Danske journalister tar pulsen på Mellom-Amerika i "Bananrepublikk. Et kritisk portræt af Mellemamerika"

Stina S. Petersen (2007)

in LatinAmerika vol. 3

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Afghanistans Pentagon Papers

Wikileaks-lekkasjen viser at USA og de allierte fører en krig de taper, slik avsløringene om Vietnamkrigen viste på 70-tallet, skriver Astri Suhrke i kronikk i Dagbladet 27. juli. Read more

Prosessen mot forhandlinger for fred vil styrkes hvis NATO stanser militære offensiver og erklærer en ensidig våpenhvile, skriver Kristian Berg Harpviken , Astri Suhrke, Arne Strand og i kronikk i Aftenposten 4. juli. Read more

Ownership and Everyday Peacebuilding

Lack of local ownership is seen as a central explanation for why peacebuilding efforts fail to yield sustainable peace dividends. Based on research in Afghanistan, Haiti, Liberia and Sudan, this study shows that external actors foster unsustainable reform efforts because they assume ownership as a conditional right as their to give when certain conditions are met. Read more

Drawing the Lines: The Norwegian debate on civilian-military relations in Afghanistan

Humanitarian assistance should be distributed on the basis of need while upholding the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality and neutrality; it must not be used for the purposes of political gain, relationship-building, or "winning hearts and minds". Read more

The contradictions of the international project in Afghanistan

The internationals can provide coercion and capital but cannot provide national leadership or legitimacy. Weaknesses in both respects have troubled the Afghan venture from the beginning, in large part because of the heavy external footprint, writes Astri Suhrke. Read more