{"id":1065,"date":"2025-10-02T04:01:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:01:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:01:59","slug":"foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Policy As A Complex System"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left blog content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"banner-fade\" class=\"block\">\n<ul class=\"bjqs noside\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Foreign policy as a complex system\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/72196-1-eng-gb\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system_carousel.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"text intro_highlight\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign policy as a complex system<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">How can foreign policy today benefit from complexity sciences?<\/p>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<p class=\"right\"> | February 23, 2025<\/p>\n\n-->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup readmore\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"Foreign policy as a complex system\"><strong>&#x25b6;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">How can foreign policy today benefit from complexity sciences?<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafe.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Fe Institute<\/a> (SFI) for complexity research in New Mexico, USA, is hosting an exclusive Working Group Meeting (February 23-25, 2011) to explore this very question. Science and technology with social policy need to be integrated into foreign assistance programs. But how is this to be done? The aim of the meeting is to define new approaches to long-term sustainable development in conflict countries, in particular Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">For many years, the Santa Fe Institute has been doing cutting-edge work in data assessment and analysis in the areas of conflict, complexity and behavioral dynamics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Frauke de Weijer is blogging from this event, which will engage SFI faculty staff, as well as a selected number of leading scholars, practitioners and policy-makers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Also see our earlier blog on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" target=\"_blank\">Strategy and Complexity<\/a> and an earlier article on complexity thinking and social development by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Fowler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Foreign policy as a complex system\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n\t\t<!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mandrill\/subscription\/add\/75009\/15589\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t -->\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article fader\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/patterns-in-the-dynamics-of-insurgencies\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/patterns-in-the-dynamics-of-insurgencies\/72479-6-eng-gb\/patterns-in-the-dynamics-of-insurgencies_column.jpg\" alt=\"Patterns in the dynamics of insurgencies\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/patterns-in-the-dynamics-of-insurgencies\/\">Patterns in the dynamics of insurgencies<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/de-weijer-frauke\/\">Frauke de Weijer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe second day of the working group zoomed in on the identification of patterns in the dynamics of insurgencies. Wikileaks data on violent interactions between insurgents and counter-insurgency forces (CIGACTs) had been scrutinized for patterns in&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/patterns-in-the-dynamics-of-insurgencies\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/complexity-science-as-an-insight-engine\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/complexity-science-as-an-insight-engine\/72337-7-eng-gb\/complexity-science-as-an-insight-engine_column.jpg\" alt=\"Complexity science as an \u2018insight engine\u2019 \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/complexity-science-as-an-insight-engine\/\">Complexity science as an \u2018insight engine\u2019 <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/de-weijer-frauke\/\">Frauke de Weijer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t24 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico is like a Mecca for complexity science. Physicists, biologists, cosmologists, anthropologists, playwrights and even novelists spend their time here, breaking down disciplinary boundaries. This time the focus is&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/complexity-science-as-an-insight-engine\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/fragile-states-the-easy-answers-won-t-bring-us-further\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/72207-4-eng-gb\/fragile-states-the-easy-answers-won-t-bring-us-further_column.jpg\" alt=\"Fragile states: the easy answers won't bring us further\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/foreign-policy-as-a-complex-system\/fragile-states-the-easy-answers-won-t-bring-us-further\/\">Fragile states: the easy answers won&#8217;t bring us further<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/de-weijer-frauke\/\">Frauke de Weijer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t22 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tTomorrow morning I will board a flight to Santa Fe in New Mexico. 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