State-building
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Yemen needs an insurgent democracy
Democracy may not be a panacea for Yemen’s multiple crises, but a Yemen without democracy in its future will be no different than the Yemen of the recent past.
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Yemen ‘after’ Saleh: Let the crises continue?
The key priorities for domestic and international crisis management in Yemen must be to work with all political forces in Yemen to prevent an outbreak of major violence as they compete for power and influence in the country, to contain and delimit the threat of AQAP, and to initiate a process of economic stabilisation and recovery.
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One challenge or two? Peace-building and state-building in post-secession Sudan
My contribution to this conference on “Challenges and Prospects of State-Building in Post-Secession Sudan” offers a conceptual perspective on the dual challenges of peace-building and state-building in post-secession Sudan, focusing on the degree to which the two can be expected to succeed simultaneously.
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What should we expect from the Afghanistan Conference in Bonn?
The 2011 Bonn Conference needs to make clear that the Afghan government and people and their partners in the international community are united in their efforts to make tangible and sustainable progress towards a more stable Afghanistan in an equally more stable region.
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Post-conflict State Building: The Debate on Institutional Choice
This article finds substantial conceptual and empirical evidence that consociational institutions hold significant promise for building democratic states after conflict in divided societies.
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Post-conflict State Building: The Debate on Institutional Choice
This talk starts with the observation that a significant theoretical and empirical question underlying much...
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The Aland Example of International Conflict Resolution
This conference concludes a two-year research project by the Åland Islands Peace Institute on the...
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What role for the EU in the new Libya?
Published on e-IR on 23 October 2011. After more than 25,000 sorties and close to 10,000...
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Libya after Gadhafi: Challenges and Opportunities
With Colonel Gadhafi dead and the last major strongholds of his supporters now under the...
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A New Beginning for Libya
The fall of Sirte and the death of Colonel Gadhafi represent most likely the finishing...
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A New Beginning for Libya
The promise that Libya holds is enormous. Libyans now, perhaps for the first time ever, have a real opportunity to decide for themselves what kind of country it is they want to live in.
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Possibilities and Probabilities for Post-conflict Reconstruction in Libya
Published on the blog of the International Network for Economics and Conflict of the United...
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Libya Factions Jockey for Power as Splits Emerge After Driving Out Qaddafi
Published by Bloomberg on 6 September 2011 By Chris Stephen and Caroline Alexander – Sep 6,...
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Libya’s Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage: Promise and Drawbacks
Circulated widely and well before the Libyan revolution reached its climax so far with the...
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Post-conflict Reconstruction in Libya: Possibilities and Probabilities
Published in Qantara on 2 September 2011. There are many pitfalls ahead for post-Gaddafi Libya –...
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Five Lessons for Building a Post-Gaddafi Libya
Published on SkyNews on 30 August 2011. Looking at the evolving situation in Libya, I find...
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Building a democratic state for the new Libya: A task list
Building democratic states is a complex and challenging task at the best of times. After...
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Rebuilding Libya - the task ahead
Published by BBC News on 26 August 2011 With Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule over Libya...
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Building a democratic state for the new Libya
Building democratic states is a complex and challenging task at the best of times. After...
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Questions on Libya
If Gaddafi supporters in/outside the regime did not fight, where are they and what are...
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Four Questions on Libya and the Middle East
Published in Atlantic Review on 22 August 2011. If Gaddafi supporters in/outside the regime did not...
