The contributors to this volume explore a number of regions in which internal violence and conflict stubbornly persist, and why domestic and international efforts to re-establish order, human security, democratic processes, and an economy capable of developing, are proving so difficult to achieve. Particular attention is given to three important regions - the Caucasus, Central America and the Horn of Africa.
Tobias Debiel is Research Fellow of the Development and Peace Foundation in Bonn, and author and editor of numerous publications in the field of peace and conflict research.
Axel Klein works at the Institute for African Alternatives, London.