Failed States and Regional Insecurity
Workshop program
November 30th and December 1st 2006
Hosted by the NUPI-PRIO SIP on Failed States and Regional Insecurity and the working group on Transnational and International Facets of Civil War within the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW)
The seminar will take place at PRIO's facilities at Hausmannsgt 7, in the Peace Room
Dinner at Mares (Frogner veien 12) at 18.30 Thursday November 30th. Those that want to can meet us at PRIO (main entrance) at 18.00 and go together, or meet us at Mares at 18.30.
| Thursday November 30th |
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| Start 13.30: introduction |
| 13.45 Jeff T. Checkel (UiO): "The Transnational and Constructivist Turn in IR Theory: Any Relevance for Students of Civil Conflict?" |
| 15.00 Coffee break |
| 15.30 Pavel Baev (PRIO) “Russia’s Conflict-Management Policy in the Caspian Region” |
Discussant: Torunn Wimpelmann |
| 16.30 Kristian Berg Harpviken (PRIO) “The Taliban’s Reemergence in Regional Perspective” |
Discussant: Cindy Horst |
| End 17.30 |
| Friday December 1st |
| Start 9.00 Stein Tønnesson (PRIO) "A Successful State With Regional Security" |
Discussant: Stein Sundstøl Eriksen |
| 10.00 Coffee break |
| 10.30 Torunn Wimpelmann (CMI) "The Aid Agencies and the Fragile States Agenda" |
**Discussant:**Scott Gates |
| 11.30 Axel Borchgrevink (NUPI) “International Donor Policies and Conflict resolution in Ethiopia and its Neighborhood” |
Discussant: Pavel Baev |
| 12.30 Lunch |
| 13.30 Jens Chr. Andvig (NUPI) “Armed Conflict: The Role of Corruption” |
Discussant: Kristian Berg Harpviken |
| 14.30 Stein Sundstøl Eriksen (NUPI) “The Concept of ‘Failed States’: A Critical Examination” |
Discussant: Martin Austvoll |
| 15.30 Sum up |
| End 16.00 |
