Archives: Failed and Fragile States – Reports and Briefs

Sunday, November 25, 2012

South Sudan Ethnic Reconciliation Commission for Harmonization – SSERCH

SSERCH is a track II, inclusive, and locally based informal consultation and mediation project. The main objective is to persuade ethnic groups to prevent violent conflict by adopting peaceful dialogue as the only path to sustainable peace, safety, national cohesion and prosperity. South Sudan Ethnic Reconciliation Commission for Harmonization -... More

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

CIFP Fragile States Report 2012

CIFP Fragile States Report... More

Monday, August 27, 2012

The dangerous game of diaspora politics

Diasporas can exert pressure on their home government from abroad, free from political threats and fear of retribution. And they can lobby their host country to put pressure on their home government to endorse policies ranging from human rights and governance reform to favourable international trade policies and security guarantees. Diaspora... More

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Throwing aid at Afghanistan is not working

Throwing aid at Afghanistan is not... More

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

A Recipe For Hatian Success

On the second anniversary of the earthquake that afflicted Port au Prince in 2010, there have been concerted criticisms coming from a variety of corners within Canada and abroad decrying the lack of involvement of Haitian leadership on how aid money should be spent. Those who are critical of the current donor strategy argue... More

Friday, February 3, 2012

Fragile States Causes Costs and Consequences

Fragile States Causes Costs and... More

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Afghanistan, DFAIT and the Regional Blindspot

Afghanistan, DFAIT and the Regional... More

Friday, July 29, 2011

MIFFed

MOST people think they know what a failed state looks like. An obvious one is Somalia, where an outbreak of famine in the south was formally acknowledged by the United Nations this week. Help has started to trickle in after the Shabab, an Islamist militia, lifted its ban on aid agencies that it once... More

Monday, July 11, 2011

Engaging Fragile States Closing the Gap between Theory and Policy – Centre for World Dialogue

"Fragility” is not a term typically applied to countries as dissimilar as North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Honduras. Yet each, much like Tolstoy’s unhappy family, is fragile in its own unique way. Saudi Arabia ranks poorly in our basket of legitimacy standards, which includes measures of gender equity, political representation, human rights and... More

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Indicators of State Failure Phase II Report

Indicators of State Failure Phase II... More

Thursday, March 31, 2011

The New Terrorism Understanding Yemen

Yemen is failing. Not only is it the Arab world’s poorest nation and challenged by mass protests, it is home to a resurgent al-Qaeda, a northern Shi’ite uprising and a revitalized southern secessionist movement. Yemen’s 1990 North-South unification is not working. Today, Yemen stands alongside Pakistan as one of the most important al-Qaeda... More

Friday, January 28, 2011

Afghanistan and The Regional Blindspot

Afghanistan and The Regional... More

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