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Is a home-grown security sector reform possible?
By: Safal Ghimire | Monday, August 1st, 2016This article seeks to examine the determinants of security sector reform (SSR) outcomes in post-conflict countries and assess the potential of the ‘infrastructures for peace’ framework in restructuring the security sector. It argues that security restructuring is less viable merely with informal architectures and that creating multi-layered infrastructures is essential.
Does SSR improve security in developing countries?
By: Lisa Denney and Craig Valters | Tuesday, July 26th, 2016Many millions have been spent trying to reform the security sector in developing countries. Since the late-1990s, these programmes have become popular as the importance of security for development was recognized. In countries as diverse as Jamaica, Liberia, Malawi, Pakistan and Timor-Leste, donors and other parts of government have trained police and judges, built courts
SSR 2.0 Brief No. 5 - Security Sector Reform, Legitimate Politics and SDG 16
By: Geoff Burt | Thursday, July 21st, 2016This blog post provides an overview of a new SSR 2.0 Brief – Security Sector Reform, Legitimate Politics and SDG 16 - published by the Centre for Security Governance. It also highlights the main policy recommendations discussed by the author, CSG Senior Fellow Geoff Burt.
CSG Paper No. 6 - The Foundation for Defence Procurement Reform in Ukraine
By: Antoine Vandemoortele | Wednesday, July 6th, 2016The Centre for Security Governance has just published its latest CSG Paper, “The Foundation for Defence Procurement Reform in Ukraine” written by CSG Senior Fellow Ross Fetterly.
Celebrating the SSR Weekly’s 3rd anniversary!
By: Antoine Vandemoortele | Monday, July 4th, 2016Three years ago, we launched the SSR Weekly and it completely exceeded our expectations. We started with a simple goal: to deliver the best news, analysis and publications on security sector reform and security governance in fragile and conflict-affected countries in inboxes around the world to academics, researchers, analysts and practitioners each week.
Security Sector Reform and Hybrid Security Governance in Africa
By: Niagalé Bagayoko, Eboe Hutchful & Robin Luckham | Wednesday, June 29th, 2016Prevailing approaches to security sector reform (SSR) have tended to stress Westphalian notions of the state characterized by legal-rational norms and institutions. Thus, SSR processes have more often than not concentrated on the formal arrangements of the state and its security and justice institutions. Yet, such approaches are fundamentally at variance with the underlying realities of
Deportations are helping make Honduras one of the world’s most violent countries
By: Robert Muggah and Geoff Burt | Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016Migrants to Canada are routinely prosecuted for relatively minor offences and circulated back into a society torn apart by organized crime. This article summarizes findings from a research project entitled “Deportation, Circular Migration and Organized Crime” with case studies in Honduras and Jamaica. The research examined the impact of criminal deportation on organized crime in
Measuring Security: Homicide as an Indicator of State Capacity In Oil-Producing States
By: Joe Derdzinski | Tuesday, June 7th, 2016One trouble that many of us who work in and study security sector reform have is that we find actually measuring security a challenging concept. Due to a variety of factors - lack of good data, difficulty in operationalizing complicated social issues, and the specific aspects to focus on are just a few examples -
Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation in Conflict-Affected States
By: Antoine Vandemoortele | Wednesday, April 20th, 2016The Centre for Security Governance (CSG) is pleased to announce a new series of reports as part of its ‘Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation in Conflict-Affected States’ project, funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. Four CSG Papers will present the findings of three case studies—Afghanistan, Somalia and South Sudan— alongside a synthesis report providing a
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