Security sector reform
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- The effectiveness of redistributive transfers and policing in conflict reduction
- ( P. Justino / Microcon , 2008)
- Using data from India, this briefing paper compares the effectiveness of redistributive transfers and policing in reducing conflict. It asks how policymakers can reduce and prevent civil unrest in hig...
- Hopes for a democratic and peaceful Sudan
- ( H. Ibrahim / The Arab Reform Initiative , 2008)
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Political thought in Sudan generally avoids the issue of reform, since the very notion falls short of the political and developmental ambitions the country has harboured since independence, in 1956...
- Training on the law of armed conflict
- ( L. R. Blank;G.P. Noone / United States Institute of Peace , 2008)
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Recent abuses committed by military personnel in war zones and violent conflicts the world over reemphasise the central importance of the law of armed conflict, the law of war for the protection of...
Meaningful security sector reform in the Arab world should address the political context
- ( Y. Sayigh / The Arab Reform Initiative , 2007)
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Argues that Western practitioners developing and promoting security sector reform (SSR) in the Arab world tend to emphasise its ‘technical aspects’, in the hope that de-politicisation w...
- Journalists prepare to advocate for police reform in the DRC
- ( Institute for Democracy in South Africa , 2007)
- What is the role of journalists in the transformation of the police and security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)?...
The development, security and justice nexus
- ( Development Assistance Committee, OECD , 2007)
- Security System Reform (SSR) and governance recommendations from the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) cover three interrelated challenges facing all states: ...
- Dealing with the expanding global private security industry
- ( A. Richards; H. Smith / Safer World , 2007)
- Worldwide, the private security industry is experiencing a period of rapid growth, and, when effectively regulated and fully accountable, can make a valuable contribution to the provision of security....
- Assessing threats to democracy and stability in Bangladesh
- ( International Crisis Group , 2006)
- Bangladesh faces twin threats to its democracy and stability: the risk that its political system will founder in a deadlock over elections and the growing challenge of militant Islamism, which has bro...
- Security versus development in Afghanistan
- ( Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh / Centre of International Studies and Research , 2005)
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This paper reviews the debates in relation to the concept of “human security” applied specifically to the situation in Afghanistan.
It provides an examination of the definitions of human security an...
- Expansion of private military and security companies in the Iraq war
- ( War on Want , 2006)
- This report examines the expansion of private military and security companies (PMSCs), particularly as a result of the occupation of Iraq. The report provides information on the activities of these co...
