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  Of broken social contracts and ethnic violence: the case of Kashmir

  Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2005

  This paper examines the conflict in Kashmir, arguing that the main reason for political discontent and resort to violence has to do with repeated infringement of the social contract by the central government of India, acting often in tandem with the state government. It first considers the theoretical debates concerning nationalism and ethnicity.
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  Willing to compromise: Palestinian public opinion and the peace process

  United States Institute of Peace, 2006

  This report analyzes survey data gathered from dozens of polls conducted over the past decade and identifies long-term trends in Palestinian public opinion and related policy implications. The author outlines how Palestinian public opinion is not an impediment to progress in the peace process and that over time the Palestinian public has become more moderate.
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  Bleeding Boundaries: Civil-military relations and the cartography of neutrality

  Ockenden International, 2005

  Based on experience in Sudan (south), Afghanistan and Iraq, this report reflects on the often difficult interplay between humanitarian organisations and the military.
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  Enter Hamas: the challenges of political integration

  International Crisis Group, 2006

  This report examines Hamas the Islamist movement designated a terrorist organisation by the U.S. and EU and considered a mortal enemy by Israel, yet destined for a share of political power in the Palestinian Authority (PA).
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  Challenges of post-disaster development of coastal areas in Sri Lanka

  South Asia Citizens Web, 2005

  This document considers the question of post-disaster development in Sri Lanka and the issues it raises in relation to conflict, peace building and well being. The author argues that there is convincing evidence of social resilience and individual and collective initiative and creativity in the face of adversity.
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  An architecture of instability: how the critical link between natural resources and conflict remains unbroken

  Global Witness, 2005

  This policy briefing provides recommendations for the incoming Liberian government, the UN Security Council and international donor agencies on the best ways to protect democracy and resources within Liberia. The authors outline the systematic failure of numerous agencies to protect the natural resources and boarders of Liberia.
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  Strengthening IMF crisis prevention

  International Monetary Fund, 2005

  This paper focuses on how to reform IMF operations (in particular, IMF surveillance and its relationship with crisis lending) with the aim of providing stronger incentives for crisis prevention.It recommends that incentives could be improved by: providing more effective encouragement to policymakers to undertake actions that will prevent costly financial crisesby discouraging excess
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  Development in an insecure world: new threats to human security and their implications for development policy

  Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for International Development Cooperation / FINNIDA, 2005

  This collection of essays explores policy options which address new threats to human security that transcend national boundaries and give rise to major development challenges in the contemporary world.
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  Entrenching impunity: government responsibility for international crimes in Darfur

  Human Rights Watch, 2005

  This report documents the role of more than a dozen named civilian and military officials in the use and coordination of "Janjaweed" militias and the Sudanese armed forces to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur since mid-2003.
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  Water rights, conflicts and collective action: case of Telugu Ganga Project, India

  Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands, 2005

  Using the case study of the Telugu Ganga Canalin India, this paper examines the process of policy making and the role of political choices in sharing scarce water resource.

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