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  The missing piece of the puzzle: caste discrimination and the conflict in Nepal

  Center for Human Rights and Global Justice [New York University Law School], 2005

  This report documents the impact of Nepal's decade-old civil war on its most vulnerable citizens - Dalits or so-called untouchables.Nepal is increasingly under scrutiny for human rights violations committed by state security forces and Maoist insurgents.
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  Privatisation of conflict, security and war

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2005

  The paper assesses the general trend towards privatisation, in the developed as well as the developing world, where even high politics is increasingly performed by, or outsourced to, non-state actors.
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  Global Security Project / State of the World 2005

  Worldwatch Institute, 2005

  The Online Global Security Project aims to analyse the following questions:how do social, economic, demographic, and environmental pressures and the complex interactions among them connect to insecurity, instability, and violence?The project accompanies the printed publication: State of the World 2005: redefining global security, and chapter subjects from the book are being covered
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  Political Islam in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for a new research and diplomatic agenda

  United States Institute of Peace, 2005

  This report provides a brief background on Islam in sub-Saharan Africa and its policy lessons for East Africa, the Horn, Nigeria, and Senegal. It suggests a future research agenda for policy analysts and overall recommendations for United States policy.Islam is the fastest growing religion on the African sub continent and has a significant presence in an array of states.
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  Now that the war is over: ex-combatants, transition and the question of violence: a literature review

  Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2005

  This report aims to explore the role of ex-combatants who are often considered to continue to pose a threat to peace and security in countries emerging from extensive violent conflict.
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  Designing a peacebuilding infrastructure: taking a systems approach to the prevention deadly conflict

  United Nations [UN] Non-Governmental Liaison Service, 2005

  This report offers an overview of the current state of conflict prevention and peacebuilding. It aims to broaden the discourse about how conflict and its prevention are perceived and addressed and it offers a series of recommendations.
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  Toward a conflict sensitive poverty reduction strategy: lessons from a retrospective analysis

  World Bank, 2005

  This report aims to determine how causes and consequences of violent conflict can best be addressed within a country’s poverty reduction program. It is based on a a retrospective analysis of the poverty reduction strategy (PRS) experience in nine conflict affected countries namely, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH), Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Georgia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka.
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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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  Security, terrorism and the UK

  Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2005

  Briefing papers collection looking at issues surrounding security and terrorism in the UK.Paper titles include:"Riding pillion for tackling terrorism is a high-risk policy - reflecting on the UK’s performance in the war on terrorism".
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  Counting conflicts: using newspaper reports to understand violence in Indonesia

  Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit, World Bank, 2005

  This paper outlines an attempt to use local newspaper monitoring to measure the levels and impacts of violent conflict from 2001-2003 in two Indonesian provinces - East Java and Nusa Tenggarah Timur (NTT) - and to assess variation in incidence, impact, and form across and within areas.Relatively little is known about the incidence and costs of conflict in Indonesia.

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