Framework for sessions:

• presentation by author, 15 min.
• discussant, 20 min.
• general discussion, for remainder of sessions

Thursday 7 September

20.00

Dinner (restaurant to be determined)

Friday 8 September

09.00-09.15

Welcome

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Scott Gates

09.15-10.45

Astri Suhrke

The Limits of Statebuilding: The Role of

International Assistance in Afghanistan

Stein Sundstøl Eriksen

Faced with Failure: The Limits of

External Intervention in Failed States

Discussant: Jeffrey T. Checkel

10.45-11.00

Break

11.00-13.00

Martin Austvoll

Transnational Ethnic Dimensions of

Third-Party Interventions in Civil Wars

Jens Chr. Andvig

Geographical Spread of Corruption. Policies,

Institutions and Cross-country Economic Interaction

Kristian Berg Harpviken

The Mobilization and Demobilization of ‘Refugee Warriors’

Discussant: to be assigned

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-16.00

Roundtable discussion

Introductions: Jeffrey T. Checkel, Astri Suhrke, Pavel Baev