In this BBC World Service series, Paddy Ashdown, Former United Nations High Representative for Bosnia, examines the role of the international community in ending conflicts and rebuilding countries. He looks at cases where occupation has succeeded and where it has failed, and the lessons for the future.
PART 1
After the Second World War, it took four years of occupation before Germany was ready to run its affairs again independently. Paddy Ashdown takes a close look at that long occupation 60 years ago and considers its relevance today.
PART 2
In the 1980s, a bitter civil war tore El Salvador apart. After years of conflict, the U.N. successfully intervened and brought about a ceasefire. Paddy Ashdown examines what international intervention did -- and didn't do -- in El Salvador.
THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world.