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- How has the world changed after the South Ossetia conflict?
- International Crisis Group , 2008
- This paper analyses the recent political fallout between Georgia and Russia. It particularly focuses on the implications of this conflict across the international stage before proposing recommendat...
- Domestic terrorism with transnational ambitions
- A. Botha / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 2008
- International developments and challenges and domestic circumstances predominately fuel domestic terrorism. This is particularly true when assessing the 'renewed' threat of terrorism in Algeria, Mo...
- Could the traditional Hima system of resource tenure help address modern development and conservation challenges?
- K. Hala;A. Serhal;O. Llewlyn / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2007
- The Hima is a traditional system of resource tenure that has been practiced for more than 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsular. With the numerous deteriorations that came and halted advancement in ...
- Why are local people often resistant to conservation efforts?
- G. Holmes / Conservation and Society, 2007
- This paper presents a framework to understand how conservation is resisted, particularly in protected areas and national parks. Informed largely by James Scott’s concept of ‘everyday ...
- Population and power - how world security might change in the coming decades
- R. Jackson;N. Howe / Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2008
- The report assesses how population ageing and population decline in the developed world may affect the ability of the United States and its traditional allies to maintain national and global security....
- The understated role of resource distribution as a cause of conflict
- M. Ruiters / Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2008
- This brief examines the state, identity politics, and the struggle for resources in Africa. It contends that identity politics obscures the real reason behind exclusionary practices, namely the strugg...
- Linking war violence with political participation
- C. Blattman / Households in Conflict Network , 2008
- What is the political legacy of violent conflict? This paper presents evidence for a link between war, violence and increased individual political participation and leadership among former com...
- Forecasting global unrest
- J. A. Goldstone / United States Institute of Peace , 2008
- For most of the post–World War II period, policymakers and intelligence agencies have relied on experts to make qualitative judgments regarding the risk of instability or violent changes in t...
- Will climate change lead to violent conflict?
- D. Smith;J. ViVekananDa / SIDA Studies, 2008
- Climate change is upon us and its physical effects have started to unfold. This report takes such findings, expressed in the Forth Assessment Review of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Chang...
- How should Africa exercise its ‘responsibility to protect’?
- H. Scanlon;A. Eziakonwa;E. Myburgh / Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2008
- To what extent is international society responsible for the protection of civilians during humanitarian crises? This paper reports on a policy advisory group convened to discuss Africa’s resp...
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