UN Study: Premature Vote May Prove Disastrous

Elections in Afghanistan and Iraq may prove disastrous by increasing violence and extremism, according to studies of other post-conflict societies included in a book released Monday by United Nations University Press. If elections in volatile situations are ill-timed or poorly designed, they risk producing the direct opposite of the intended outcome, fueling chaos and reversing … Continue reading “UN Study: Premature Vote May Prove Disastrous”