A Force More Powerful

Run your own nonviolent insurrection.

http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/game/index.php

Gapminder

http://www.gapminder.org/

Thomas PM Barnett

American military geostrategist.

Two books:

The Pentagon's New Map The

Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating

http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/projects/newrulesset/nrs_index.html

A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It

SHORT of ghosting his autobiography, Stephen Kinzer could not have done more for the man who now rules Rwanda, Paul Kagame. “A Thousand Hills” reads like an extended interview. But even as hagiography, it tells a remarkable tale about a remarkable man.

http://www.economist.com/books/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=11959125

A witness and victim of the conflict in Darfur finds a voice

Until now, the voices of the Darfuris themselves, apart from the baroque and often tendentious pronouncements of the various rebel groups, have largely gone unheard. “Tears of the Desert” is a welcome attempt to try to fill that gap.

http://www.economist.com/books/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=11919269

Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization

http://www.crs.state.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.display&shortcut=4QRB

Crisis States Research Centre

http://www.crisisstates.com/