Author Archives: Jarat Chopra
Planning Considerations for International Involvement in an Israeli Withdrawal from Palestinian Territory (part 1)
In May 2004, discussions were held with a group of Israelis, Palestinians and international officials and experts to address the aspects of third party involvement during the period of Israeli withdrawal from Palestinean territory. The following report is a reflection of the issues discussed and incorporates many of the ideas contributed by the participants. It identifies current strategic aspects on an Israeli withdrawal; describes the operating environment for a third party; outlines the potential nature of international involvement in the border regime, in Palestinian governance and in the transfer of asset in the Gaza Strip; and concludes with general planning factors and considerations.
Planning Considerations for International Involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (part 2)
On 25-26 April 2003—the eve of the formation of a new Palestinian government and the presentation to the parties of the Quartet “Roadmap”—a group of international officials, Israelis and Palestinians convened to address operational aspects of third party intervention in the current conflict. Convened by Yezid Sayigh and Jarat Chopra, this “Experts’ Forum” was hosted [...]
Peace-Maintenance: The Last Stage of Development
First published in Global Society, Vol 11, No 2, 1997 Peace operations and the practice of development are currently shifting between archetypal stages of organization. The complexity of political systems evolves in stages distinguished by their arrangement of four universal elements of social organization, corresponding in the modern state to population, territory, government and sovereignty. [...]
Fighting for Hope in Somalia
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Peacekeeping and Multinational Operations No 6, 1995. ISSN 0804-6794 © Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt Executive Summary 1. The wrong lessons regarding the use of military force have been learnt from Somalia, the watershed experience of the second generation of UN operations. 2. The phases of international involvement in Somalia roughly [...]