“Security is a main demand of our people, and we are tired of this war,” Ashraf Ghani declared in his first speech as President of Afghanistan following the country’s first democratic transition of power. Inauguration day was a relief for Afghans and foreign observers alike as it brought an end to several months of political 
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September | 2014
The Danger of Unfinished Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan
By: Mark Sedra | Tuesday, September 30th, 2014News Roundup: 22 September – 28 September
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, September 29th, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the CSG’s Security Sector Reform Resource Centre project 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!
Killing of al-Shabaab Leader Throws Future of Militant Group into Question
By: Gabrielle Reid | Friday, September 26th, 2014On September 1, the leader of the Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabaab, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed in a US-led drone strike in an al-Shabaab stronghold in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region. The drone strike coincided with an ongoing military offensive launched August 25 by the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali government forces in southern and
Publication Announcement – eSeminar Summary No. 3: “New Frontiers in SSR: Countering Technology-Driven Threats”
By: SSR Resource Centre | Thursday, September 25th, 2014The Centre for Security Governance has just published eSeminar Summary No. 3 on “New Frontiers in Security Sector Reform: Countering Technology-Driven Threats,” following its eSeminar event that took place on July 17, 2014. This short report summarizes the presentations of all three panellists, synthesizes their main conclusions, and explores some of the issues discussed during
Understanding the New War for Post-Liberation Libya
By: Eric Muller | Wednesday, September 24th, 2014Libya is entering a dangerous new phase in its post-liberation politics. While rival militias fight for key political and economic footholds across the country, those members of the legislature still occupying their seats and a number of senior government officials have decamped from Tripoli and fled to a Greek car ferry in the eastern town
News Roundup: 15 September – 21 September
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, September 22nd, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the CSG’s Security Sector Reform Resource Centre project 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!
Waiting for the African Standby Force: another aborted start in Kingali?
By: Olaf Bachmann | Friday, September 19th, 2014As I wrote on another occasion, news on the African Standby Force (ASF) usually start by the sentence ‘there has been tremendous progress,’ followed by the disclaimer, ‘but.’ It is about time to respond to such a claim.
Policing the Past and Present in Northern Ireland
By: Branka Marijan and Sean Brennan | Thursday, September 18th, 2014The Northern Irish peace process appears to be in turmoil. Local politicians have made an appeal for the US as well as the British and Irish governments to step in and help “kick-start” the “faltering” peace process. The current political impasse in the polity stems from the inability of local parties to agree on several
Indonesia’s State Intelligence Agency: Reform and Its Challenges
By: Beni Sukadis | Tuesday, September 16th, 2014Indonesia’s president elect Joko Widodo is now busy drafting the cabinet lineup for his upcoming administration, which will take power in October 2014. These days almost everyone talks about candidates for such high-profile portfolios like the minister of foreign affairs, minister of defense, or minister of home affairs. But almost no one, except a few
Time to get serious about Ebola
By: Thomas Dempsey | Monday, September 15th, 2014The decision by President Obama to commit significant military assets to help combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is an encouraging development in an international response that has been, at best, inadequate. Committing American service men and women in support of the effort to control the outbreak offers one of the most compelling messages
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