Robert Rotberg

April, 2007

Nigeria Elections and Continuing Challenges

Report

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

February, 2007

Building a New Afghanistan

Book

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Named an "Outstanding Academic Title for 2007" by Choice magazine.

vaXzine

January 14, 2007

Exiting via Iran

Op-Ed, Boston Globe

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

For the United States, the road out of Iraq runs through Tehran. The only way to promote sustainable peace, stability, and order in Iraq is to forge an unholy alliance with Iran -- and accept Iran's dominant influence in the Middle East. Only by accepting Iranian hegemonic pretensions, odious as they are, can the United States extricate itself somewhat honorably from Iraq.

January 12, 2007

How a French-led Force Could Save Somalia

Op-Ed, Financial Times

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

To prevent Somalia from reverting to insecurity and warlordism, immediate, concerted action by the powers of Europe and the United Nations is essential.

Associated Press

Winter 2007

"Darfur"

Journal Article, YES

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

The murderous civil war in Darfuris four years’ old.Washington has called it genocide. Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan showed equal concern and passion about daily killing there. More than 200,000 Darfurians have already lost their lives. As many as 2 million people have lost their homes and been forced into refugee or transit camps. Millions have been raped. Yet, effectively, the world continues to do nothing.

Winter 2007

On Improving Nation-State Governance

Journal Article, Daedalus

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Good governance is essential if citizens of nation-states or subordinate political jurisdictions seek to maximize their inalienable rights assubjects, taxpayers, or mere residents of the polities to which they owe or are compelled to pay allegiance.

October 19, 2006

US Silence Is Deadly

Op-Ed, Boston Globe

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

WASHINGTON needs to learn to talk, listen, and engage more and condemn less.

June 21, 2006

Zimbabwe Needs Help If It Is to Have a Rose Revolution

Op-Ed, Financial Times

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Only Chinese entrepreneurs and Robert Mugabe, president, are profiting from the complete economic and moral collapse of once proud and prosperous Zimbabwe.

April 10, 2006

Getting Tough Could Save Innocent Lives

Op-Ed, Boston Globe

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Seeking an effective end to the murderous mayhem in Darfur is representative of the few truly moral foreign policy initiatives of the Bush administration.

Spring 2006

Renewing Good Leadership: Overcoming the Scourges of Africa

Journal Article, Africa Policy Journal, volume 1

By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Africa is greatly afflicted by many apocalyptical scourges - HIV/AIDs, tropical diseases like malaria, global warming and frequent bouts of drought, and periodic waves of pestilence, especially locust infestations. It suffers greatly from war: approximately 12 million civilians
have lost their lives in the intrastate battles of the last sixteen years. For all of these reasons,and others, Africa each year lags farther behind Asia and Latin America in economic growth.
attainments; four decades ago Africa was well ahead of Asia.