Organisation
Institute for Security Studies, South Africa (ISS)
Applied policy research organisation that seeks to inform and enhance the security debate in Sub-Saharan Africa. Activities include:
- independent applied research and analysis
- collecting, interpreting and disseminating information inlcluding
- national, regional and international networking
- capacity building
Major research themes are:
- arms management
- African security analysis
- peace missions
- crime and justice
- organised crime and corruption
- security sector transformation
ISS publications include the quarterly journal African Security Review and the newsletters: ACT; Action on Small Arms in Southern Africa and Small Arms Proliferation and Africa.
WWW site includes: details of projects; positions available; details of partner organisations; related links to other sites and details of ISS publications, some of which, including the newsletters, are available online.
Published Documents
- Towards delivering credible polls in Zimbabwe
- G.A. Dzinesa / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2013
- The people of Zimbabwe are expected to cast their votes in general elections in 2013. Because of the likelihood of a troubled lead-up to these elections, Zimbabwe’s political parties, the Southern African Development Community (...
- Angola's second post-war elections: The alchemy of change
- P.C. Rocque / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2013
- This situation report asserts that the second post-war elections in Angola, in August 2012, have become a lens through which to observe the political changes this emerging African powerhouse will face in the coming years. The author m...
- The future of intrastate conflict in Africa: more violence or greater peace?
- J. Cilliers; J. Schünemann / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2013
- This paper analyses future trends for intrastate conflict in Africa up to 2050 using the International Futures (IFs) model. After reviewing the main post-Cold War patterns of conflict and instability on the continent, the paper...
- Kenya's new constitution and conflict transformation
- B Mkangi / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2012
- The 2007/8 post-election conflict that engulfed Kenya was not unprecedented. A failure to address the root causes of these violent conflicts has occasioned their re-occurrence and further entrenched their underlying causes. The Kenya ...
- What does the future hold for Liberia?
- L. Gberie / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2010
- Liberia holds its second post-war presidential and legislative elections in October 2011. The first, held in 2005 was the first free and fair elections in the country’s long history and it ushered in Africa’s first elected...
- Re-defining African conflict management strategies
- P.A.N. Mwanika / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2010
- This brief paper argues that environmental degradation in forms such as desertification, resource depletion and demographic pressure exacerbates tensions and instability. The paper particularly focuses on the role of natural resources...
- Corruption and governance in the DRC
- M. Kodi / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2008
- In spite of the devastation that has been visited on the DR Congo elections were held in 2006 and at the beginning of 2007, thus putting an end to a long political transition and raising the hopes of the Congolese people. However, if ...
- Assessing voter behaviour as an accountability mechanism in South Africa
- C. Schulz-Herzenberg (ed) / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2009
- Allowing citizens to decide whether or not to extend a government’stenure through regular elections is the principal mechanism of politicalaccountability. It compels politicians to be more responsive to theelectorate’s nee...
- Intimate partner violence, Malawi
- E. Pelser; L. Gondwe; C. Mayamba; T. Mhango; W. Phiri; P. Burton / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2005
- Focusing on intimate partner abuse in Malawi, this study explores sexual, emotional, and physical violence, as well as financial abuse. This on-line book presents the main findings of the study where a total of 3,546 households were s...
- How should the international community respond to the Somali conflict?
- S.A. Dersso / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2009
- This paper analyses how the root causes, changing dynamics and nature of the Somali conflict impact upon ongoing efforts of the international community for peacemaking and peacekeeping. It identifies both the challenges that these att...
