Welcome to the Europe Regional Pages
Welcome to the Centre for Security Sector Management's (CSSM) regional site for Europe.
The CSSM Europe web-page provides a repository of information on events, organisations, academic publications, research papers, country analyses, case studies, official documents and news items relevant to security sector management and security sector reform issues in the region. The aim of this site is to provide a valuable resource on Europe by facilitating the flow of up to date and relevant information among the range of diverse actors in the security sector in the region.
Contributions/queries can be sent to the CSSM Programme Manager for Europe, Stephanie Blair at: s.blair@ssronline.org
The Rule of Law in Independent Kosovo | 23rd June
More than two years after declaring independence, Kosovo struggles with uneven rule of law and a weak justice system that is failing its citizens. The police, public prosecutors and courts are erratic performers, prone to political interference and abuse of office. Organised more>>>
Our leaders must figure out what national security means | 1st June
Britain needs a figure like General David Petraeus to rethink how we fight wars and fund our Armed Forces, says Charles Moore.
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International Working Group on National Security welcomes creation of UK National Security Council and appointment of National Security Adviser | 14th May
The International Working Group for National Security (IWGNS) welcomes the announcement made on 12 May by the new British Prime Minister David Cameron to create a National Security Council and appoint former Foreign Office Permanent Undersecretary Sir Peter Ricketts as Natio more>>>
PM Establishes a UK National Security Council | 12th May
The Prime Minister is establishing a National Security Council (NSC), which will oversee all aspects of Britain’s security. The Prime Minister has appointed Sir Peter Ricketts (Permanent Undersecretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) as his National Security Advis more>>>
The United Kingdom's Energy Security Debate | 31st March
It is easy to identify the changes in the UK’s energy profile over the last several years that have prompted intensified, and sometimes heated, debate on the issue of the nation’s energy security. First, there is no more ‘coal-from-Newcastle,’ as cheaper imports into the UK more>>>
Sweden Increases Aid to Liberia by 100% | 12th March
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden, Mrs. Carin Wall, has disclosed that her country has doubled its aids to Liberia by 100 percent. The new envoy made the disclosure yesterday, March 11, 2010 in Monrovia when she presented her letter o more>>>
Kosovo strategy on north integration angers Serbs | 28th January
PRISTINA, - Kosovo is planning to gain control of the country's Serb-run north, a top official said on Tuesday, in a move that may stoke ethnic tensions in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica. With a 90 percent Albanian majority, Kosovo declared independence from Ser more>>>
2010 will be ‘key year’ for Western Balkans, EU Presidency says | 28th January
Spain, current holder of the rotating presidency of the European Union, says that it will do its utmost to make progress in integrating the Western Balkans into the bloc. This emerged after a meeting on January 26 2010 between Spanish foreign minister Miguel Ángel Morati more>>>