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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Overcoming state fragility is one of the most important international development objectives of the 21st century. Many fragile states have turned into failed states, where millions of people are caught in deprivation and seemingly hopeless conditions. Fragile states lack the authority, legitimacy, and capacity that a modern state needs to advance... More
In recent years, state fragility has gained importance as a result of the perceived links between poverty, conflict, and global terrorism. In this paper, we examine the relationship between state fragility and aid by evaluating the literature and research programs currently extant. We bring conceptual clarity to the issue by developing and testing... More
Since the end of the Cold War, a new dynamic has arisen within the international system, one that does not conform to established notions of the state’s monopoly on war. In this changing environment, the global community must decide how to respond to the challenges posed to the state by military threats, political and... More
The primary objective of this article is to advance the development of early warning of intrastate conflict by combining country-level structural and events data in a logistic regression model calibrated and validated using split-sample cases. Intrastate conflict is defined by the occurrence of one or more highly destabilizing events collectively... More
This article uses the Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP) fragile states framework to evaluate fragile state transitions. Our objective is to find out why some states considered fragile have recovered, while others remain fragile for long periods. We identify three categories of countries: those in a fragility trap, those that have exited... More
Security, Development and the Fragile State: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Policy... More
Over the last two years, Afghanistan has seen increased risk in four of its six measures of performance including Governance, the Economy, Human Development, Crime & Security making it now the second most fragile state in the CIFP index (moving up from fourth spot as measured in 2007). Using the ALC index of fragility... More
Monday, July 27, 2015
Taking place about a year after the referendum on Crimea’s political future, this two day event brought together academics, policy makers and researchers from Crimea, Russia, Ukraine, Canada and Germany. It focused on the current situation in Crimea, the lives of the Crimean people and current and future relations between Ukraine and Russia as... More
The Workshop entitled ‘Diaspora as Agents of Global Cooperation’ took place at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21). The two-day event, which encompassed the 11th Käte Hamburger Lecture in the evening of the first day, was organized by David Carment (KHK/GCR21, Carleton University Canada), Ariane... More
The 11th Käte Hamburger Lecture addressed the topic of “Identity and Political Mobilization of Diasporas: A Gendered Perspective“ with Nadje Al-Ali, Professor of Gender Studies, SOAS University of London. It took place on 21st April and was organized by Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research in cooperation with... More
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
In 2017, Canada will celebrate its 150th anniversary as a nation. In 2015, Canadians celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canadian flag, the 200th anniversary of Sir John A. MacDonald’s birthday and the 100th anniversary of the writing of “In Flanders Field.” In 2016, Canadians will recognise the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. All... More
Friday, March 20, 2015
The Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research seeks to contribute towards a better understanding of the possibilities and limits of transboundary cooperation. By building a learning community, researchers from diff erent disciplines and world regions develop an innovative framework for contemporary cooperation research that... More
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