It is unclear how international donors' stated commitment to ownership and partnership
'translates' in fragile state or 'post‐conflict'settings. The very notion of ownership is violently …

Recent history has been marked by the rise of post-conflict intervention as a component of
military and foreign policy, as a form of humanitarianism and as a challenge to Westphalian …

The introductory essay offers a brief overview of current trends in critical globalization
studies and international relations scholarship that shed light on three intersections …

In 2003, NATO set out to support the establishment of 'a self-sustaining, moderate and
democratic Afghan government able to exercise its authority and to operate throughout …

This book evaluates the extent to which post-conflict reconstruction has addressed problems
of horizontal inequalities through country case studies on Burundi, Rwanda, Nepal, Peru …

Provincial reconstruction teams (PRTs) are a natural outgrowth of the security/development
nexus and serve as an institutional response to a perceived need to listen to the new …

Afghanistan, the 'Afghanistan Compact'. Of the three pillars identified, only one–security–
relies heavily on the military, whereas the others–governance, rule of law and human rights …

This article critically treats stabilisation theory and programming through a perspective of
peace and conflict, and argues for stabilisation's reconceptualisation. Through tracking the …

Europe has undergone quite profound changes since the end of the Cold War. Having been
a highly militarised, conflict-ridden and war-ridden region, the core of Europe today …

Die Beteiligung Deutschlands an der langwierigen und umstrittenen Mission in Afghanistan
hat nicht nur die deutsche Sicherheitspolitik grundlegend verändert. In diesem Einsatz …