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Marco Mezzera

Marco Mezzera is a research associate at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, with the Security and Conflict Programme and Clingendael Asia Studies. He has visited Pakistan on a regular basis since 2007 and has written extensively about issues related to the country’s governance, as well as on democratization and governance issues in fragile contexts. Recent publications include Media & Governance in Pakistan: A Controversial yet Essential Relationship (October 2010), a report produced for the cluster “Democratization and Transitional Justice Cluster” of the Initiative for Peacebuilding. He holds an MSc in Development Studies from Wageningen University, the Netherlands.

Research areas: Asia

Publications

The nature of a friendship: making sense of Sino-Pakistani relations: Marco Mezzera 27 September 2011
The May 2nd 2011 Abbottabad raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden heightened long-standing tensions between America and Pakistan. What little trust still existed between the establishments of the two countries almost completely disappeared. It is in this context that Pakistan made immediately clear that it was not dependen... more
Pakistan: the rising dangers: Marco Mezzera 24 January 2011
Pakistan’s society and government are under intense pressure from the growing influence of extreme religious movements. In the absence of enlightened and unifying political leadership the prospect of a great regression remains alive, says Marco Mezzera. more
Challenges of Pakistan’s Governance System: Marco Mezzera 18 October 2009
The most urgent need in Pakistan’s security and development is to establish a legitimate, effective and democratic state for the people, and this means listening to those who advocate a genuine reform of Pakistan’s governance system. more