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F rom late 2015 onward we decided to fully focus our work for and with partner organisations: technical assistance, consultancy, project development and academic research. Unfortunately this means that we no longer dedicate our time to website commentary and publications. However, our team members do still regularly publish on other platforms, such as newspapers, books and other websites.

Below you can find a list of many of our web-publications from the past as well occasional newer publications that were written for other purposes, such as publicly available ReSeT Analysis Papers. Please note that ReSeT has no ideological agenda beyond expanding the understanding of global affairs and stimulating debate on these issues. Therefore, the views expressed in the articles below are those of the author(s), and not necessarily shared by the whole team.

Analysis Paper – The Dark Side of Democracy: An Analysis of Why the West Engages in War

Analysis Paper – UN Sanctions and Selective Security: Targeting Terrorists

Analysis Paper – UN Sanctions and Islamic Terrorism: An Association with Fatal Repercussions

Analysis Paper – The US Military Drone Programme: Obama’s Gift to Trump

Website Update October 2015

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Polis Postcard #001 – Enkishui E Maa Projects

Polis Perspective 03/07/2015: Gender and power in science and development: gender discrimination is not a joke

Polis Perspective 19/06/2015: ‘Time to adapt to the complex reality of migration’

Polis Perspective 12/06/2015 – It´s time to put girls and women at the top of your agenda

Polis Perspective 05/06/2015: Impact investment and utilitarianism – a debate worth keeping alive

Connecting Local Realities: The case of women’s groups in Kenya

Interview with Dr. Ernesto Sirolli – Enterprise Facilitation

Localising the Post-2015 Debate: What are the realities?

Q&A with Isadora Loreto I Head of Research & Development

Global Problems, Local Solutions: The Case of C.A.R. and the International Community

Polis Perspective 29/5/2015: We need far fewer SDGs

Polis Perspective 22/5/2015: Bill, Melinda, and the SDGs

Polis Perspective 15/05/2015: The Paradox of Identity Politics

Global Problems, Local Solutions: The Case of the US and Yemen

Q&A with Joanna Klever I Head of Fundraising

International Cooperation: reality or farce?

The Dark Side of International Volunteering: shedding light on its negative impact

Global Problems, Local Solutions: The Case of fighting the Islamic State

A Precarious Generation in Transition

Doing Development Differently: An Interview with Matt Andrews and Leni Wild

Q&A with Ivanka Puigdueta | Head of Polis Development

CSR: The Missed Opportunities of Choosing Cosmetics over Impact

Polis Paper | Turning Aid into Effective Cooperation: Connecting Local to Global

2015 – Time to Rethink Global Decision Making

Happy Holiday Season

Syria, the West, and the incompatibility of military operations with humanitarian action

Discover The Polis: When ideas turn into reality

An expert opinion on development: Dr. Stephan Klingebiel

Q&A with Balder Hageraats | General Coordinator of The Polis

Funding development cooperation: Time for donors and local people to unite

Development and the Knowledge Problem: Towards an open source development sector?

The inefficiency of international actors’ involvement: time for a change

MDGs, SDGs and the road to change: An outlook for sustainable development

Colombia’s indigenous people: Facing the clash of local, national and global interests

The Islamic State and the West: the dangers of having a “non – strategy”

UN Sanctions on Guinea-Bissau: Waiting For a Coup to Happen

Western media and Ukraine: global ideology versus local realities

The Future of Offical Development Assistance

South Sudan: Global Succes Despite Local Failure

South Sudan: Past, Present and Future

Run-off Election in Afghanistan: International vs Local Media

Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice in Syria: Assessing the Role of INGOs

Money for Nothing: What the Development Sector Could Learn from Cash-Transfer Programmes

Environmental Disconnect Between Global and Local Actors: The Case of REDD+ and Embobut Forest

U.S. Self-Perception and Foreign Policy

International Cooperation and Cultural Heritage Programs: in the name of which heritage?

ReSeT Working Paper: Power and UN Sanctions Policy

Sanctions against Russia: How far will they go?

South America: The dark side of commodities

Notes on the Ukrainian Battlefield

International Development: Please Drop the Charity Act

The Arctic Indigenous Peoples – the politics of climate change

Jesús García-Luengos on the conflict in South Sudan

REDES Report on Natural Resources published

Climate Change? No, thanks.

Report: the Arab Spring in Morocco

Emerging Economies: Finding a Balance Locally as well as Globally

Lessons from the Wild West – the US’s approach to taming the Arctic

Catching a Cold: Europe’s Exposure to Arctic Change

Dissecting the Corruption Perceptions Index

Economics and the Environment: A Brief Review of Arctic Change

Welcome to our Newly Designed Website

Report: The US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Changing Places: Sino-American Rivalry and Cooperation in Central Asia

Nobody Wants to Play with Barack Anymore

International Focus Shifting towards the Sahel

Conspiracy in the Sahel? Would that it were

Mali: When Collective Security is Too Slow

Global Governance: Why Size Matters

Central Asia: Renewed Focus on Kashmir

Syria: Geopolitics vs. Civilian Casualties

Avaaz in Syria: Humanitarianism under Fire

Towards compulsory transparency in extractive industries?