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Amid Financial Crisis, 2008 Was Also a Turning Point for Conflict Management
Aug 13, 2018
2008 is synonymous with global financial instability. However, as the 10th anniversary of the last global financial crisis draws near, Non-Resident Fellow Richard Gowan highlights the lessons 2008 held for conflict management. Conflicts in that year, such as in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Georgia, show the risks that new conflicts carry for the international system. While overshadowed by global economic concerns, these unnoticed conflicts prefigured the wars of the coming decade in the Middle East and Ukraine. What ensued was a prevailing period of "strategic turbulence" for conflict management.

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Richard Gowan
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World Politics Review
Talking to "Bad People": How Much Realpolitik Is Too Much for Peacemakers?
Aug 06, 2018
Non-Resident Fellow Richard Gowan analyzes a new study commissioned by Britain's Stabilization Unit, a government office formed in the wake of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He explains that the new report, drafted by independent experts, focuses on how power brokers in war-torn countries strike political deals. The report argues that violence can be "stabilized", if not necessarily brought to a total halt, when political, economic or security elites make concrete bargains over how to divide up power and resources.

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Richard Gowan
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World Politics Review

Past Events

US-China-EU: Track Two Dialogues on Afghanistan
Jul 30, 2018
On July 30-31, CIC Associate Director Barnett Rubin joined European Union (EU), China, and US policy experts at a track two dialogue in Brussels to discuss international cooperation and support for the stabilization of Afghanistan.

Said Sabir Ibrahimi
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Towards Sustaining Peace through Participation of All: Synergies of a cross-pillar approach to Peace and Security, Agenda 2030 and Human Rights
Jul 13, 2018
On July 13, the Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the Human Rights Council, and the Security Council will come together for a high-level dialogue: Towards Sustaining Peace through Participation of All: Synergies of a cross-pillar approach to Peace and Security, Agenda 2030 and Human Rights.

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