Stabilization operations, security and development: states of fragility

1. The evolution of stabilization concepts and praxis / Steven A. Zyck, Sultan Barakat and Sean Deely -- 2. Humanitarian and development aid in the context of stabilization : blurring the lines and broadening the gap / Gilles Carbonnier -- 3. Reflections on United Nations-led stabilization : late peacekeeping, early peacebuilding or something else? / Robert Muggah -- 4. Promoting interim stabilization in fragile settings : from theory to practice / Nat Colletta -- 5. Afghanistan's stabilization program : hope in a dystopian sea? / Stuart Gordon -- 6. Securing peace and promoting stability in Western Pakistan / Abubakar Siddique -- 7. Stabilization in practice : the Somali case / Ken Menkhaus -- 8. Setting the conditions for victory? US military hearts and minds operations in Northeastern Kenya / Mark Bradbury and Michael Kleinman -- 9. Stabilization next door : Mexico's US-backed security intervention / Sebastian Albuja -- 10. Collateral damage : urban centers and internally displaced persons in post-demobilization Colombia / Kimberly Howe -- 11. Paving the hills and leveling the streets : counter-insurgency in Rio de Janeiro / Robert Muggah and Albert Walter Souza Mulli -- 12. Stabilizing a victor's peace? Humanitarian action and reconstruction in Eastern Sri Lanka / Jonathan Goodhand.

This edited volume provides a critical overview of the new stabilization agenda in international relations.The primary focus of so-called stability operations since 9/11 has been Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Covering the wider picture, this volume provides a comprehensive assessment of the new agenda, including the expansion of efforts in Latin America, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia. By harnessing the findings of studies undertaken in Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan and Sri Lanka, the vo

The evolution of stabilization concepts and praxis / Steven A. Zyck, Sultan Barakat and Seán Deely -- Humanitarian and development aid in the context of stabilization: blurring the lines and broadening the gap / Gilles Carbonnier -- Reflections on United Nations-led stabilization: late peacekeeping, early peacebuilding or something else? / Robert Muggah -- Promoting interim stabilization in fragile settings: from theory to practice / Nat Colletta -- Afghanistan's stabilization programme: hope in a dystopian sea? / Stuart Gordon -- Securing peace and promoting stability in western Pakistan / Abubaker Siddique -- Stabilization in practice - the Somali case / Ken Menkhaus -- Setting the conditions for victory? US military hearts and minds operations, north eastern Kenya / Mark Bradbury and Michael Kleinman -- The sobering lessons of stabilization in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo / Spyros Demetriou and Ian Quick -- Stabilization next door: Mexico's U.S.-backed security intervention / Sebastián Albuja -- Collateral damage: urban centers and IDPs in post-demobilization Colombia / Kimberly Howe -- Paving the hills and leveling the streets: counter-insurgency in Rio de Janeiro / Robert Muggah and Albert Walter Souza Mulli -- Stabilising a victor's peace? Humanitarian action and reconstruction in eastern Sri Lanka / Jonathan Goodhand