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  Nepal's Maoists: their aims, structure and stratergy

  International Crisis Group, 2005

  This background document seeks to address the political aims, structure and strategy of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists). It analyses the organisation, politics and armed struggle surrounding ten years of armed Maoist insurgency.Drawing on interviews, documents and analysis the paper pieces together a broad understanding of the Maoist movement and its aims.
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  Origins of Malay Muslim “separatism” in Southern Thailand

  Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2004

  The long held political belief that equates Malay Muslim political activism to separatism is one of the many recent invented ‘facts’ of modern Thai political history. The concept of separatism therefore presupposes the notion of a unified territorial kingdom and state and its dominating Thai culture and institutions.
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  Human security report 2005: war and peace in the 21st Century

  Human Security Centre, 2005

  The first Human Security Report presents a comprehensive and evidence-based portrait of global security.
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  Human security: linking development and security in an age of terror

  European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, 2005

  Human security is commonly understood as prioritising the security of people, especially their welfare, safety and well-being, rather than that of states.
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  Canadian energy and mining companies navigating International Humanitarian Law in the 21st century

  Ethical Funds Company, 2005

  With a particular focus on the impact of mining and energy companies in conflict countries, this paper examines the body of International law regarding human rights violations.It highlights the following points:American, British, French, and Canadian companies have been implicated in crimes when contracting host country security forces to protect corporate assets and/or after building t
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  The intersection of decentralization and conflict in natural resource management

  International Development Research Centre, 2005

  This study seeks to contribute to the analysis of decentralisation reforms by examining the role of decentralisation in generating, exacerbating or otherwise influencing conflict.
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  Paying for protection: the Freeport mine and the Indonesian security forces

  Global Witness, 2005

  This report examines the controversy surrounding the “Freeport” (Freeport McMoRan, Freeport Indonesia) mine’s relationship with Indonesian state security forces in the conflict region of Papua. The Indonesian military has a history of atrocities against civilians and is known to have been involved in corruption and illegal business activities, as have the police.
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  Counter-terrorism in Somalia: losing hearts and minds?

  International Crisis Group, 2005

  This paper argues that U.S.
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  We can’t eat the constitution: transformation and the socio-economic reconstruction of Burundi

  Institute for Security Studies, 2005

  This report looks at the reconstruction of Burundi after ten years of civil war and ethnic divisions, and now with the prospect of democratic elections and a population in favour of a constitution based on the principle of power sharing between Hutu, Tutsi and Twa constituencies.
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  Service delivery in a difficult environment: the child-friendly community initiative in Sudan

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report, published by the Department for International Development (DFID), sets out the main findings and conclusions of a study of the UNICEF-sponsored Child-Friendly Community Initiative (CFCI) in Sudan. It examines the effectiveness of an integrated, multi-sectoral and community-driven approach for the delivery of basic services to poor and vulnerable people in a conflict-affected country.

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