Sri Lanka: relapse into conflict. Limits of donor interventions
By (22/05/2007)
For over two decades, Sri Lanka has been embroiled in a protracted and seemingly intractable conflict. While its most visible impact has been the death of 65,000 people and the displacement of millions more, the cumulative effect on the country’s social fabric has been profound.
Timor-Leste on the Brink: a new way forward
By (12/04/2007)
With weeks to go before a historic runoff presidential election, Timor-Leste is at war with itself. Since liberation in 1999 and its declaration of independence in May 2002, the country has staggered under the weight of extreme poverty, regional divisions, and internecine fighting between and among political party actors that has manifest with severe social consequences.
Military and Aid Responses: the Afghan Dilemma - Response to Astri Suhrke and Juan Garrigues
By (21/03/2007)
The Central Asian jigsaw
By (05/02/2007)
Book review of "Silk Road to Ruin", an entertaining account of the fascinating Central Asian adventures of the controversial political cartoonist Ted Rall.
When More is Less: aiding statebuilding in Afghanistan
By (06/09/2006)
This document examines the nature of international economic and military
assistance to statebuilding in Afghanistan. The central argument is that this assistance has had negative as well as positive effects that combine to create severe internal tensions in the statebuilding project itself.
