Fragility and Resilience in Revolutionary Egypt

The second paper in the five-part “Fragility and Resilience” series by Pauline Baker, this paper focuses on the three years of political turmoil in Egypt that began in February 2011, when President Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office following mass anti-government demonstrations and ended in June 2014, when General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi was inaugurated as the country’s fifth president. ...
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Exploring the Correlates of Economic Growth and Inequality in Conflict Affected Environments: Fault Lines and Routes of Recovery

Development experts have long debated the relationship between state fragility and economic decline. The first paper in the five-part “Fragility and Resilience” series by Pauline Baker, this paper uses three different approaches to examine the relationship between a range of socio-economic variables and conflict risk to suggest ways that policymakers may better mitigate conflict and promote recovery....
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Getting away with murder

Violence occurs in 1 in 5 elections globally—in rare instances, rising to the level of a crime against humanity. In this paper, electoral violence expert Jeff Fischer examines three cases of crimes against humanity in an electoral context—Cote D’Ivoire in 2010, Kenya in 2007 and East Timor in 1999. Fischer analyzes the institutions and processes associated with bringing justice and possibilities for prevention....
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