Recent events in Burundi, including mass protests over the President’s attempt for a third term, a failed coup attempt and a massive refugee flow over the Burundian borders, have triggered fears of a renewed internal conflict and (additional) regional instability.
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Burundi crisis: The military’s central role
By: Nina Wilen | Saturday, May 16th, 2015Publication Announcement - CSG Insight No.6: Learning from Failure? British and European Approaches to Security and Justice Programming
By: Antoine Vandemoortele | Thursday, May 14th, 2015The Centre for Security Governance has just published its latest CSG Insight, “Learning from Failure? British and European Approaches to Security and Justice Programming” written by Antoine Vandemoortele. This article discusses recent evaluation reports of UK and EU security and justice programming and analyzes alternative and innovative security sector reform (SSR) strategies. To read this CSG Insight, click here.
DDR in Darfur: Progress, Challenges and Outlook
By: Zurab Elzarov | Thursday, May 7th, 2015After a long delay, the DDR process in Darfur has seen some progress over the past several months with disarmament and demobilization of ex-combatants from former rebel movements who decided to join the peace process, surrender their weapons and return to civilian life
Backgrounder – Factors behind South Sudan’s Persistent Insecurity
By: Margarita Yakovenko | Wednesday, April 29th, 2015IGAD-led peace talks were held in March, without any resolution to the crisis. However, even if a peace deal was struck, it is unlikely that it would have succeeded in establishing enduring peace. Although the civil war that began in December 2013 is largely a product of a political/military power struggle, the general insecurity in 
Insider Attacks – A Persisting Afghan Threat and Lessons for the Future
By: Ryan Meeks | Thursday, April 2nd, 2015Insider attacks (IA), or ‘Green-on-Blue’ attacks, is the term used for when a member of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) attacks a member of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). IA’s have plagued ISAF since 2008, proving a real and present danger for Coalition personnel within the country. Indeed, 15% of Coalition deaths in
Event Video - Contemporary Debates on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding - Untapped Resources: The Extractive Industry in Conflict-Affected Countries.
By: SSR Resource Centre | Wednesday, April 1st, 2015In case you were unable to attend the Centre for Security Governance’s live eSeminar on Wednesday March 25, you can view all of the presentations and discussion period here. A #Storify version of the CSG live-tweeting of the event is also available here. The Centre for Security Governance (CSG), Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), and Wilfrid
Learning from failure? British and European approaches to security and justice programming
By: Antoine Vandemoortele | Friday, March 13th, 2015The latest report from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), UK’s aid watchdog, –Review of UK Development Assistance for Security and Justice - is highly critical of the Department for International Development (DFID)’s work on security and justice in fragile and conflict-affected countries and highlights a series of failed initiatives and challenges to overcome for
Event Videos - Contemporary Debates on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding: Is Peacebuilding Dying?
By: Geoff Burt | Thursday, January 29th, 2015In case you were unable to attend the Centre for Security Governance’s live eSeminar on Wednesday January 28, you can view all of the presentations and discussion period here: Introductory Remarks - Dr. Mark Sedra Presentation - Dr. Paul Jackson Presentation - Dr. Anna Jarstad Presentation - Dr. Roger Mac Ginty Discussion Period The Centre
Security Sector Reform in North Africa: Why It’s Not Happening
By: Robert M. Perito | Wednesday, January 7th, 2015Popular discontent with the repressive nature of security institutions and security forces in North Africa was the precipitating cause of the uprisings that composed the Arab Spring. Across the region the security apparatus was structured to protect regimes from their people. Security ministries, military and police were instruments of internal repression. Security forces operated with
A Window of Opportunity for Reforms in the Congo’s Security Sector?
By: Nina Wilen | Wednesday, January 7th, 2015Please see Nina Wilén’s SSR 2.0 Brief for a more detailed treatment of this topic. Articles and reports about security sector reform (SSR) and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are nowadays often ignored or shrugged off by analysts and researchers alike for several reasons. Firstly, because SSR-DDR
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