Failed+States

(1) TOPIC GUIDES
//Below you will find links to the topics that will be discussed in DISEC//

Click [|here] to access //Somalia: The World's Worst State?//
Click [|here] to access //Inside a Failed State: Haiti// Click [|here] to access //Somalia: Living in a Failed State// Click [|here] to access //UN Focuses on Important Role of Peacebuilding in Wake of Conflicts// Click [|here] to access //UN Admits to Failing DR Congo Rape Victims//

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Below you will find some great links to nongovernmental organizations working to improve the situation in failed and failing states. Spend some time researching the organizations to get an idea of how you can propose solutions to the issue while in committee.=====

[|United Nations Peacebuilding Commission] [|The Fund for Peace] [|The Center for Strategic and International Studies] [|Freedom House] [|Council on Foreign Relations]

(4) PRIMARY SOURCES
UN Security Council Resolution 1645, [|here] Somalians talk about their day to day lives in failed state, [|here] To look at //Foreign Policy//'s Failed States Index, click [|here] The report of the UN Peacebuilding Commission to the General Assembly about its recent activity, [|here] ABC News conducted an interview with a Nigerian terrorist leader, to read it, click [|here] A report written about failed states and US foreign policy and presented to Congress, [|here] Testimony about violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, [|here]

(5) TAKE ACTION
[|Grassroots International] [|The Boston Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights] [|Amnesty International USA]

Afghanistan
To read an analysis of Afghanistan's status as a 'failed state', click [|here] To read about Afghanistan in the context of failed states and terrorism, click [|here]

Albania
To read about the Western Balkans region as a collection of failed states, click [|here] To read a report detailing the state of affairs and recommendations for Albania, click [|here]

Angola
To read about Angola's recovery process, click [|here] To read about Angola's economic progress, click [|here]

Belgium
To read about Belgium's international development program, click [|here] To read about current Belgian peacekeeping operations, click [|here]

Bosnia and Herzegovina
To read about the Western Balkans region as a collection of failed states, click [|here] To read about Bosnia and Herzegovina's importance as a recovering state, click [|here]

Brazil
To read a critical report which supports the idea that developing nations such as Brazil and China have a large role to play in helping failed states, click [|here] To read about the situation in Brazil's major cities, click [|here]

Chile
To read about Chile's involvement in the effort to rebuild Haiti, click [|here]

China
To read about China's coalition building with failed and failing states, click [|here] To read about Chinese development in Africa, click [|here] To read about China's relationship with the Democratic Republic of [|Congo]

Colombia
To read about how Colombia managed to rebuild itself, click [|here] To read about Colombia's economic successes, click [|here]

**Cuba** To read about Cuba's history of economic and political struggles, click [|here]

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
To read about the DPRK's foreign relations, click [|here] To read about the DPRK's refusal to accept US food aid, click [|here] To read a discussion about DPRK's status as a failed state, click [|here]

Democratic Republic of Congo
To read about the situation in the DR Congo, click [|here] To read about why DR Congo's could be considered a failed state, click [|here]

France
To read about France and the EU's efforts in rebuilding Mali, click [|here]

Germany
To read about Germany's commitment to failed and failing states, click [|here]

Haiti
To read about some of the factor's behind Haiti's current state, click [|here] To read about some of the reasons Haiti might struggle in its recovery, click [|here]

Honduras
To read about the economic situation in Honduras, click [|here] To read about violence in Honduras, click [|here]

**India** To read about how failing states can affect India, click [|here] To read about India's neighbors, click [|here]

Iraq
To read about how Iraq and Syria could affect their region as failed states, click [|here] To read about some common traits between Iraq and other failed states, click [|here]

Israel
To read a bit of background on the Arab-Israeli conflict, click [|here] To read a discussion about Israel and Palestine's future, click [|here]

Japan
To read about Japan in the context of its neighboring countries, click [|here]

Jordan
To read about some of the dangers Jordan faces in its region, click [|here]

Lebanon
To read about Lebanon's past struggles as a failing state, click [|here] To read about some of the dangers Lebanon faces in its region, click [|here]

Libya
To read about Libya as a failed state, click [|here] To read more about Libya's political issues, click [|here]

Mexico
To read about the state of Tamaulipas, click [|here] To read about Mexico's difficulties in wresting control of the country away from drug cartels, click [|here] To read about Mexico's potential to become a failed state, click [|here]

Myanmar
To read about Myanmar in the context of its neighboring countries, click [|here] To read about Myanmar/US relations, click [|here]

Netherlands
To read a report about the Netherlands' approach to failed and failing states, click [|here] To read about the Netherlands' involvement with piracy off the coast of Somalia, click [|here]

Nigeria
To read about why Nigeria could be considered a failed state, click [|here] To read about why Nigeria could be considered to not be a failed state, click [|here]

Pakistan
To read about Pakistan being considered a failed state, click [|here] To read about some of Pakistan's current political and social issues, click [|here]

Republic of Korea
To read a report suggesting the ROK could be used as a model for state success, click [|here]

Russian Federation
To read about Russian foreign aid, click [|here]

Serbia
To read about Serbia and Kosovo, click [|here] To read about the Western Balkans region as a collection of failed states, click [|here]

Sierra Leone
To read about Sierra Leone under British colonial rule, click [|here] To read about Sierra Leone's developments since state failure, click [|here]

Somalia
To read more about the situation in Somalia, click [|here] To read about Somalia's Transitional Federal Government, click [|here] To read about the African Union's forces in Somalia, click [|here]

South Africa
To read about South Africa's concern for Zimbabwe, click [|here] To read about South Africa's danger of slipping into state failure, click [|here]

Sudan
To read about the genocide in Darfur, click [|here] To read about conditions in this failed state, click [|here] To read about aid organizations in Sudan, click [|here]

Switzerland
To read about Swiss banking and failed state dictators, click [|here] To read a article about Switzerland's unique foreign policy, click [|here]

United Kingdom
To read the Foreign Secretary's speech to the Security Council about the need to reform the Peacebuilding Commission, click [|here] To read the UK's commitment to peacekeeping, click [|here] and in 2015 (as related to refugees) read [|here]

United States
To read more about the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, click [|here] To read more about US anti-terrorism operations, click [|here] To read about US aid to failed and failing states, click [|here] And in 2015, read: [|here]

Yemen
To read an analysis of Yemeni state failure, click [|here] And [|here]

Zimbabwe
To read about the human rights situation in Zimbabwe, click [|here] To read about the work of the UN Development Program in Zimbabwe, click [|here] To read about Zimbabwe's colonial history, click [|here]