World Globe International Relations Program University of Pennsylvania
The 2012 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings marks the sixth edition of the annual report. As in previous years, the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania’s International Relations Program has relied on the indexing criteria and process developed by James G. McGann for ranking think tanks around the […]
The Global Council of the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness
“We, fifty civil society leaders and representatives of all the different regions of the world – Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and the Middle East and North Africa, and their subregions – from the faith-based, feminist, labour, rural sectors, and international civil society organizations, meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from December […]
Concord
CONCORD AidWatch Special Report on the post-Busan development effectiveness agenda assesses the process of the Busan Partnership Agreement and the quality of EU aid. The report identifies three key flaws of EU development cooperation: the EU aid architecture remains fragmented and poorly coordinated, the share of aid that is an actual and sustainable North-South financial […]
International Crisis Group
Middle East Report N°131 The presence of Salafi groups among Syria’s armed opposition is an irrefutable, damaging yet not necessarily irreversible trend. Breaking this cycle will require the opposition to curb their influence, members of the international community to coordinate their policies and a perilous military stalemate to transition to a political solution
Maurice Lemoine
Dimanche 7 octobre, le président vénézuélien Hugo Chávez a été réélu pour la troisième fois,avec 55,14% des suffrages, contre 44,24% en faveur de son principal adversaire, M. Henrique Capriles Radonski. Le camp «chaviste» progresse d’environ 700 000 voix par rapport à 2006 mais, le nombre d’inscrits ayant augmenté de plus de 3 millions de personnes […]
International Crisis Group
To preserve Southern Africa’s relative peace in the face of rising challenges and threats, Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states must collectively reinforce its peace and security architecture. The International Crisis Group report, examines the weaknesses that hinder SADC from effectively dealing with rising threats to regional peace and security, including maritime security and piracy […]
International Crisis Group
Turkey is the newest country to intervene in Somalia and its involvement has produced some positive results. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s courageous visit to Mogadishu in August 2011 at the height of the famine and his decision to open an embassy gave fresh impetus to efforts to establish lasting peace. Widespread Somali gratitude for […]
