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    Links between climate change, conflict and governance in Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2012
    Climate change has repeatedly been called a major threat to Africa. Identically, the risk of climate-induced violent and armed conflict is considered high for the continent. The current paper identifies available policy options and recommends mitigating measures to counter these perceived effects of climate change in Africa.
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    Africa's international borders as potential sources of conflict and future threats to peace and security

    Institute for Security Studies, 2012
    After African states obtained their independence, the artificial and poorly demarcated borders of many countries were considered the most potent source of conflict and political instability.
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    The evolution of organised crime in Africa: towards a new response

    Institute for Security Studies, 2013
    This paper attempts to better understand the drivers behind the growth of organised crime in Africa by examining its evolution over time. The paper notes that in a comparatively short period, Africa has developed a significant and worsening organised crime problem.
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    Counter-terrorism, human rights and the rule of law in Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2013
    This paper argues that this decade presents new opportunities for more nuanced, palatable, realistic and interlinked strategies, on the part of African governments, to promote principled counter-terrorist practice and policy in ways the reduce rather than exacerbate the longer-term threat.
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    African Standby Force police roster system: proposed features, operations and processes

    Institute for Security Studies, 2013
    Although Africa hosts most peacekeeping missions, the rest of the world seems to be reluctant to deploy forces to the continent. Therefore, Africa needs to develop its own peacekeeping capabilities more than any other region.
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    South Africa and aid effectiveness: lessons for SADPA as a development partner

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    South Africa is coordinating and integrating its aid and development cooperation activities in establishing the South African Development Partnership Agency (SADPA). However, South Africa will need to be aware of the tensions and contradictions that could arise in its positioning as a development partner operating from a South-South perspective.
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    Debates in post-conflict development in Africa: lessons for development agencies

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    Luckily, many post-conflict settings benefit from high levels of international attention and domestic optimism in the immediate aftermath of transition, with no lack of external actors drawn from the diaspora, private sector investors and a plethora of international aid organisations. Yet, channeling this attention towards improved development outcomes is difficult.
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    Internal and external dilemmas of peacebuilding in Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2014
    Peacebuilding, as a distinct area of international engagement, developed in the early 1990s within the context of the reform of the conflict prevention and peacekeeping capacity of the UN.
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    Universalising international criminal law: the ICC, Africa and the problem of political perceptions

    Institute for Security Studies, 2013
    The aim of this paper is to discuss the universal reach and aspirations of the world’s first permanent International Criminal Court (ICC), why the ICC’s reach thus far has been focused exclusively on the African continent, and how this has affected African perceptions of international criminal justice.
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    South Africa's second term at the UN Security Council: Managing expectations

    Institute for Security Studies, 2010
    The re-election of the Republic of South Africa as a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for 2011 to 2012 follows shortly after its previous tenure from 2007 to 2008, and has attracted attention from a variety of quarters. Much of this attention is the result of selective interpretations in the West of the country’s conduct during its previous tenure.

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