Transnational Terrorism, Security and the Rule of Law

Book: Captive Institutions

What do Chileans think of the Armed Forces since the death of Augusto Pinochet?
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Asia

Sri Lanka: relapse into conflict. Limits of donor interventions

By Charan Rainford (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.

Asia

Timor-Leste on the Brink: a new way forward

By Rebecca Engel (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.

Asia

When More is Less: aiding statebuilding in Afghanistan

By Astri Suhrke (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.


Publishing groups: Afghanistan and Pakistan: a region in crisis