Does peacebuilding need business?
In the ‘Business and Peace’ section of The Future-needs-Peacebuilding Blog, three contributors took a closer look at China’s growing influence in private sector investment in fragile and conflict affected countries. FriEnt team members Caroline Kruckow and Sylvia Servaes bring in their FriEnt perspective. When FriEnt was founded in the early 2000s, a thorough discussion had […]
Peacebuilding on a global stage
The new section of the Future Needs Peacebuilding Blog focusses on Implementing Agendas for Peace. Under the premise that global arenas and agendas provide leverage points for peacebuilding dimensions, the blog articles focus on how well and future-oriented the peacebuilding dimension is set up in international and national systems. Andrew Tomlinson’s opening article investigates the […]
An alternative to Western peacebuilding?
The Western withdrawal from Afghanistan and the following collapse of the government to the Taliban has left international observers to ponder who might fill the resulting vacuum. Many eyes have turned to China, which had already engaged the Taliban in political dialogue. Yet, there are major doubts both about Chinese political will to deploy resources […]
Business Deals before Sustainable Peace
China’s calculations around the China Myanmar Economic Corridor, and its moves to influence the multi-dimensional civil war in the country have profound implications for the people of Myanmar and the international community more broadly. An exploration of these questions also sheds light on the profound dangers of advancing economic and developmental initiatives without reference to […]