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We Need to Rethink Aid to Fragile Contexts
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- February 17, 2023
Fragile countries are those which are most in need of development aid. But to what extent can aid be effective in highly fragile situations? A recent systematic review of 315 individual evaluations of aid to Afghanistan, Mali and South Sudan provides robust, clear and sobering conclusions: Development aid to the most fragile contexts does not work as
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🏆 2023 Best Blog Award Winner❗️Iran’s Revolution: Will the Islamic Regime Endure?
- Analysis
- February 16, 2023
A wave of protests over the past few months has rocked Iran, with protesters calling for an end to the theocratic regime, the Islamic Republic. The ongoing protests have unleashed a torrent of speculations about the regime’s future. Some observers have expressed hope that the widespread demonstrations could result in a regime change. Others, pointing out the
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Scotland’s Global Footprint: Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of International Affairs
- Analysis
- February 9, 2023
The Scottish Council for Global Affairs (SCGA) is a partnership between three Scottish universities, the Scottish Government and the UK government, providing a hub for collaborative policy-relevant research and non-partisan debate on international affairs. SCGA seeks to facilitate and amplify multi-disciplinary research, promote informed discourse and debate on international affairs, and support networks of collaboration
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Unpacking the Endgame: Examining the Possibility of Nuclear Escalation and Regime Change in the Russia-Ukraine War
- Analysis
- January 30, 2023
In my previous blog post, I pushed back at an analysis of how the Russia-Ukraine war may end by Samuel Charap and Timothy J. Coulton at the 2022 Daniliw Seminar at the University of Ottawa. I am troubled by their decision to “hold constant,” to bracket two key contingencies of the war: the possibility of nuclear escalation
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