Table of Contents

1. Stability and Stability Operations: Definitions, Drivers, Approaches Roberto Belloni and Francesco N. Moro 2. Political Transitions and Macro-level Foundations of Political Stability Stefano Costalli and Francesco N. Moro 3. Stabilization and Local Conflicts: Communal and Civil War in South Sudan Jana Krause 4. United Nations Stabilization Operations: Chapter Seven and a Half John Karlsrud 5. From Liberal Statebuilding to Counterinsurgency and Stabilization: The International Intervention in Iraq Roberto Belloni and Irene Costantini 6. NATO’s Landscape of the Mind: Stabilisation and Statebuilding in Afghanistan Mats Berdal 7. (B)ordering Hybrid Security? EU Stabilisation Practices in the Sahara-Sahel Region Luca Raineri and Francesco Strazzari