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Pakistan - A Hard Country: Book review: Marco Mezzera 23 April 2012
Presenting Pakistan as a weak state but with a strong society, Anatol Lieven tries to build up a convincing case for the inner resilience of the country. At the end, however, the reader is left with a sensation that despite all the arguments and evidence that have been provided (or maybe because of them), the future of Pakistan remains... more
Book review - Hamas: The Islamic Resistance Movement: Carmen López Alonso 25 October 2011
This book traces the history of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement back to its origins in the Egyptian Muslim Brothers, long before it appears in 1987 under the acronym of Hamas, and studies its trajectory to 2010. The authors analyse and explain the political process Hamas has followed, its role in Palestinian history, its re... more
Liberal Peace in Question: Politics of State and Market Reform in Sri Lanka: María Villellas Ariño 6 August 2011
Why did liberal peace fail in Sri Lanka? Why did a peace process that gained so much international attention and support and brought the parties to the peace table not succeed? The authors of Liberal Peace in Question , edited by Kristian Stokke and Jayadeva Uyangoda, analyse from a critical perspective why the ingredients of th... more
Pernicious parallels in US war policy: Mariano Aguirre 6 January 2011
The United States' protracted fight against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan have raised the spectre of the Vietnam war. In an article first published by The Broker, Mariano Aguirre reviews recent literature on US wartime policies from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan. more
Revision or revolution?: Kristoffer Lidén 2 May 2010
Kristoffer Lidén contrasts two books which distil different theoretical conclusions from rather similar empirical findings: The Dilemmas of Statebuilding and Whose Peace? Critical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Peacebuilding. more
Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: Moving from Violence to Sustainable Peace: Madalena Moita 9 November 2009
By integrating innovative theory with detailed case studies, this book seeks to define the conditions that result in sustainable political solutions to violent conflicts, thus pointing to the reasons why some post-conflict processes succeed while others fail. more
Building Peace: Practical Reflections from the Field: Necla Tschirgi 22 October 2009
This volume documents and evaluates thirteen diverse projects with a view to distilling broader lessons on how to monitor and measure success in peacebuilding work. more
Engaging the Muslim World: Sana Majeed 9 August 2009
Professor Juan Cole provides convincing arguments as to how lasting, trusting and mutually beneficial relations between the Muslim world and the North Atlantic countries can be established. more
Africa. The Politics of Suffering and Smiling: David Sogge 5 August 2009
A provocative reflection on the perverse politics of today’s sub-Saharan Africa, this book will generate controversy among academics and policy makers. more
The Dilemmas of Statebuilding: Necla Tschirgi 26 May 2009
A group of experts looks at the dilemmas, challenges and contradictions that state building and peace building are presenting in post conflict situations for the international community. more

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