Transnational Institute | Yugoslavia (Serbia / Montenegro)

The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention

August 2011

Walden Bello

Events in Libya and Syria have again brought the legitimacy of armed humanitarian intervention and so-called “responsibility to protect” into question.

Das Friedensgutachten 2009

December 2009

Jochen Hippler

Christiane Fröhlich, Margerte Johannsen, Bruno Schoch, Adreas Heinemann-Grüder

Das Friedensgutachten ist das gemeinsame Jahrbuch der fünf Institute für Friedens- und Konﬂiktforschung in der Bundesrepublik. Das Friedensgutachten 2009 stellt Möglichkeiten, Wege und Grenzen, Kriege und Gewaltkonﬂikte zu beenden, in seinen Mittelpunkt.

Repairing the weakest links: a new agenda for fragile states

October 2009

David Sogge

In order for fragile states and the concept of state weakness to be properly understood, they need to be considered in the contexts of political economy and world history. Four apparently disparate cases – Guatemala, Haiti, Kosovo and Angola – show surprising similarities, and highlight common lessons for international state-building efforts.

Radovan Karadzic faces trial. But who can judge?

September 2008

Boris Kagarlitsky

According to the generally accepted political logic, the arrest of Radovan Karadzic and his bringing to Hague Tribunal are expected to put an end to the Balkan drama of 1990s. But what’s actually happening seems to be quite the reverse. The Serbian society has got accustomed to the new reality. It suffered another indignity as Kosovo had declared independence in February of 2008. The Serbian society put up with its defeat preferring the distant opportunity of its integration into the European Union to the losing struggle against the West.