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To infinity and beyond Africa’s role in shaping the international nuclear security agenda
Institute for Security Studies, 2013Nuclear security will once again take centre stage in July 2013 when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosts a conference on enhancing global efforts to achieve effective security of nuclear and other radioactive materials.DocumentThe end of impunity? After the kingpins, what next for Guinea-Bissau?
Institute for Security Studies, 2013In April 2013 a successful sting operation and an indictment by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) targeted two of Guinea-Bissau’s most notorious cocaine kingpins: the former chief of the Guinea-Bissau navy, Rear Admiral José Américo Bubo Na Tchuto, and the head of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces, General António Indjai.DocumentAfrica's engagement with the international nuclear security framework
Institute for Security Studies, 2014In March 2014, the third Nuclear Security Summit took place in The Hague, the Netherlands. The summit offered an opportunity for invited states to assess progress made since 2010, focusing specifically on the objectives and actions outlined in the 2010 Washington Communiqué and Washington Work Plan, and the 2012 Seoul Communiqué.DocumentSecurity Net: nuclear risk reduction in southern Asia
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2011“Security Net” is a scenario for a future Nuclear Risk Reduction Regime in Southern Asia. It explores what such a regime might look like, how it might come into existence, what are its central challenges, and what might be its ramifications for nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation in Southern Asia today.DocumentThe discontent in West Asia: implications for India
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2011In the past, governments had succeeded in containing the spontaneous outbursts of crowds by a combination of force and temporary special measures. Nevertheless, the relative material deprivation combined with a perceived sense of injustice of the regime as reflected in the form of high corruption, and the growing Americanisation of Arab has ignited the long wounded Arabs on the street.DocumentManaging resources and the democratic order: the experience of Botswana
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009How has Botswana been able to succeed in promoting better governance, so far, where other resource-rich African states have failed?DocumentNatural resource governance, boom and bust: the case of Kolwezi in the DRC
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009Mineral extraction is the main source of employment and income in, Kolwezi, a city that has been tied since its inception to the fortunes of Congolese copper and cobalt mining and the intertwined narrative of trends in international copper and cobalt supply, demand and price.DocumentFrom fatigues to three-piece suits: East African guerrillas in power
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009Since decolonisation in African countries ethno-political differences have led to guerrilla warfare. Through these movements, authoritarian regimes have been created.DocumentPolitical economy models of the resource curse: iImplications for policy and pesearch
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009A number of studies suggest that natural resources can have a negative impact on countries’ development prospects. This paper reviews political economy models of the resource curse and examines the implications of these models in terms of policy and research priorities.DocumentAssessment of the headwaters of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia
World Agroforestry Centre, 2012The study site of Fogera Woreda is one of 106 woredas of the Amhara National Regional State and is located in the South Gondar Zone, about 65 km north of the Regional capital Bahir Dar town, onPages