The UN recently released a short video discussing SSR, featuring Senior UN Security Sector Reform Advisor Brigadier-General (Ret’d) Kellie Conte from Sierra Leone. A description (from YouTube) and link to the video is provided below:
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Monthly Archive
May | 2014
Note - Securing States and Societies through Security Sector Reform (Video)
By: SSR Resource Centre | Friday, May 30th, 2014Rethinking Tunisian Border Security
By: Eya Jrad | Friday, May 30th, 2014Tunisia was ruled as a police state for over two decades. The deposed president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali was “the man with the iron fists” par excellence. The country was ironically referred to as a “safe and secure” haven. Yet the Tunisian revolution had revealed the fragility behind this façade of security. In particular, 
Shifting Minefields: Bosnia’s Violent Legacy in the Wake of the Balkan Floods
By: Chelsea Winn | Wednesday, May 28th, 2014Bosnia-Herzegovina has suffered tremendously from the recent Balkan floods. Several months of rain have fallen in the period of a few days, prompting Bosnian authorities to declare a state of emergency in the wake of unexpected flash flooding, bursting rivers, and landslides. Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdijahas has even said that the physical destruction brought on
Backgrounder – Political and Economic Reforms in Burma/Myanmar
By: Lema Ijtemaye | Wednesday, May 28th, 2014Although China dominated much of the discussion at the 2014 ASEAN Summit, the gathering of the Southeast Asian nations in Myanmar provided the host country an opportunity to showcase the progress it has made since the implementation of key political and economic reforms. Despite these efforts, the country’s political system continues to be fragile and
Military, the Coup, and Conflict Resolution in Thailand
By: Aim Sinpeng | Tuesday, May 27th, 2014I am too young to have lived through so many coups. This was what I told myself on May 20 when army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha declared martial law in Thailand. It was a coup d’état in disguise. The point of a martial law was for the military to take over the governing of the
News Roundup: 20 May – 25 May
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, May 26th, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects, and event updates on SSR over the past week. Click here to sign-up and have the SSR Weekly News Roundup delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Reforming Libya’s Post-Revolution Security Sector: The Militia Problem
By: David McDonough | Wednesday, May 21st, 2014Libya’s post-revolution government has experienced growing political instability in recent months, first with the kidnapping and then ouster of Libya’s first post-Gaddafi prime minister Ali Zeidan, followed by the abrupt resignation of his interim replacement Abdullah al-Thani after an attack on him and his family. Incoming Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq was only appointed following a
Al-Shabaab’s New Face in Kenya?
By: Jay Bahadur | Tuesday, May 20th, 2014With the notable exception of Westgate, terrorism incidents in Kenya have largely consisted of lobbed grenades and makeshift IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). The perpetrators have tended to be sympathetic to al-Shabaab’s ideology but unlikely to have direct ties to the group.
News Roundup: 12 May – 19 May
By: SSR Resource Centre | Tuesday, May 20th, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects, and event updates on SSR over the past week. Click here to sign-up and have the SSR Weekly News Roundup delivered straight to your inbox every week!
The Bear and the Panda: awkward but not impossible strategic bedfellows
By: David Law | Monday, May 19th, 2014Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on 20 May 2014. This will be the fourth time that the two leaders have met since Xi Jinping became president in 2013. Most recently, the Chinese leader was in Sochi in February for the Olympics, an event that most Western leaders shunned,
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