Article, Global

Greater effectiveness through modesty

03.10.2023, International cooperation

Fragile statehood is one of the biggest obstacles to effective and sustainable poverty alleviation. Alliance Sud has discussed the opportunities and limits of international cooperation in fragile contexts with Professor Christoph Zürcher.

Laura Ebneter
Laura Ebneter

Expert on international cooperation

Marco Fähndrich
Marco Fähndrich

Responsible for communications and media

Greater effectiveness through modesty

Christoph Zuercher is a professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. As a political scientist, he conducts research and lectures on peacebuilding, international relations and international cooperation, with a regional focus on the former Soviet Union, especially Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In his most recent work he focused mainly on assessing the impact of international cooperation in fragile contexts.
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