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Building Energy Institutions in a Conflict Zone

Interventions by International Organisations in Afghanistan

How do international development organisations develop institutional capacity in conflict zones? Here we take a descriptive, topological perspective on the question, using the case of Afghanistan. For twenty years prior to the capture of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August 2021 the international community directed substantial resources to Afghanistan, seeking to build a democratic state. Here we examine selected, energy-related aspects of those institution-building processes, taking the country as a case study of institutional development for energy and other transitions that is explicitly driven by particular values. We find that this institutional development can be categorized in terms of three main themes: development of a regulatory framework for the energy sector; privatisation of energy systems; and women's empowerment in terms of knowledge, skills and engagement in energy sector provisioning. 

Author/s
Dr. Abdullah Fahimi
External Publications

Return of the absent

Tunisians in Europe facing political transition

Author/s
Dr. Claire Demesmay
Prof. Dr. Sabine Ruß-Sattar
Katrin Sold
External Publications

Inside Iran

Alte Nation, neue Macht?

Author/s
Dr. Cornelius Adebahr
Bücher

America Is More Than Trump

Europe Should Defend the Iran Deal without Burning Bridges to the US

Author/s
Thomas Gomart
Robin Niblett
Prof. Dr. Daniela Schwarzer
et al.
Commentary

Events

Past events

18:00 - 19:30 | 18 Sep 2013

Syria: The West in the Role of Crisis Manager

Is the West in the process of redefining itself, or is “the West” becoming an obsolete category altogether? A debate at the DGAP

Civil war has been tearing Syria apart for more than two years, and a way out is still not in sight. The precarious humanitarian situation, the high number of refugees, and the chemical weapons attack in June all cry out for a response on the part of the international community. Josef Janning, Henning Riecke, and Eberhard Sandschneider joined members of the DGAP for a fireside conversation about the international community’s response to the conflict and the role the West should play in it.

Council Event
Diskussion
09:00 - 18:00 | 29 Aug 2013

North Africa: Back to the Streets, Back to the Drawing Board?

Highlights of EUMEF's 17th International Summer School (August 2013)

What will become of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt? Is there still a genuine desire for change in North Africa’s streets, squares, and Internet forums? Will countries take the time they need to craft solid constitutions? Summer School participants from North Africa, Turkey, and Europe took a close look at specific political and economic developments in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco, and also discussed the geopolitical implications of current events in the region.

Berlin
09:00 | 19 - 29 Aug 2013

North Africa’s Difficult Transition

EUMEF's 17th Summer School brings Arab and European experts to discuss current political developments in the region

Some 50 participants and speakers from over ten countries met in Berlin as part of the DGAP’s EU-Middle East Forum. During the two-week program, they examined the political restructurings underway in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, discussed the constitution-drafting process and the potential of social participation, and debated the political role of the military and of Islam. They also explored what these upheavals mean for the rest of the region and how external actors should respond.

Think Tank Event
09:00 | 19 - 29 Aug 2013

Nordafrikas schwierige Transformation

17. EUMEF-Sommerschule zum Thema „Geopolitische Implikationen des politischen Wandels in Nordafrika“

Etwa 50 Teilnehmer und Referenten aus über zehn Ländern versammelt das EU-Middle East Forum der DGAP für zwei Wochen in Berlin. Sie werfen einen Blick auf den staatlichen Umbau in Tunesien, Ägypten und Marokko und debattieren über den Prozess der Verfassungsgebung, die Möglichkeit gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe, die Rolle des Militärs und des Islam in der Politik. Sie gehen zudem der Frage nach, was die Umwälzungen für den Rest der Region bedeuten und wie externe Akteure darauf reagieren.

Think Tank Veranstaltung
08:30 - 10:00 | 05 Jul 2013

„Anti-Mursi-Front muss Kultur der Straße überwinden“

Einbeziehen aller Lager, stabile Sicherheitslage und Auslandsinvestitionen sind entscheidende Zukunftsfaktoren

In Ägypten überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Das politische Durcheinander vor und nach dem Sturz Mursis bedroht auch die soziale und wirtschaftliche Situation des 80 Millionen-Volks. Über die Umbrüche in Ägypten, die Zukunft des Landes und die Rolle der EU diskutierten die Menschenrechtsaktivistin Heba Ahmed, Sarah Hartmann, Leiterin des EU-Middle East Forum der DGAP, und Ivesa Lübben, Nahostexpertin der Universität Marburg mit Christian Hanelt von der Bertelsmann-Stiftung.

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