This summer’s headlines have been exhaustingly tragic. From the violent blitzkrieg and beheadings carried out by the Islamic State, to the shocking recklessness of militants in Donetsk and police in Ferguson, insecurity has taken an unsettlingly high civilian toll these past months. And despite their contextual differences, each case demonstrates with equal clarity that ineffective 
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Security Sector Reform: Past, Present…and Future?
By: Megan Price | Wednesday, August 27th, 2014Timor-Leste: The Continuing Challenge of Police Building and Security Governance
By: Deniz Kocak | Tuesday, August 19th, 2014Twelve years after independence, Timor-Leste currently experiences relative political stability. Even after the pull-out of UN armed personnel at the end of 2012, no serious incidents troubled the country as in 2006 during the violent clashes between members of the police and the military, or the almost deadly assaults on the Timorese President and Prime
SSR: Factoids versus Frameworks. Timor-Leste, Liberia and “Brownie.”
By: Edward Rees | Thursday, September 9th, 2010I was thinking caustic thoughts today. The SSR crowd really do sometimes get up my nose. Which I suppose means I get up my own nose once in a while. SSR policy wonks and practitioners alike are all full of energy and enthusiasm when it comes to assessments, reports, frameworks, stakeholder meetings and other such
Security Sector Reform Monitor: Timor-Leste now available in Tetum
By: Geoff Burt | Thursday, June 24th, 2010The Security Sector Reform Monitor: Timor-Leste is now available for download in Tetum. The Monitor is a quarterly publication that tracks developments and trends in the ongoing security sector reform (SSR) processes of five countries: Afghanistan, Burundi, Timor-Leste, Haiti and Southern Sudan. The inaugural issue of the Security Sector Reform Monitor, Timor-Leste, covers sector-wide developments
New Timorese navy signals shift in SSR ownership
By: Edward Rees | Monday, May 31st, 2010Having experienced centuries of oppressive Portuguese colonial rule and 24 years in the predatory grip of Suharto’s politico-military apparatus, Timor-Leste is one of the world’s newest (it became independent in 2002) and smallest (population of 1.2 million) countries. However, like all countries it is now bestowed with the powers and responsibilities of sovereignty. This comes
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