Publications

This paper examines the make-up and history of India's official humanitarian aid program as the number and diversity of state donors of humanitarian aid increases. The author finds that three principl...chevron_right

Focusing on the relationship between fictional writing on development and more formal academic and policy-oriented representations of development issues, this article examines what constitutes valid f...chevron_right

This paper discusses the legacy of the Partisan-Chetnik Conflict in Yugoslavia during World War II and its effects on the politics of 21st Century ex-Yugoslavia. The author maintains that historically...chevron_right

This report discusses Operation Murambatsvina, a violent operation against "illegal" housing and trade launched by the regime of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in early 2005. The report argues tha...chevron_right

This briefing discusses the prospets and stumbling blocks facing the peace agreement signed on 15 August 2005 by the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). The paper broaches crucial ...chevron_right

This briefing discusses the implications of the death of John Garang, longtime leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), in a helicopter crash on 30 July 2005, on the Sudanese peace agreeme...chevron_right

This paper describes how the August 2005 military coup in Mauritania has mainly been analyzed as an internal affair or "palace revolution" by outside observers. The author states that although such an...chevron_right

This paper offers an Australian view of the alliance with the US. It examines the emerging difficulties and obstacles that might limit future alliance cooperation, such as a US war with China over Tai...chevron_right

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the role of political parties on democratization prospects in Ukraine and Egypt. Citing the presence of "parties of power" in the EU's eastern and souther...chevron_right

In addressing common border management in the EU, this paper highlights the dilemma faced by states in counterbalancing the need for border openness to allow effective trade, with sufficient security ...chevron_right

This paper examines the institutional set-up of the EU policy-making process and the extent to which the Union acts as an international, rather than intergovernmental, actor through two case studies: ...chevron_right

This report examines the foreign investment project by the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC) in Russia. The investment consortium's plans to extract oil and gas on the island of Sakhalin has g...chevron_right

This report analyzes the 2005 Group of Eight (G8) meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland, with particular attention given to the activities of opposing NGOs and civil society groups. The author discusses a b...chevron_right

This report addresses concerns over Japan’s pursuit of plutonium for its large-scale recycling program and examines this development's regional impact. It argues that the 2005 Review Conference of the...chevron_right

This paper addresses the question of whether the EU's political conditionality can continue to be effective in the Balkans and Black Sea region in light of the 2005 French and Dutch rejections of the ...chevron_right