Events
Pilfering the Peace: The Nexus Between Corruption and Peacebuilding
How might the best practices of peacebuilding be applied to anti-corruption? Based on interviews with trainers and staff of the Burundi Leadership Training Programme (BLTP) of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, this article explores possible answers to that question in light of a successful peacebuilding effort. The author also flags ideas for future projects and research at the nexus of the two fields.
This Week on Dialogue TV: "Zimbabwe Walks a Tightrope"
An interview with Lovemore Madhuku Zimbabwean political activist and president of the National Constitutional Assembly
Nouvelles du BLTP No. 9
Summary of BLTP activities and projects, including follow up on FDN officers and political party trainings. Upcoming trainings will involve the Burundian national police high command (PNB). French only. Published in December, 2006.
La Conférence des présidents prend ses quartiers Univ' à Nganda
L'Initiative pour un Leadership collaboratif et pour la cohésion de l'Etat en R-dCongo, ILCCE en sigle, vient de réussir un coup de maître: délocaliser, pendant une semaine, la vénérable Conférence des Présidents de l'Assemblée Nat. (bureau de l'Assemblée Nat. au grand complet hormis le président Vital Kamerhe en mission à l'étranger, présidents des Groupes parlementaires et présidents des commissions parlementaires), soit - comme les promoteurs l'ont bien indiqué dans le carton d'invitation - les «personnalités clés» de la Chambre basse de la R-dC pour... les remettre en cause et à niveau sur des thèmes portant sur le leadership et la cohésion de l'État.
Violence-plagued Horn of Africa in Need of Strategic Policy Vision
The site of hundreds of armed conflicts in the past quarter century, the Horn of Africa has suffered from a single-minded policy focus that emphasizes short-term tactical objectives at the expense of an overarching strategic vision, Wilson Center expert Paul Williams argues. Author of the new report, "Horn of Africa: Webs of Conflict and Pathways to Peace," Williams believes the time is now for policymakers to reconsider long-term strategies of peace-building and conflict-resolution—measures, which, he says, can go further to root out the causes of violence.
