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| Security regionalism and flaws of externally forged peace in Sudan: The IGAD peace process and its aftermath A Ylönen African Journal on Conflict Resolution 14 (2), 13-39, 2014 | 25 | 2014 |
| From demonisation to rapprochement: Abiy Ahmed’s early reforms and implications of the coming together of Ethiopia and Eritrea A Ylönen Global Change, Peace & Security 31 (3), 341-349, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
| United nations security council reform revisited: A proposal V Lättilä, A Ylönen Diplomacy & Statecraft 30 (1), 164-186, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| On Sources of Political Violence in Africa: The Case of “Marginalizing State” in Sudan A Ylönen Política y cultura 32, 37-59, 2009 | 16 | 2009 |
| The Horn of Africa since the 1960s: local and international politics intertwined A Ylönen, J Záhořík Taylor & Francis, 2017 | 15 | 2017 |
| Reflections on Peacebuilding Interventionism: State-and Nationbuilding dilemmas in Southern Sudan (2005 to the present) A Ylönen Global Change, Peace & Security 28 (2), 213-223, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Is the Horn of Africa’s ‘Cold War’over? Abiy Ahmed’s early reforms and the rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea A Ylönen African Security Review 27 (3-4), 245-252, 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
| Limits of ‘peace through statebuilding’in Southern Sudan: challenges to state legitimacy, governance and economic development during the Comprehensive Peace Agreement … A Ylönen Journal of Conflictology 3 (2), 5, 2012 | 14 | 2012 |
| Forced displacement and behavioral change: An empirical study of returnee households in the Nuba Mountains A Abdel-Rahim, D Jaimovich, A Ylönen Defence and peace economics 29 (2), 190-220, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| Beyond history: African agency in development, diplomacy, and conflict resolution EN Munyi, D Mwambari, A Ylönen Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
| Marginalisation and violence: Considering origins of insurgency and peace implementation in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan A Ylönen Institute for Security Studies, 2009 | 11 | 2009 |
| Dwindling but surviving: South Sudan and external involvement in the current crisis A Ylönen Review of African Political Economy 41 (141), 466-473, 2014 | 10 | 2014 |
| Institutions and Instability in Africa: Nigeria, Sudan, and Reflections from Mises’s Nation, State and Economy A Ylönen New Perspectives on Political Economy 1 (1), 38-60, 2005 | 10 | 2005 |
| Conflict diamonds ‘alive and well’ Failing controls and the changing landscape of global diamond economy A Ylönen African Security Review 21 (3), 62-67, 2012 | 9 | 2012 |
| Conflicto y crecimiento: la configuración y supervivencia del estado fallido en Sudán A Ylönen Relaciones internacionales, 1-33, 2008 | 8 | 2008 |
| BUILDING A STATE WITHOUT THE NATION?" PEACE-THROUGH-STATEBUILDING" IN SOUTHERN SUDAN, 2005-2011 A Ylönen Revista UNISCI, 13-34, 2013 | 7 | 2013 |
| On state, marginalization, and origins of rebellion: The formation of insurgencies in southern Sudan A Ylönen Africa World Press, 2017 | 6 | 2017 |
| Peace or stability? A critical appraisal of external interventions in South Sudan A Ylönen Journal of Peacebuilding & Development 9 (3), 102-108, 2014 | 6 | 2014 |
| Forced displacement and behavioral change: An empirical study of returnee households in the Nuba Mountains AA Rahim, D Jaimovich, A Ylönen HiCNWorking Paper 157, 2013 | 6 | 2013 |
