Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Author "Forster, Robert"
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A globalised practice of local peace agreements
Bell, Christine; Wise, Laura; Beaujouan, Juline; Epple, Tim; Forster, Robert; Wilson, Robert (Local Peace Processes, Chapter, 2021-09-01)In recent years, the difficulties and failures of national level peace processes have prompted increased attention on ‘the local’ as a space of conflict resolution. The papers presented here suggest both the ... -
Annex 2-4: Norway's contribution to women's participation in peacebuilding A Case Study Analysis from Afghanistan, Colombia and Nordic Women Mediators Network
Natvig, Kirsten S.; Wimpelmann, Torunn; Wardak, Mirwais; Romero, Martha Inés; Forster, Robert; Disch, Arne (Research report, 2022-05-01)The study is part of an evaluation of Norwegian efforts to increase women's participation in peacebuilding between 2000 - 2020 conducted by Norad’s evaluation department. The purpose is to generat e knowledge ... -
Anti-corruption in peacebuilding practice
Forster, Robert (U4 Issue 2024:8, Research report, 2024-11-01)Despite the vital role of anti-corruption in sustaining peace, the scope and success of integrating anti-corruption provisions in peace agreements has never been examined. Our study finds that, in the last 34 years, ... -
Book Review: Tine Gade, Sunni City: Tripoli from Islamist Utopia to the Lebanese 'Revolution'
Forster, Robert (Others, 2024-05-01)Why did so many episodes of Lebanon’s contentious politics in the last century occur in Tripoli? In her work, Sunni City , Tine Gade traces the hundred-year trajectory (1920-2020) of the ‘Sunni ... -
Building Back Better: The Politicisation of Disaster and Displacement Response Architecture in Lebanon
Forster, Robert (NCHS Paper, Research report, 2022-08-01)This paper examines Lebanon’s disaster response institutions and argues that the 2020 Beirut blast presents an opportunity to ‘build back better’ and overhaul contemporary institutional arrangements. -
Divine Intervention: Invoking God in Peace Agreements
Forster, Robert; Bell, Christine (Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace, Chapter, 2022-07-01)Based on an analysis of the religious language found in contemporary peace agreements, Robert Forster and Christine Bell argue in Chapter 44 that such language should not be dismissed as culturally specific rhetoric, but ... -
EFFEXT Background Paper – National and international migration policy in Lebanon
Forster, Robert; Knudsen, Are John (Others, 2022-12-01)This EFFEXT Background Paper provides a brief presentation of migration and migration policy dynamics between the European Union (EU) and Lebanon. It presents an overview of key Lebanese national and international ... -
No city is the same: Livelihood opportunities among self-settled Syrian refugees in Beirut, Tripoli and Tyre
Forster, Robert (CMI Insight 2021:1, Report, 2021-03-01)The large influx of Syrians displaced into urban areas in Lebanon strained infrastructure and available services. Based on a survey of 450 displaced Syrians in Beirut, Tripoli, and Tyre, this CMI Insight sheds light on the ... -
Syrian Self-settlement in Lebanon’s ‘Arrival Cities’: Refugee Livelihoods in Tripoli, Beirut, and Tyre
Forster, Robert; Knudsen, Are J. (Urban Displacement: Syria's Refugees in the Middle East, Chapter, 2024-03-01)Taking arrival cities as their point of departure, Robert Forster and Are John Knudsen compare settlement choices and outcomes for Syrian refugees living in the poorest neighbourhoods in Beirut, Tripoli and Tyre. The latter ... -
Transitional Management: Comparative Guide to Tasks, Timing, Issues
Bell, Christine; Forster, Robert (PA-X Spotlight Series: Interim Transitions, Research report, 2021-05-01)This report brings together the Political Settlements Research Programme’s comparative research on transitional government and accompanying processes into a ‘Quick Guide’ on the management of negotiated ... -
Urban Displacement in Lebanon: Syrians in Tripoli
Forster, Robert; Abdalkader, Abdalkarim Fares (CMI Report 2021:5, Research report, 2021-11-01)Living conditions among Syrians in Tripoli, Lebanon, have deteriorated since 2011. Syrian refugee households that achieved some degree of stability after self-settlement reported an upheaval in livelihoods amidst declining ... -
(ترتیبات الحكم المؤقتة في البیئات الھشة وبیئات ما بعد الصراع)
Forster, Robert (Report, Research report, 2021-03-01)یقدم ھذا التقریر فھماً لترتيبات الحكم المؤقتة خلال التحولات السیاسیة الجوھریة وطریقة عملها على مستوى الممارسة العملیة. ترتیبات الحكم المؤقتة ھي إطار مؤسسي أنشئ لیكون بمثابة 'الجسر' الذي ینقل بلداً ما من حالة الشلل الحكومي ...