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    Assessing the security implications of climate change for West Africa: country case studies of Ghana and Burkina Faso

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008
    Traditionally seen as an environmental and an energy issue, climate change is now also being cast as a threat to international peace and security.
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    Small arms, armed violence, and insecurity in Nigeria: the Niger Delta in perspective

    Small Arms Survey, 2007
    This study aims to raise awareness of a number of issues relating to insecurity, armed violence, and the proliferation of illicit small arms in Nigeria since the return to democracy in 1999. It particularly focuses on the mounting challenges that now face the Nigerian government.
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    Political violence and state formation in post-colonial Africa

    International Development Centre, Open University, 2007
    This paper argues for the importance of understanding the political legacy of colonialism. Its author contends that colonialism in Africa left a legacy of dual citizenship - the civil and the customary - which reflected not different histories or different cultures, but a different political relationship between the colonial power and the populations defined as races and tribes.
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    In control of natural wealth? governing the resource conflict dynamic

    Bonn International Center for Conversion, 2007
    This paper tests the impact of resource governance on the resource-conflict dynamic. It examines the impact of resource type, abundance and dependence on risk and duration of violent conflict, whilst also exploring the importance of the governance of natural resources in preventing or overcoming the resource-curse.
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    An uncertain future: law enforcement, national security and climate change

    Oxford Research Group, UK, 2008
    Climate change has the potential to cause radical changes in lifestyle and mass migration as people seek out ever-diminishing resources. The tensions that will accompany such shifts could be profound as communities react to large influxes of newcomers and people struggle to adapt to ever more severe weather events.
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    The Israeli Committee Against Housing Demolitions

    ICAHD is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories.
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    No place like home: house demolitions in East Jerusalem

    The Israeli Committee Against Housing Demolitions, 2007
    Palestinian residents living in East Jerusalem are experiencing increased difficulties when building residential homes for themselves. The author argues that they face a myriad of bureaucratic hurdles when trying to obtain building permits as a result of low plot ratios in the Palestinian sectors of the city and problems with proof of land ownership.
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    Promoting health equity in conflict-affected fragile states

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2007
    This paper, by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, looks at the factors that threaten health equity and health care equity in conflict and post-conflict fragile states, and identifies strategies to reduce the impact of these factors.
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    The private security sector in Africa: the 21st century cause for concern?

    Institute for Security Studies, 2007
    This paper reviews the literature on the role of the private security apparatus in Africa. The author argues that rapid growth in the sector requires regulation in order to balance human rights and the need for personal security. The paper discusses the following issues:
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    Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)

    PASSIA is an Arab non-profit institution located in Jerusalem/Al-Quds with a financially and legally independent status. It is not affiliated with any government, political party or organization.

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