• Civil-military relations

• Military-ethnic studies

• Defence and development trade-offs

• Human security provision and management

• Politics of debt and adjustment

• Conflict early-warning and prevention

• Conflict resolution and management

• Traditional conflict resolution

• Conflict analysis and peacemaking

• Power-sharing as transition mechanism

• Art of negotiation

• Displacement and refugee studies

• Disaster awareness, preparedness and management

• Enforced or involuntary disappearances

• Regional security

• Humanitarian intervention

• Post-conflict peacebuilding

• Transitional justice and reconciliation

• Human rights education for military personnel, police and prisons

• Democratisation, governance

• Conducting credible elections

• The state and civil society interactions