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    <title>NATO and the (re-)constitution of roles: self, we and other?</title>
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    <description>Title: NATO and the (re-)constitution of roles: self, we and other?
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Flockhart, Trine
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: The popular perception of the role of NATO was famously defined by NATO's first Secretary General, Lord Ismay, as 'keeping the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down'. NATO's role is still essentially to keep its members safe from threats, to ensure the cohesion of the transatlantic relationship, and to transform relations between former foes. However, behind this alluringly simple description of NATO, lie complex 'self', 'we' and 'other' definitions and perceptions of roles and relevant functional tasks. This paper seeks to unravel some of the complex processes of constituting and re-constituting NATO's roles. By utilizing a combination of role theory and social identity theory the paper traces how NATO has been engaged in complex and simultaneous processes of having a role set defined for it, whilst also being deeply involved in constructing its own identity and the identity of its member states, prospective member states and partners.</description>
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    <title>Ex-combatants, returnees, land and conflict in Liberia</title>
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    <description>Title: Ex-combatants, returnees, land and conflict in Liberia
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Rincon, Jairo Munive
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: Disputes over land ownership in the context of refugee return, ex-combatant presence and reconstruction efforts are explored in this DIIS Working Paper. 'Return' entails much more than helping displaced and refugee populations to go back home and reconstruct their lives. In Liberia - and other post-conflict countries - war has altered settlement patterns and the composition of communities, along with the sources of livelihood and the way land is used. In relation to return movements it is necessary to ask: return to what and under what conditions? Likewise, international and national efforts have been put into securing that Liberian ex-combatants are making a living away from the gun and reintegrating into society - but reintegration into what? Research for this working paper included the making of a documentary. The film centers on showing ex-combatants' and returnees' relation to space and place in post-conflict Liberia. The use of video enables a vivid presentation and understanding of what is at stake in current land disputes - clearly an important issue for the presented individuals - and arguably for most Liberians.</description>
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    <title>Power analysis: Encyclopedia entries</title>
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Guzzini, Stefano</description>
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    <title>Crisis? What crisis? Anatomy of the regulatory failure in finance</title>
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    <description>Title: Crisis? What crisis? Anatomy of the regulatory failure in finance
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Vestergaard, Jakob
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: Despite the global financial crisis and the prospect of severe economic recession, debates on future financial regulation take little if any notice of reasons why the previous regime of financial regulation failed so spectacularly. The paper identifies the key presumptions underlying efforts to strengthen the 'international financial architecture' (IFA) over the past decade. At the core of the IFA is a set of standards of 'best practice' and the assumption that 'market dis-cipline' rewards and punishes economies according to their degree of compliance with standards. Further, the IFA assumes that 'market-sensitive' risk management promotes the resilience of the international financial system and that the 'soundness' of financial systems may be assessed by aggregating measures of the soundness of individual financial institutions. Historical analysis of the correlation between international capital flows and domestic policy reforms, as well as quanti-tative studies of the correlation between compliance and the cost of capital, demonstrates that financial markets by no means reward and punish economies in accordance with compliance. Evidence further suggests that the current approach to detecting financial vulnerability is mislead-ing and that the promotion of 'market sensitive' risk management undermines rather than in-creases the stability and resilience of the international financial system.</description>
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