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With inevitable major economic and political transformations ahead, NGOs need to acknowledge and manage their policy dilemmas so that they can anticipate the many inevitable problems that consistently arise in attempting to avoid the return of war by building peace over the medium to long-term

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Introduction Pacting Dilemmas of Democratic Reconciliation Dilemmas of Physical and Human Security Liberal Dilemmas of Human Rights Monitoring Dilemmas on Promoting the Rule of Law Dependency Dilemmas of Foreign Aid Democracy Dilemmas of Election Monitoring Conclusion: Policy Impacts of NGOs

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HENRY F. CAREY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA. He is the editor or author of six books, including Reaping What You Sow: The Politics of Torture Reform in the United States, France, Argentina and Israel. He has also co-edited and contributed essays to the International Law section of the International Studies Compendium. He regularly contributes blog for www.worldpolicy.com and for other websites, and is the editor of United Nations Law Reports.

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