Iraq and Conflict and security
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- How to increase peacebuilding capacity in states recovering from conflict
- Brookings Institution, 2007
- This policy brief examines what is required to achieve institutional capacities in peacebuilding, in line with the frequency and scale of conflicts that exacerbate the risk of state failure. It looks at the challenge of peacebuilding,...
- Approximately 150,000 people killed by violence in Iraq since 2003
- A. H. Alkhuzai; I. J. Ahmad; M. J. Hweel / New England Journal of Medicine, 2008
- This paper in the New England Journal of Medicine presents the results of the Iraq Family Health Survey (IFHS), which was conducted in 2006 and 2007 and provides new evidence on mortality in Iraq. The IFHS is a cross-sectional, nation...
- What are the implications of the Pentagon's growing role in US foreign aid?
- S. Patrick; K. Brown / Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
- One of the most striking trends in US foreign aid policy is the surging role of the Department of Defense (DoD). The Pentagon now accounts for over 20 percent of U.S. official development assistance (ODA). DoD has also expanded its pr...
- The perils of being an aid worker
- Abby Stoddard; Adele Harmer; Katherine Haver / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- International aid work is a dangerous profession. Serious violence against humanitarian workers has increased in recent years. International humanitarian law and UN conventions designed to protect civilians, including aid workers, fro...
- The struggle over Iraq's "southern" oil resources
- Reidar Visser / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2007
- Almost all of Iraq’s giant oil fields can be found near Basra or in one of its two neighbouring governorates, accounting for one of the world’s greatest concentrations of petroleum wealth. This paper considers the struggle...
- Can the U.S. learn from post-conflict state building?
- S. Patrick / Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
- This paper evaluates the U.S. policy response to fragile states. In tracing the origins of contemporary U.S. foreign policy interests, it highlights changing threat perceptions in the wake of 9/11 and perceived lessons of post-conflic...
- An inside look into Baghdad’s Green Zone and US attempts to build democracy in Iraq
- L. Diamond / Gulf Research Center, UAE, 2007
- This book describes the experiences of the author, Stanford Professor Larry Diamond, who spent several months in Baghdad as an adviser to the American occupation authorities. Diamond documents the attempts of the U.S. government to bu...
- A different direction for US counter-insurgency
- S. Metz / Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College, 2007
- This report argues that the United States military must rethink its counter-insurgency methods. It claims that current strategies in Afghanistan and Iraq are based on Cold War era nationalistic insurgencies, rather than the complex co...
- Responding to Iraq’s growing humanitarian crisis?
- M. Hayatli; H. El-Megrisi / Forced Migration Review, 2006
- This document presents a collection of articles on the humanitarian problem in Iraq. Amongst other issues, the articles focus particularly on refugees and population displacement. The editors argue that the humanitarian community...
- Responding to violent attacks on educational institutions, staff and students
- B. O’Malley / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2007
- The deliberate use of force on educational institutions, students, teachers, academics, education trade unionists, education officials are on the rise globally. The worst-affected are countries that are witnessing ongoing conflict. Th...
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