Strategic Foreign Assistance: Civil Society in International Security

Strategic Foreign Assistance: Civil Society in International Security
ISBN-10
0817947124
ISBN-13
9780817947125
Category
Political Science / Security (National & International)
Pages
142
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Authors
Isobel Coleman, A. Lawrence Chickering, Emily Vargas-Baron

Description

Stopping Terrorism at its Source
The emergence of global terrorism has created a new reality in national and international security. Governments and peoples must come together to encourage economic, political, legal, and social change within weak societies in which terrorists take refuge and to assist deadlocked governments in overcoming the explosive legacies of religious and ethnic conflict. In "Strategic Foreign Assistance" the authors show that, to do this, the United States must develop a strategic international cooperation and assistance policy that fosters strong civil societies.

The book details the key role that civil society organizations (CSOs) could play in mitigating the conditions that promote terrorists and terrorism. The authors reveal how CSOs can help nations overcome internal conflicts by attacking the roots of violence and empowering people directly affected by the conflict to develop culturally appropriate strategies to pacify violent regions. They explain the value of informal society-based, nonstate initiatives including initiatives aimed at religious leaders in recruiting a country's citizens in the efforts for peace. And they show how CSOs can help accomplish strategic objectives for promoting social development and changing state policies in such critical areas as economic and educational policy reform, empowerment of women, property rights for the poor, and other vital areas."

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