The ‘U.N. Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara’ (MINURSP), a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed territory of the Western Sahara, was extended by the U.N. Security Council for another year after the United States practically abandoned its highly controversial proposal calling for an expansion of the U.N. mission’s
Afghanistan was the worst case example of a failed state in 2001 – as a safe haven for terrorists and the largest opium producer, Afghanistan under Taliban was a severe threat to world peace and security. This briefing paper analyzes the European engagement in the reconstruction, development and state-building in
The events in Syria are dangerously reaching a climax. The President Assad’s regime enjoys substantial military superiority over the opposition. Its conduct on the ground which ranges from excessive use of force by military troops, persistent resort to civilian proxies, and horrible treatment of detainees to severe punishment of almost
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