Failing States 3: The Limits of Accuracy: Models and Assumptions of Failed States Indexes Roundtable Discussion. With approximately two billion people living on the verge of institutional collapse in fragile states, state failures are a daily tragedy that affect their inhabitants and put in question the stability of the state system. Strengthening weak states and preventing state failure are urgent tasks for the 21st century.
Failing States 1 - The Unrelenting Logic of Business as Usual: Piracy and Commerce in Failed States Roudtable Discussion: With approximately two billion people living on the verge of institutional collapse in fragile states, state failures are a daily tragedy that affect their inhabitants and put in question the stability of the state system. Strengthening weak states and preventing state failure are urgent tasks for the 21st century.
Iraq's Displacement Crisis and the International Response (II) As experts and practitioners from Europe, the United States, and the Middle East are brought together, this event will examine the humanitarian and security implications of Iraq’s displacement crisis, and also share and identify possible strategies and policy options to respond to the crisis.
Iraq's Displacement Crisis and the International Response (I) International Conference in Cooperation with the Center for American ProgressThursday, December 6th, 2007