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CONTENTS Engaging Fragile States An International Policy Primer Introduction: Threats Amid Overload 2 I. Understanding State Failure and Resilience: A Global Scan 13 Determinants of Failed and Fragile States 13 Sources of Failure and Resiliency 16 II. Responding to Fragile States: 29 Lessons from Recent Experience 29 Country Level Strategies for Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict Reconstruction 31 Sector Level Policies - Building Key State Functions 50 III. Organizing Multi-Actor Strategies 97 Strategic Coherence in the EU, UN and Other International Actors 98 US Government Capabilities for Dealing with Fragile States 111 IV. Implications and Applications Retooling Current Policies 119 Connecting the Dots 129 Acronyms 131 Endnotes 132 Bibliography 134 Contents | 1
Why are failed states relevant to US and international policy? Failed states—and their precursor fragile states— present threats to US goals and interests, including global terrorism; civil wars; genocide; illicit trafficking in drugs, weapons, and persons; and humanitarian crises.
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Iraqi case may be turning around, b
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Can International Mediation Incenti
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“ To the extent that actors see t
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as fundamental to peacekeeping, for
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term on the immediate threats and o
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How Can Training Enable Leaders to
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the stage for societal transformati
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“ What was driving their extremis
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participants on board and to have t
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The Fragile States Group decided to
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local government in the United Stat
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not be sustainable. What is needed
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Can Responsible Governance Emerge f
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zero-sum game. If you do not captur
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“ It’s not going to be a state
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How Can “Islands of Stability”
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“ There is a peculiar assumption
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here to help. We have training and
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“ What motivates people to engage
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they work in it is not a major prob
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inputs, inputting capital has a hig
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How Should Economic Policies be Dec
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ample, there are strong earmarks fo
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What is the most effective strategy
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However, the prevailing unilateral
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directions. Through their seats, th
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in development aid, providing rough
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What Obstacles Stand in the Way? Un
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UN acts essentially as if in a cons
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“ The basic problem the EU shares
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tion in capacity-building and techn
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predictably defense planners have a
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“ Until Congress recognizes the d
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ties. This leads to the overall SRP
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How can the US effectively meet the
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Analytical tools for identifying th
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and political disputes. As Part I d
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atrocities from happening at all, a
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tition and bargaining among key lea
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tunities to build public interest-o
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fragile states, modest steps can be
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Endnotes 1 The State Fragility Inde
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Bibliography “10-Step BEFORE Appr
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