CMI authors:
Arne Strand
Astri Suhrke
Thematic research group:
Peace, Conflict and the State
Geographical keywords:
Southern and Central Asia
Asia: Afghanistan.
Astri Suhrke, Arne Strand and Kristian Berg Harpviken (2001)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 61 p.
(Commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Limited circulation)
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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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Detained in solitary confinement, tortured, exiled and eventually blown up by a car bomb. From an early age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. Later in life he helped draft South Africa's post-apartheid Constitution, and served as a member of the Constitutional Court for fifteen years. Sachs talks to host Siri Gloppen about his life and role as a judge in the formative years of post-apartheid South Africa.
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