Peer Schouten
Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies and author of Roadblock Politics: The Origins of Violence in Central Africa, known for empirical mapping of roadblocks and analysis of conflict, logistics, and state authority in Central Africa.
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Feb 8, 2026 • 54min
Peer Schouten, "Roadblock Politics: The Origins of Violence in Central Africa" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Peer Schouten, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies who maps infrastructure and conflict in Central Africa, discusses how roadblocks reshape authority and supply chains. He traces roadblocks from extractive army tolls to contested local control. Topics include mapping 1,000+ roadblocks, nonconventional logistics, regional trade corridor struggles, and the policy dilemmas of removing roadblocks.
