:: Articles in journals
 

2008, (with Alemmaya Mulugeta) 'Pastoral Conflicts and State-building in the Ethiopian Lowlands', Afrika Spectrum 43(1), pp. 19-37. URL
  2006, (with Mohamud H. Khalif) 'State and Politics in Ethiopia's Somali Region since 1991', Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies 6, pp. 25-49. pdf
  2006, 'Ethiopian Political Culture Strikes Back: a rejoinder to J. Abbink', African Affairs 105(421), pp. 605-12. URL
  2005, 'Beyond Clannishness and Colonialism: understanding political disorder in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, 1991-2004', Journal of Modern African Studies 43(4), pp. 509-36. URL pdf
  2005, (with Mohamud H. Khalif) 'La région Somali d'Éthiopie: entre intégration, indépendance et irrédentisme', Politique Africaine 99, pp. 43-62. URL
  2005, 'Challenges of Decentralisation in Ethiopia’s Somali Region', Review of African Political Economy 32(104-105), pp. 449-55. URL pdf
 
2005, 'Confronting the Concept of Environmentally Induced Conflict', Peace, Conflict and Development 6, 22 p. pdf
   
  :: Book chapters
  2007, 'Bringing the Sultan Back in: elders as peacemakers in Ethiopia's Somali Region', In State Recognition and Democratisation in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Lars Buur and Helene M. Kyed. New York: Palgrave, pp. 31-51. URL
   
  :: Book reviews
 

2008, Review of Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, 2006, 'Anthropology and Development: understanding contemporary social change', Development and Change 39(2), pp. 333-334. URL
  2007, Review of Christopher Cramer, 2006, 'Civil War is Not a Stupid Thing. Accounting for violence in developing countries', Journal of Development Studies 43(6), pp. 1147-48. URL
  2006, Review of Bruce Kapferer (ed), 2004, 'State, Sovereignty, War: civil violence in emerging global realities', Journal of Peace Research 43(5), pp. 637-38. URL
 
2005, '(Review article) From state collapse to duty free shop: Somalia’s path to modernity', African Affairs 104(416), pp. 525-35. URL
 
2004, Review of Günther Baechler, Kurt Spillmann, and Mohamed Suliman (eds), 2002, 'Transformation of Resource Conflicts: approach and instruments', African Affairs 103(410), pp. 146-48. URL
 
2003, Review of David Carment and Albrecht Schnabel (eds), 2003, 'Conflict Prevention: path to peace or grand illusion?' and Andreas Wenger and Daniel Möckli, 2003, 'Conflict Prevention: the untapped potential of the business sector', Millennium: Journal of International Studies 32(3), pp. 716-18. URL
 
2003, Review of Siegfried Pausewang, Kjetil Tronvoll, and Lovise Aalen (eds), 2002, 'Ethiopia since the Derg: a decade of democratic pretension and performance', Journal of Modern African Studies 41(4), pp. 668-69. URL
 
2003, Review of Ho-Won Jeong (ed), 2002, 'Approaches to Peacebuilding', Millennium: Journal of International Studies 32(1), pp. 179-81. URL
   
  :: Essays and newspaper articles
  2007, 'The Political Roots of the Current Crisis in Region 5', web-forum Crisis in the Horn of Africa, New York: Social Science Research Council. URL
  2007, (with Markus V. Hoehne) 'Failed State or Failed Debate? Multiple Somali political orders within and beyond the nation-state', Politorbis No. 42, pp. 20-26. pdf
  2007, 'Traditional authorities as partners in peace-building', KOFF Newsletter, Nr. 55 (March), pp. 4-5. pdf [available in German pdf and French pdf]
 
2006, (with Rahel Leupin) 'Popsterne am äthiopischen Nachthimmel', Tages-Anzeiger, (24. Februar), p. 53. URL
 
2005 (with Ulf Terlinden), 'Faking a Government for Somalia: international diplomacy supports fictitious peace process', Sub-Saharan Informer, Addis Ababa (29 July), p. 9. pdf
 
2005 (with Ulf Terlinden) 'Somalias fiktive Friedensprozesse: Neue „Briefkasten“-Regierung statt Konfliktregelung', Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Nr. 52 (3. März), p. 9. pdf
 
2004, 'Äthiopien: Kamelmilchdusche für den Sultan', Die Wochenzeitung, Nr. 28 (8. Juli), p. 12.
 
2003, 'Tücken des äthiopischen Föderalismus: Destabilisierende Machtspiele im Teilstaat Somali', Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Nr. 158 (11. Juli), p. 5.
 
2003, (with Klaus Ammann) 'Urnengang als Bewährungsprobe', der überblick, Nr. 1, pp. 78-80.
 
2003, (with Klaus Ammann) 'Somaliland: Demokratie in der Clangesellschaft', Die Wochenzeitung, Nr. 6 (6. Februar), p. 10.
 
2002, 'Der 11. September und die zynische Weltordnung', FRIZ - Zeitschrift für Friedenspolitik, Nr. 1 , pp. 5-6.
 
2002, 'Rechtfertigung von US-Interventionen', Tages-Anzeiger, (29. Oktober), p. 57.
 
2002, 'Der Sudan vor einer weiteren Friedensprobe: "Ein Sudan, zwei Systeme" als Lösungsansatz?', Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Nr. 104 (7. Mai), p. 7 [available in English 'Groping for Peace in Sudan: A "Two-System Solution"?']
 
2001, 'Warten auf Recht und Ordnung in Somalia: Die Interimsregierung unter Erfolgsdruck', Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Nr. 164 (18. Juli), p. 7.
 
2001, (with Abdirashid Lord) ' "Nobody Was Spared": investigating conflict and gender in Somalia', in Acord, issue 2. URL
  2001, 'Von Biedermännern und Brandstiftern', Aargauer Zeitung am Wochenende’, (17. März), p. 3.
  1998, 'Le "développement durable": nouveau paradigm ou concept alibi?', a contrario, 8, pp. 16-17. pdf
  1998, 'La transitologie: mode d'emploi pour la transition et la démocratie?', a contrario, 6, pp. 14-15. pdf
   
  :: Working papers
  2002, Analyse des dynamiques conflictuelles résultant de l’accueil des requérants d’asile dans les communes suisses. Constats et causes, Cahier de l’Idheap n° 194, Lausanne: Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP), 150 p. [MA thesis]. abstract
  2000, (with Stanislas Frossard) La réforme de la politique d’asile suisse à travers les mesures d’urgence, Cahier de l’Idheap n° 191, Lausanne: Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP), 78 p. abstract
   
  :: Radio
  2007, guest, 'Service Afrique', Radio France Internationale, (17 août). URL
  2006, guest, 'Débat africain', Radio France Internationale, (2 juillet). URL
  2006, guest, 'World Music Special', DRS 3, (25. Mai). URL
 
2004, producer (with Markus Arn), 'Taktlos', Kanal K, (20. Januar). URL