Democracy and Economic Development – Complementary or Contradictory?
Background The history of modern economic development is full of successes and failures. The failures appear to be more then the successes; from the many African nations that have never truly improved their condition since independence 60 years ago; to the Middle East, rich with oil but stagnant democratically; to the mixed bag of Latin [...]
The Netherlands and the War on Terror … in Africa
The Netherlands does not only send police trainers to Afghanistan, but also military trainers to Africa, defence periodical Jane’s Defence Weekly reports. The mission covers a territory larger than Western Europe. It is part of an exercise operation that takes place in Algeria, Chad and Senegal, to name a few. The training will focus on [...]
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