{"id":797,"date":"2025-10-02T03:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/van-der-borgh-chris\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:55:21","slug":"van-der-borgh-chris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-der-borgh-chris\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Der Borgh Chris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"middle content\">\n<div class=\"column left\" id=\"columnleft\">\n<section class=\"block article author\">\n<div class=\"headline\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris van der Borgh<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/van-der-borgh-chris\/3196-2-eng-gb\/van-der-borgh-chris_author.jpg\" alt=\"van der Borgh Chris\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganisation:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUtrecht University<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWebsite:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uu.nl\/gw\/medewerkers\/GJCvanderBorgh\/0\" target=\"_blank\">Personal profile at Utrecht University<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><b>Chris van der Borgh<\/b> is assistant professor at the Centre for Conflict Studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He specializes in issues such as conflict analysis, post-war development and peace building, in particular the role of external donors in political reform and governance. He has extensive field experience in El Salvador and his PhD deals with the role of external donors in the rebuilding of that country after the civil war. His current research concerns the consolidation of peace processes and the role of foreign assistance, focusing on the case of Kosovo and comparing this with other post-war rebuilding efforts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"content column wide left author content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\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=\"van der Borgh Chris\">\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<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\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\/articles\/anti-gang-policies-and-gang-responses-in-the-northern-triangle\/\"><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\/articles\/anti-gang-policies-and-gang-responses-in-the-northern-triangle\/759495-16-eng-gb\/anti-gang-policies-and-gang-responses-in-the-northern-triangle_column.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-gang policies and gang responses in the Northern Triangle\"><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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/anti-gang-policies-and-gang-responses-in-the-northern-triangle\/\">Anti-gang policies and gang responses in the Northern Triangle<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/savenije-wim\/\">Wim Savenije<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-der-borgh-chris\/\">Chris van der Borgh<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 03, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tDuring the past decade, gangs have become a powerful and violent presence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the \u2018Northern Triangle\u2019 of Central America.<br \/>\n1&nbsp;The particular evolution of the gang phenomenon has been deeply shaped by a series&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/anti-gang-policies-and-gang-responses-in-the-northern-triangle\/\">read more<\/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\/articles\/building-peace-states-and-hybrids\/\"><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\/articles\/building-peace-states-and-hybrids\/38171-11-eng-gb\/building-peace-states-and-hybrids_column.jpg\" alt=\"Building peace, states and hybrids\"><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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/building-peace-states-and-hybrids\/\">Building peace, states and hybrids<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/aguirre-mariano\/\">Mariano Aguirre<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-der-borgh-chris\/\">Chris van der Borgh<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 02, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tInternational missions that aim to support stability, peace- and state-building in crisis areas are often unsure of how to move forward. The idea is gaining ground that a \u2018revisioning\u2019 of such interventions is needed. Hybrid is the new buzzword.&#038;n&#8230;;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/building-peace-states-and-hybrids\/\">read more<\/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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/gang-violence-in-central-america\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/images\/broker-13\/gang-signs\/722009-1-eng-gb\/gang-signs_column.jpg\" alt=\"Gang violence in Central America\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/gang-violence-in-central-america\/\">Gang violence in Central America<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/savenije-wim\/\">Wim Savenije<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-der-borgh-chris\/\">Chris van der Borgh<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 02, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tSince the end of the civil wars in Central America in the 1990s there has been considerable fear of violent street gangs, or maras. The countries in the region have implemented various anti-gang policies and approaches, with mixed results.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/gang-violence-in-central-america\/\">read more<\/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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/a-fragile-concept\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/images\/broker-9\/fragile\/746739-1-eng-gb\/fragile_column.jpg\" alt=\"A fragile concept\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/a-fragile-concept\/\">A fragile concept<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-der-borgh-chris\/\">Chris van der Borgh<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 28, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe concept of fragile states seeks to marry development and security issues. But it has led to a variety of fragile state agendas of international donors, and a lack of consensus on priorities and strategies.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/a-fragile-concept\/\">read more<\/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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/a-peace-too-vague\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/images\/broker-2\/un-resolution-1244\/725793-1-eng-gb\/un-resolution-1244_column.jpg\" alt=\"A peace too vague\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/a-peace-too-vague\/\">A peace too vague<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-der-borgh-chris\/\">Chris van der Borgh<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMay 29, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tEight years of UN administration in Kosovo have brought stability, but not reconciliation or consensus on the country\u2019s status. 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