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STATEBUILDING - CAN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY GET IT RIGHT? BY MEGAN
BURKE:
21/01/08
(MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 21
January 2007 -- Statebuilding
efforts in states in crisis by the international community have had limited
success.
Three
new publications - "Greater than the Sum of Its Parts", by Stewart
Patrick and Kaysie Brown; "Ending Wars and Building Peace", by Charles
T. Call and Elizabeth Cousens; and "Managing Contradictions: The Inherent
Dilemmas of Postwar Statebuiding", by Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk -
confront the broad question of “Can we do it?” head on. All three
publications take a step beyond most previous critiques of statebuilding or
peacebuilding programs.
Early
analyses reviewed lessons learned of various projects or national case studies
to identify problems such as limited or poorly timed funding, improper
sequencing of political or economic programs and a general lack of trained
civilian staff. However, the recent setback in Timor L’este and the
seemingly endless international presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina have led
some to wonder if the lessons we have learned have brought us much closer to
true success.
These
three publications seem to herald a new generation of reflection on
statebuilding that takes a much broader view, questioning the approach of the
industry as a whole.
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Keywords
Failed
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Bio
author: Megan Burke
Megan
Burke is a Programme Manager at the United Nations Association of the United
States of America (UNA-USA) where she works on a campaign that seeks to
eliminate the impact of landmines in several post-conflict countries and serves
on the Steering Committee for the United States Campaign to Ban Landmines. Megan
Burke is also a consultant to the Governance and Civil Society Unit at the Ford
Foundation where she provides research assistance for portfolios on U.S. Foreign
Policy, post-conflict reconstruction, and regional conflict prevention and
resolution in Africa and the Middle East. She holds a Master's degree in
International Relations from Yale University.
Labels:
United
Nations, U.N., Statebuilding,
International
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