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Juan Garrigues

Former researcher in the Peace, Security and Human Rights Area in FRIDE

Juan Garrigues holds a BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and an MA in International Studies from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

He worked in FRIDE as a Researcher in the Peace, Security and Human Rights Area. Prior to joining FRIDE, he worked at the Centro Internacional de Toledo (CITpax) as Project Manager and as an Associate Political Affairs Officer in the Department of Political Affairs at the United Nations Secretariat.

He has also worked in the External Relations Directorate General of the European Commission and as an electoral observer for the OSCE, UN and EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Niger and Aceh, Indonesia respectively. In 2003 he worked in Afghanistan as a Reporting Officer for the NGO ACTED. Other field experience includes the drafting of country reports in Nigeria and Uruguay

Expert in

Afghanistan Kosovo Responsibility to protect UN

Spoken languages

English, French, Spanish

Written languages

English, French, Spanish

Current projects

Institutionally weak states: context, responsabilities and responses

Expert publications

• 14/05/2009 - Obama: Withdrawing from Afghanistan, entering Pakistan?

• 01/08/2008 - Afghanistan, the limits of counter-insurgency

• 12/06/2008 - Opportunities at the Afghan new scene

• 19/02/2008 - The Kosovo debate: beyond the headlines

• 07/12/2007 - De jure vs. de facto: a pyrrhic victory in Kosovo?

• 23/11/2007 - The responsibility to protect: from an ethical principle to an effective policy

• 23/11/2007 - Kosovo: the best of the bad solutions

• 05/02/2007 - The Central Asian jigsaw

• 16/01/2007 - Why Sometimes More is More: military assistance to Afghanistan

• 22/02/2006 - Civilian Dimension of International Crisis Management in Spain:commitments, alternatives and advantages