By voicing concern, Russia and Angola delayed a further round of targeted sanctions against South Sudanese leaders proposed by the UN Security Council. Many have explained this action as part of the growing geopolitical competition between Russia and the West (the USA, UK and France co-sponsored the sanctions): Russia and China are cultivating closer ties 
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October | 2015
Targeted UN Sanctions in South Sudan a Threat to Peace
By: Matthew LeRiche | Thursday, October 29th, 2015Cameroon’s double-edged sword: Civil-military relations and the development of a new social contract
By: Charles Akong | Tuesday, October 27th, 2015The fight against Boko-Haram, is transforming the identity of Cameroon’s army as well as the way it is perceived by its citizens. Cameroonians are mobilizing like never before around their army. The transformation is giving rise to an emerging ‘social contract’, with likely profound impact for security and the exercise of legitimate civilian control by
News Roundup: 19 October - 25 October 2015
By: SSR Resource Centre | Sunday, October 25th, 2015Want 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!
Patrolling Luhansk – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine
By: Paul Biddle | Monday, October 19th, 2015Paul Biddle served as a UK secondee to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Luhansk (Lugansk) field office from April 2014-March 2015. He was over various times security, military and police focal point, operations officer, patrol leader and patrol hub leader. In this blog post, he shares his analysis and experience of the situation
News Roundup: 13 October - 18 October 2015
By: SSR Resource Centre | Sunday, October 18th, 2015Want 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!
News Roundup: 5 October - 12 October 2015
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, October 12th, 2015Want 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!
Police Reform in Kenya: Challenges and opportunities
By: Annie Mageka | Friday, October 9th, 2015This blog post by Annie Mageka, CSG Blog Correspondent (Kenya), is the first contribution on our blog to feature analysis by local researchers and journalists as part of our Blog Correspondent series. This program supports and encourages new researchers and journalists in the fields of security sector reform and peacebuilding. In this contribution, Annie Mageka
News Roundup: 29 September - 5 October 2015
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, October 5th, 2015Want 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!
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