The Centre for Security Governance has just published its latest CSG Paper, “Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation in Afghanistan” written by Deedee Derksen.This is the first of four papers produced as part of the CSG’s project on Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation in Conflict-Affected States. The project was made possible by generous financial support 
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Publication Announcement - CSG Paper: Non-State Security Providers and Political Formation in Afghanistan
By: Antoine Vandemoortele | Friday, March 4th, 2016Theorizing corruption in the Afghan judicial sector
By: Danny Singh | Wednesday, January 13th, 2016The purpose of this blog is to identify and analyze the dynamics of corruption at its systemic roots that has led to forms of state capture, low pay resulting in petty forms of corruption and issues with training within the Afghan judicial sector. The main empirical contribution of this paper is based on 70 semi-structured interviews
The Afghan National Police: A study on corruption and clientelism
By: Danny Singh | Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015This blog identifies the underlying conditions of the Afghan state from the outset of the late 2001 Bonn political arrangement that has resulted in deep-rooted corrupt clientelistic networks within the Afghan government. This has trickled to the majority of the ministries including the Interior Ministry. Corruption is systemic and hard to combat despite police reform.
Did PRTs in Afghanistan Decrease Security for Aid Workers?
By: David Mitchell | Thursday, June 18th, 2015In an effort to curtail the insurgency in Afghanistan, the US military and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) blended military and humanitarian operations, much to the dismay of many within the nongovernmental organization (NGO) community. One of the major debates surrounding this effort concerns the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) initiative, which several NGOs have faulted
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
The Danger of Unfinished Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan
By: Mark Sedra | Tuesday, September 30th, 2014“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
Free eSeminar: The Afghan National Security Forces Beyond 2014: Will They Be Ready?
By: Geoff Burt | Friday, February 14th, 2014On Tuesday February 18 from 9:00 - 10:30am, the Centre for Security Governance is hosting a free eSeminar on the Afghan National Security Forces. With the international community set to withdraw the bulk of their troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, much will be expected of the developing Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). While
Counterinsurgency, Local Militias and Statebuilding in Afghanistan
By: Matthew Redding | Friday, December 20th, 2013A new publication by the United States Institute of Peace focuses on the Afghan Local Police (ALP) program. The ALP is a quasi-state group of militias supported by the government and NATO that has been commissioned at the local level to fight insurgency and provide security.
The Critical Role of the Security Sector in Situations of Displacement: Reflections from the 2013 WANA Forum
By: Steven Zyck | Tuesday, June 18th, 2013This past week, the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Forum convened in Amman to consider the challenges posed by the “uprooted”, a term which the Forum adopted to refer to the situation of internally displaced persons, refugees and migrants. The WANA Forum, a regional dialogue body convened regularly under the auspices of Prince El Hassan bin
Hybrid Models of Governance in Afghanistan
By: Vanessa Humphries | Friday, March 15th, 2013Security Governance Group Senior Associate Humayun Hamidzada co-authored a recent paper in the Journal of Peacebuilding & Development with Ali Wardak. The brief, The Search for Legitimate Rule, Justice and a Durable Peace: Hybrid Models of Governance in Afghanistan, highlights achievements and failures over the past decade on Afghanistan’s search for legitimate rule, justice and
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