Dimensions of state disruption /Amin Saikal -- International community and disrupted states / Paul F. Diehl -- Prevention-intervention dichotomy : two sides of the same coin? / Simon Chesterman and David M. Malone -- Managing future chaos : the United States Marine Corps in the twenty-first century / Thomas E. Seal -- Complex emergencies and military capabilities / Frederick M. Burkle, Jr -- Violence, sovereignty and conflict resolution / Raimo Väyrynen -- Waging peace and ending violence in the twenty-first century / Cees de Rover -- Mercy and justice in the transition period / Helen Durham -- Institutional design and the rebuilding of trust / William Maley -- Democracy and democratisation / Reginald Austin. Rebuilding the rule of law / Mark Plunkett -- Military force and justice / Michael Kelly -- United Nations and social reconstruction in disrupted states / Lorraine Elliott -- Reconstituting whose social order? : NGOs in disrupted states / Fiona Terry -- Comprehensive security partnerships for refugees / Sadako Ogata -- Disarmament and reintegration of combatants / Samuel M. Makinda -- Policing civil order / Adrien Whiddett -- Afterword, Rebuilding the rule of law in the Horn of Africa / Martin P. Ganzglass.