International Criminal Justice & post conflict
African mistrust of "Northern Justice"
By Vidal Martín (19/12/2008)
International justice as a whole focuses primarily on the African continent: the International Criminal Court, various international tribunals and, more recently, universal justice too. Faced with this situation, while the West contemplates the role of the international community, Africa is protesting.
International Criminal Justice & post conflict
International justice and the diplomatic struggle over Darfur
By Isabelle Birambaux (19/12/2008)
In July 2008, the International Criminal Court accused the president of Sudan of fuelling the genocide in Darfur. Such an action could be a means of putting pressure on the Sudanese government to accept the presence of international forces in the area and to put an end to the attacks on the civilian population. At the same time, there are other interests at stake (concerning oil and geopolitics) which countries such as France and China are involved in, and which affect decisions made by the UN Security Council.
Peace, Security & Human Rights
Cuba: the legacy of a revolution
By Susanne Gratius (19/12/2008)
50 years after the Cuban Revolution, the world is completely different, but the island has changed very little. What is the way out of the labyrinth of a revolution that is over, but fails to recognise it?
Can fragile states learn from the development tigers?
By Ivan Briscoe (12/12/2008)
Over a dozen countries, most of them clustered in Asia, have experienced extraordinary economic growth over the past half-century. Can the world’s fragile states hope to emulate their success, or are their initial conditions and context too different to draw any lessons?
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Remittances, states and development
By Laura Tedesco (14/11/2008)
In recent times, remittances - the private funds that immigrants periodically send to their home countries - have increased significantly. In general, such funds are sent to underdeveloped countries that are still struggling to achieve sustainable development.
2008 USA Elections
The presidential elections in the United States carry with them the possibility of changing relations between the country and other areas in the international system. From both supporting and critical perspectives, the new presidency which will begin in 2009 is generating huge expectations, especially in areas such as the Middle East and Latin America. Equally, Europe is also hoping for an improvement in transatlantic relations in the post Bush administration period.
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This series of articles analyses diverse aspects of present and future relations between the United States and Latin America, the Middle East and other regions; seen through the prism of the words and actions of the presidential candidates and related to current White House policy, whether it will change or remain the same.
- The US embarks on an era of change
- Can the next U.S. president rescue a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict?
- US-Israeli policy: What can we expect in a new White House
- For a more progressive transatlantic agenda
- Latin America and the United States of America: an agenda set adrift
- USA 2008: candidates confront the critical issues in Colombia
- USA 2008: the Democrats, free trade and Latin America
- The United States and the UN: Democrats versus Republicans?
- US 2008 and foreign policy: what to expect from a John McCain presidency
IBSA: India, Brazil, South Africa
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An innovative south-south alliance aimed at promoting trilateral co-operation and gaining bargaining power in multilateral institutions.
FRIDE documents its evolution and the possibilities of co-operation with the European Union.
European-cuban academic views on the economy, development and cooperation
By Francesc Bayo, Anicia García, Susanne Gratius (13/11/2008)
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This document, which is the result of a collaboration between the CEEC in Havana, CIDOB in Barcelona and FRIDE in Madrid, summarizes the main results of a frank and open discussion between a select group of Cuban and European academics.
Great challenges for President-elect Obama
By Robert Matthews (06/11/2008)
The same nation that voted for and then reelected George W. Bush has just convincingly repudiated those elections.
The US embarks on an era of change
By Robert Matthews (05/11/2008)
It is likely that the 2008 campaign has offered the US electorate the clearest option between Republican and Democrat candidates and their agendas since the 1972 battle between George McGovern and Richard Nixon.
