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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The UN' s notion of peace in Haiti and Guatemala
By Madalena Mendonça Moita (28/10/2008)
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This article analyses the difference between the models used by the United Nations for conflict resolution in Guatemala and Haiti and the consequences that currently affect those countries.
The proliferation of the "parallel state"
By Ivan Briscoe (13/10/2008)
Based on a close study of the interaction between public institutions and armed or criminal groups in Pakistan and Guatemala, as well as other cases ranging from Fujimori's Peru to contemporary Guinea-Bissau, this working paper sets out to define the novel concept of the "parallel state".
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The responsibility to contribute
By Robert Matthews (07/10/2008)
This comment, which is based on a presentation given by Robert Matthews before the Asembleia da República de Portugal on June 25, focuses on the role of Europe and the responsibility of industrial nations to protect the physical, economic and social well-being of peoples in developing and conflicted areas of the world. The international system needs to be strengthened to deal with this situation, and Europe could play a role by coordinating its soft power instruments in conflict and post-conflict situations.
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For a more progressive transatlantic agenda
By Jean-Paul Marthoz (01/10/2008)
Should the U.S. and Europe work more together? Yes, as long as they give a more progressive direction to a common transatlantic agenda.
