CIGI Papers, September, 2010
Security Sector Reform Monitor: Afghanistan
The fourth edition of the Security Sector Reform Monitor: Afghanistan investigates efforts to enhance the rule of law, arguing that reforms been burdened by unrealistic expectations for the pace of institutional reform and public acceptance, questionable claims regarding the short-term efficacy of judicial reform as a stabilizing element in a counterinsurgency environment and reluctant or mismanaged engagement with traditional justice structures.
Obama's War: Prospects for the Conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan
In the lastest CIGI Afghanistan Paper, Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer and former advisor to US Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton, describes the strategy that President Obama has implemented to combat al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and discusses the al-Quaeda links behind recent terrorist plots.
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA): Towards a New Era for Caribbean Trade
This latest paper in the CIGI’s series on Caribbean Economic Governance examines the likely effects of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Caribbean countries and the European Union, after decades of agreements that guaranteed markets and preferential prices for Caribbean exports.