Eleanor O' Gorman works as an independent strategist and researcher on international development, conflict and security issues. She advises, among others, the UN, the UK Government, the Government of Ireland, the European Commission, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Eleanor has extensive field experience in conflict-affected countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Sri Lanka and Timor Leste. Eleanor is currently Senior Associate at the Gender Studies Centre and Research Associate at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.

• 1. International Conflict and Development in the 21st Century: An Overview2. Greed, Grievance and Poverty: the Politics of Analysing Conflict3. Using Conflict Analysis Frameworks4. The Aid Policies and Architecture of International Conflict and Development5. Women Peace and Security: the Gendering of International Conflict and Development6. Fragile States and the Limits of Peacebuilding and Statebuilding

Eleanor O' Gorman's book provides us with an invaluable guide to the rapidly changing and highly contested landscape of conflict and development. Getting behind the headlines, she helps us navigate this difficult terrain. She leaves us more confident in our understanding of the history of the intertwining of fragility, conflict and development, and more astute in anticipating the challenges that will lie ahead.