Overcoming Obstacles to Peace

James Dobbins

ResearchPosted on rand.org Feb 1, 2013Published in: Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, v. 55, no. 1, Feb.-Mar. 2013, p. 103-120

The memory of a few spectacular failures has created the impression that nation-building seldom succeeds. Yet most such operations over the past 20 years have produced positive results.

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  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2013
  • Pages: 17
  • Document Number: EP-50281

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