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Save to My PortfolioCase Study on Aid Effectiveness in Tajikistan

Rustam Aminjanov, Matin Kholmatov and Firuz Kataev, October 14, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Official Development Aid grew significantly from 1992 to 2006; and transformed from mostly humanitarian aid and food assistance to financing the reforms and development of Tajikistan. In this case study, Rustam Aminjanov, Matin Kholmatov, and Firuz Kataev present Tajikistan's perspective of, experiences with, and challenges to foreign aid. Read More

Foreign Aid, Development, Developing Countries, Global Poverty, Central Asia

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Save to My PortfolioAid Coordination on the Ground: Are Joint Country Assistance Strategies the Answer?

Johannes F. Linn, July 22, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Aid Coordination on the Ground: Are Joint Country Assistance Strategies the Answer?The dilemma of what to do about aid fragmentation remains a challenge. In a new working paper, Johannes Linn discusses comprehensive approaches to aid coordination and how joint country assistance strategies could be an effective strategy. Read More

Development, Economic Development, Central Asia, Developing Countries, Sustainable Development

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Save to My PortfolioThe Failure to Protect: Battle-Affected IDPs in Southern Afghanistan

Alex Mundt and Susanne Schmeidl, June 22, 2009, The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

The Failure to Protect: Battle-Affected IDPs in Southern AfghanistanCivilians have long borne the brunt of the conflict in Afghanistan. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, civilian casualties in 2008 were 40% higher than the previous year. However, although civilian casualties are widely covered and are being addressed, Alex Mundt and Susanne Schmeidl point out that the broader protection concerns, particularly the plight of battle-affected IDPs, remain invisible and largely unacknowledged. Read More

Afghanistan, Asia, Central Asia, Internal Displacement, Human Rights

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Save to My PortfolioBetween a Rock and a Hard Place: The Return of Internally Displaced Persons to Northern Afghanistan

Alex Mundt, Susanne Schmeidl, The Liaison Office & Australian National University and Shafiqullah Ziai, The Liaison Office, June 01, 2009, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Return of Internally Displaced Persons to Northern AfghanistanAt first glance, the return of hundreds of displaced Pashtun families from war-torn Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan to their villages of origin in the comparatively peaceful north would seem an obvious and attractive option. It is a solution welcomed by a beleagured Afghan government and supported by the United Nations agencies. But, as with many things in Afghanistan, as Mundt, Schmeidl, and Ziai argue, apperances often deceive. Read More

Afghanistan, Internal Displacement, Central Asia, Asia, Human Rights

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Save to My PortfolioStrategic Assessment of the Caspian Sea Basin Region

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On May 7 and 8, the Brookings Energy Security Initiative and the National Committee on American Foreign Policy co-hosted a conference on the Caspian Sea Basin Region. Recent events in the region have underscored its geopolitical importance to the United States and the European Union, in particular with regard to energy security. Read More

Central Asia, Energy Security, Russia, China, Afghanistan

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Save to My PortfolioThe Migration-Displacement Nexus in Afghanistan

Khalid Koser, May 04, 2009, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

The Migration-Displacement Nexus in AfghanistanMigration and displacement in and from Afghanistan are bewilderingly complex. One of the world's largest protracted refugee situations coincides with the largest repatriation in recent history. Returnees to Afghanistan cross paths with increasing numbers of cross-border migrants, traders, and new refugees moving in the opposite direction. Other returnees have become IDPs. Khalid Koser argues that as a result, Afghanistan's border regions illustrate a "migration-displacement nexus." Read More

Afghanistan, Asia, Internal Displacement, Central Asia, Migration

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Save to My PortfolioAfghanistan: What Is at Stake?

Bruce Riedel, April 30, 2009, Middle East Bulletin

Twice in the last 25 years the United States has squandered great victories achieved in Afghanistan by failing to follow up battlefield success with a commitment to helping build a stable government. Bruce Riedel analyzes these past victories and explains how the new administration can avoid replicating past mistakes that would have greater consequence today. Read More

Afghanistan, Transnational Security Threats, Pakistan, Terrorism, U.S. Military

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Save to My PortfolioGrading Obama's Afghanistan Strategy

Michael E. O'Hanlon, March 27, 2009, Politico's "The Arena"

While Michael O'Hanlon generally supports the new Afghanistan strategy set forth by the Obama administration, he feels it can still be improved and offers suggestions to do so. Read More

Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Pakistan, Central Asia, Economic Development

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Save to My PortfolioCan Obama Win In Afghanistan?

Michael E. O'Hanlon, March 20, 2009, Politico

Can Obama Win In Afghanistan?By 2010, the Afghanistan conflict will have become the longest war in American history. Michael O'Hanlon defends President Obama's proposed plan for roughly doubling U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan and argues that the strategic stakes in Afghanistan are high, given Al Qaeda's presence in the country. But, says O'Hanlon, the prospects for stability are reasonably good. Read More

Afghanistan, Central Asia, Defense Strategy, Foreign Policy, U.S. Military

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Save to My PortfolioDisplacement, Human Development, and Security in Afghanistan

Khalid Koser and Susanne Schmeidl, February 16, 2009, U.S.-Islamic World Forum

Displacement, Human Development, and Security in AfghanistanNearly five million refugees have returned to Afghanistan since 2002 and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) often cites Afghanistan as a positive example of refugee repatriation. In reality, however, the return of Afghan refugees may prove to be one of the most ill-conceived policies in the Islamic world in recent times. Read More

Afghanistan, Asia, Central Asia, Internal Displacement, Migration

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Save to My PortfolioConnecting Central Asia with the World

Johannes F. Linn, February 02, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Johannes Linn examines the impact of the global economic crisis on Central Asia—a transit and natural resource hub in the Eurasian super-continent. He assesses the region’s needs for economic integration and cooperation with the rest of the world. Read More

Central Asia, Developing Countries, Development, Economic Development, Global Economics

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Save to My PortfolioRegional Cooperation in Central Asia: Another Step Forward with CAREC

Johannes F. Linn, December 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Another Step Forward with CARECJohannes Linn outlines the 7th Ministerial Conference of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC), which approved strategies for greater technical, operational, and financial solutions to the region. Operating since 2002, CAREC now needs to focus on these solutions to bring about sustainable development, improved infrastructure and institutional capacity of Central Asian countries, which is home to 120 million inhabitants. Read More

Central Asia, Global Economics, Sustainable Development, Development, Globalization

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Save to My PortfolioThe Experience with Regional Economic Cooperation Organizations: Lessons for Central Asia

Johannes F. Linn and Oksana Pidufala, October 31, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Central Asia has attempted to strengthen its regional integration and cooperation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Johannes Linn and Oksana Pidufala globally examine regional cooperation initiatives and organizations, and analyze functions and performance to draw lessons for the future success of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program. Read More

Economic Development, Central Asia, Development, Developing Countries, Global Economics

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Save to My PortfolioThe Compound Water-Energy-Food Crisis Risks in Central Asia

Johannes F. Linn, August 12, 2008, The Brookings Institution

The Compound Water-Energy-Food Crisis Risks in Central AsiaIn June 2008, Johannes Linn warned of a water and energy crisis facing Central Asia and advised governments and international agencies to take urgent action. The following month, at the invitation of the United Nations Development Program, 15 international and bilateral agencies met in Kazakhstan to review the impending crisis in the region. Linn highlights the agencies’ findings and provides an update on the regions and international community’s next steps. Read More

Central Asia, Environment, Energy Security, Global Food Crisis, Development

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Save to My PortfolioTurmoil in Central Asia

Martha Brill Olcott and Johannes F. Linn, August 12, 2008, Wall Street Journal

Turmoil in Central AsiaNorth of Afghanistan, Central Asia faces great instability with the impending threat of political unrest, economic downturn, and water shortages. Martha Brill Olcott from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Johannes Linn examine the instability of the region and its implications for Afghanistan, and urge the international community to pay greater attention to the region’s needs. Read More

Central Asia, Afghanistan, Development, Developing Countries, Economic Development

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Johannes F. Linn

Johannes F. Linn

Director, Wolfensohn Center for Development

A former World Bank vice president for Europe and Central Asia, Johannes Linn is the director of the Wolfensohn Center for Development, and focuses on international development and global governance issues.
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Roberta Cohen

Roberta Cohen

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy

A human rights specialist, Roberta Cohen focuses on the humanitarian and human rights aspects of emergency situations. She is a senior advisor to the representative of the UN secretary-general on the human rights of internally displaced persons.
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Michael E. O'Hanlon

Michael E. O'Hanlon

Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy
The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair

Michael O’Hanlon specializes in national security and defense policy and is senior author of the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Index projects. Before joining Brookings, O'Hanlon worked as a national security analyst at the Congressional Budget Office. His current research agenda includes military strategy and technology, Northeast Asia, U.S. Central Command, defense budgets, among other defense/security issues.  O’Hanlon recently served on the Secretary of State's International Security Advisory Board.
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