SSR Resource Centre Blog Contributor Yonmon Tchinsala uses Chad to demonstrate the pitfalls of militarisation without an appropriate focus on promoting positive peace when managing state security forces.
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December | 2013
Rethinking Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Chad as a Case Study
By: Yonmon Tchinsala | Monday, December 30th, 2013News Roundup: 23 December - 29 December
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, December 30th, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. Click here to sign-up for the SSR Weekly newsletter and have the News Roundup delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Counterinsurgency, Local Militias and Statebuilding in Afghanistan
By: Matthew Redding | Friday, December 20th, 2013A new publication by the United States Institute of Peace focuses on the Afghan Local Police (ALP) program. The ALP is a quasi-state group of militias supported by the government and NATO that has been commissioned at the local level to fight insurgency and provide security.
The “Coup” and Implications for Security Sector Reform in South Sudan
By: Brian Adeba | Wednesday, December 18th, 2013Security Governance Group Associate Brian Adeba discusses the ongoing political turmoil in South Sudan that recently culminated in an alleged attempted military coup, and the corresponding implications for security sector reform.
News Roundup: 9 December - 15 December
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, December 16th, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. Click here to sign-up for the SSR Weekly newsletter and have the News Roundup delivered straight to your inbox every week!
SSR and the Crisis in CAR
By: David Law | Thursday, December 12th, 2013Security Governance Group Senior Associate David Law looks at the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR). He reflects on his own experiences in the country and describes the shortcomings of previous attempts to reform the security sector, which failed to prevent the current situation.
Al-Shabaab Engagement with Aid Agencies
By: Matthew Redding | Tuesday, December 10th, 2013The Overseas Development Institute (ODI)’s Humanitarian Policy Group in partnership with the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS) has released a policy brief outlining their research findings on humanitarian negotiations with Al-Shabaab.
Securing Borders Against Nuclear and Radiological Materials
By: Anni-Claudine Buelles | Monday, December 9th, 2013After the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited “the third largest nuclear weapon stockpile” after Russia and the United States. Ukraine became nuclear-weapon-free in 1996, after committing to fully disarm in 1994. Yet, the trafficking and smuggling of harmful materials across Ukraine’s border remains a serious security risk requiring immediate attention.
News Roundup: 2 December - 8 December
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, December 9th, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. Click here to sign-up for the SSR Weekly newsletter and have the News Roundup delivered straight to your inbox every week!
HIPS Policy Brief: The Consequences of Political Infighting
By: Matthew Redding | Wednesday, December 4th, 2013The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS), the first Somalia-based think tank, has released a policy brief on the recent political infighting between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon ‘Saa’id’ that led to the ousting of the Prime Minister in a non-confidence vote just days ago.
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