Political corruption allows non-democratic leaders to build political support through networks of dependency, extending the duration of their regimes.
Tag: conflict
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Both Burundi and The Gambia offer a chance to connect prevention to elections in particular, and to adapt new thinking around the role of prevention to build up democratic institutions and permit smooth, legitimate transfers of power.
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Crucially, the UK’s position as one of the five permanent members on the UN Security Council helped create a new understanding of threats to international peace and security.
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The Duterte administration can ill afford further delays to the Mindanao peace process.
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If the US is indeed to abandon its support of Ukrainian territorial integrity, it would put the onus on European countries to take a stronger position.
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From Rwanda during the 1990s to Syria today, the mass killing of civilians strikes at the very idea of an international community and undermines the UN’s founding principles.
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Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President of International Crisis Group and former head of United Nations peacekeeping, discusses improving responses to contemporary conflicts.
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Turkey’s apparent volte-face of realigning its Syria policy with those of Iran and the Assad regime seems dramatic even by Middle Eastern standards of geopolitical flux.
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Failure of the unity government to complete its tenure would likely further destabilize Afghanistan and threaten the gains made in the past 15 years.
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President Sirleaf’s government has made some strides in reforming the overall political culture of the country, but notable democratic failures are poised to hinder Liberia’s quest to move on from a legacy of conflict.
