilding to Counterinsurgency and Stabilization: The International Intervention in Iraq Roberto Belloni and Irene Costantini 6. NATO’s Landscape of the Mind: Stabilisation and Statebuilding in Afghanistan Mats Berdal 7. (B)ordering Hybrid Security? EU Stabilisation Practices in the Sahara-Sahel Region Luca Raineri and Francesco Strazzari

Roberto Belloni is Professor of International Relations at the University of Trento, Italy. His recent publications include The Rise and Fall of Peacebuilding in the Balkans (2020).Francesco N. Moro is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research has been published, among else, in the Journal of Peace Research, Terrorism and Political Violence and Journal of Conflict Resolution.

• 1. Stability and Stability Operations: Definitions, Drivers, Approaches Roberto Belloni and Francesco N. Moro 2. Political Transitions and Macro-level Foundations of Political Stability Stefano Costalli and Francesco N. Moro 3. Stabilization and Local Conflicts: Communal and Civil War in South Sudan Jana Krause 4. United Nations Stabilization Operations: Chapter Seven and a Half John Karlsrud 5. From Liberal Statebuilding to Counterinsurgency and Stabilization: The International Intervention in Iraq Roberto Belloni and Irene Costantini 6. NATO’s Landscape of the Mind: Stabilisation and Statebuilding in Afghanistan Mats Berdal 7. (B)ordering Hybrid Security? EU Stabilisation Practices in the Sahara-Sahel Region Luca Raineri and Francesco Strazzari