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    Economics of ‘Policy-Induced’ fragmentation: The costs of closures regime to West Bank and Gaza

    World Bank, 2008
    Israeli security measures, which were increased in response to the Intifada in 2000, have imposed a major cost on the economy of the West Bank and Gaza, and are heavily undercutting its current and future developmental capacity.
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    The use of private security providers and services in humanitarian operations

    Center on International Cooperation, New York University, 2008
    Humanitarian action and security have an uneasy relationship. Some agencies, notably the Red Cross and Medecins Sans Frontieres, pointedly do not employ security escorts in order to ensure the ‘integrity’ of their operations. However many humanitarian organisations feel it necessary to protect their staff in conflict-affected field operations by employing such personnel.
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    Al Qaeda in the west as a youth movement: the power of a narrative

    Microcon, 2008
    In recent years there has been a strong focus on ‘Islamic radicalisation’ in Europe, due both to the threat of terrorism and its security implications, and to the issue of integrating second generation migrants in Europe. This paper analyses two main approaches to studying the roots of radicalisation.
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    Strengthening citizens' security

    Conciliation Resources, 2008
    Rebuilding trust in state apparatus is a significant challenge for nations emerging from intra-state conflict. This is particularly acute in citizens relations with national security forces – during a long war the public may have experienced little or no ‘protection’ and may have been the victims of abuse by the armed forces or police.
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    Breaking the 'Insecurity Trap'? How violence and counter-violence are perpetuated in elite power struggles

    German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2008
    Half a century after independence, African elites, at least those in conflict‐ridden countries, often live in constant fear for their life. Real or invented coup attempts, political assassinations, beatings of opposition leaders, the distribution of death lists, etc. have a profoundly traumatizing and self‐perpetuating effect.
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    Reforming Haiti's security sector

    International Crisis Group, 2008
    This paper provides an analysis of the current issues being faced by Haiti’s security sector. With a focus on reform, it considers the police, community violence reduction and justice reform - before looking at the way forward and what needs to be done next.
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    ‘Civil society with guns is not civil society’: aid, security and civil society In Afghanistan

    Centre for Civil Society, LSE, 2008
    Afghanistan has become the first theatre in which the USA’s seemingly contradictory goals of the War on Terror and the promotion of liberal democracy and free markets are being played out to their full. This paper examines the intensified convergence of aid, security and foreign policy goals since 9/11 and its effects on civil society in the context of Afghanistan.
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    Changing donor policy and practice on civil society in the post-9/11 aid context

    Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2008
    Through case studies of select bilateral development agencies (USAID, AusAID, DFID and SIDA), this paper explores changing policy and practice on civil society since 9/11. It identifies some emerging patterns and points out distinctions related to the security priorities of different governments, the bureaucratic architecture, and the historical backdrop to aid.
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    Monitoring environment and security

    Bonn International Center for Conversion, 2008
    This briefing paper looks at monitoring environment and integrating security concepts. It uses a recent seminar on environment and conflict as background to the content. The paper focuses on the links between security and environment, and also looks at conflict risk assessments and monitoring treaties based on geographic information systems and remote sensing.
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    Russia vs Georgia: the fallout

    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 recommendations for all the major actors involved in the settlement.

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