Security
- Is domestic instability the determing cause of international terrorism?
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Since 9/11 donors have increasingly provided aid to those states who were 'committed' to tackle domestic instability, and so, it was hoped, stop the rise of terrorism. However is this focus on domestic instability the right course of action? Does the evidence of past terror attacks concur with ‘donor’ behaviour? This paper presents an analysis of terrorist attacks from over 130 countries to determine what the main causes of international terrorism are.
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Improving security and justice through security sector reform
- ( N. Bagayoko-Penone / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information , 2010)
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Since the late 1990s, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as a principal activity for promoting peace and stability, and a priority for donors in post-conflict countries. This issue of insight...
- The supervision of security should be the responsibility of civilians
- ( C. Contreras (ed) / La Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) , 2007)
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The goal of this report is to contribute to an understanding of the political and institutional processes taking place in Latin America related to the security sector since the region's wide-s...
- Is civil society a real vehicle for democratisation?
- ( G. Cawthra (ed);A. Du Pisani (ed);A. Omari (ed) / International Development Research Centre , 2007)
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This study investigates the interface between security, at both the national and regional levels, and democratisation. The paper asserts that security and democratic governance are intertwined...
- Is civilian control of military and security structures equivalent to democratic control?
- ( G. Cawthra (ed);R. Luckham (ed) / Zed Books , 2003)
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This book examines the governance of security and insecurity in developing and former communist countries that are becoming more democratic. The book asserts that to ensure the military i...
Assessing national security concerns in a global context
- ( P. Ashdown;G. Robertson;I. Kearns / Institute for Public Policy Research , 2008)
- The national and international security environment has changed dramatically over the last two decades more so since the end of the Cold War and the 9/11 bombings. To add to that are the effects of gl...
Considering national security strategies
- ( Institute for Public Policy Research , 2009)
- This report presents a set of observations about the state of the world's changing security. It points to how globalization and power diffusion have altered the world order by diluting the control of ...
- How can human security be enhanced in an increasingly urbanised world?
- ( P. McCarney;P.H. Liotta;D.E Esser / European Urban Knowledge Network , 2009)
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The objective of this report is to examine in detail the nature and scale of organised armed violence in urban areas and to explore the value of bringing a human security lens to the challenges pos...
What are the links between human security and urbanisation?
- ( M. Hawrylak (ed);S. Houghton (ed);R. Lawson (ed) / The Human Security and Cities project , 2006)
- This discussion paper posits that human security and state security are theoretically mutually supportive. The purpose of the paper is to introduce and explore the connection between human security an...
Future challenges for state security
- ( Cabinet Office , 2008)
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This paper asserts that providing security for the nation and the citizens remains the most important responsibility of government. It adds that since the end of the Cold War, the international lan...
Is Yemen in danger of becoming a 'failed state'?
- ( G. Hill / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK , 2008)
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Yemen is the poorest nation in the Arab world, its location means it acts as a buffer zone between the Horn of Africa and Saudi Arabia and its president’s thirty year reign has been recently ...
