Refugees International generates humanitarian assistance and protection for displaced people around the world and works to end the conditions that create displacement.
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A study conducted in Belgium and the Netherlands has found that young female and male refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants are extremely vulnerable to several types of gender-based violence.
The survey, entitled 'Hidden Violence is a Silent Rape,' was presented at a well-attended international seminar organized last Thursday and Friday by the University of Ghent's International Centre for Reproductive Health, which coordinated the research. UNHCR staff attended the meeting and more...
Progressive Reconstruction: A Methodology for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations based on for future forcible interventions in the affairs of failed, failing, or rogue and terrorist sponsoring states to stabilize and democratize these nations in accordance with stated United States' goals.
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Synopsis: "This USIPeace Briefing discusses Afghanistan’s challenges and proposes solutions in economic
development, project implementation, coordination and security. The briefing was prepared in
anticipation of the June 2008 Paris donors conference to renew commitments to the country and
discuss the Afghan National Development Strategy."
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"For decades, the Cuban missile crisis has been studied and analyzed as a case study in presidential power and crisis management. It is better understood as an example of the limits of presidential power and the haphazard returns of crisis management.
The missile crisis illustrates the sometimes pivotal role of personality in politics. Had someone else been president in October 1962, the outcome could have been very different."
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This briefing by the United States Institute of Peace discusses the instability in the Niger Delta and the role Nigeria and the international community can play to resolve the conflict.
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The Institute – "an intellectual tool for preventive diplomacy" -- aims to educate people in the many ways the media interact with issues of war and peace. It welcomes two kinds of participants: persons from areas of recent, current or potential conflict; and persons from countries strongly concerned with international peace and security. It also plans a research program targeting urgent international peace-related questions in which the media play a significant role. By its education and rese more...
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