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Chairman's Statement of the 11th ASEAN Summit
Authors:
No Named Author;
The 11th ASEAN Summit, with the theme "One Vision, One Identity, One Community". ASEAN's chaired by The Honourable Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Chairman of the 11th ASEAN Summit and the Prime Minister of Malaysia. The Leaders more...
Keywords:
Capacity Building;
Conflict Prevention;
Human Security;
International Community;
National Security;
Regional Approaches;
Regional Integration;
Regional Security;
Regionalism;
Sovereignty;
Countries:
Brunei ;
Cambodia ;
Indonesia ;
Laos ;
Malaysia ;
Myanmar (Burma) ;
Philippines ;
Singapore ;
Vietnam ;
Regions:
Asia;
Asia-Pacific;
Southeast Asia;
Intergovernmental Organisations and Security Sector Reform
Authors:
David M. Law;
This volume looks at a selection of organisations that have been in the forefront of SSR activity or that have the potential for significantly developing their SSR agendas in the future. These IGOs are the Organisation for Economic more...
Keywords:
European Union;
Multilateralism;
Nation Building;
Regional Approaches;
Security Sector Governance;
security sector management;
Security Sector Reform;
Security Sector Transformation (SST);
Security System Reform;
Regions:
Global;
Arab Reform Bulletin
Authors:
No Named Author;
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) regularly publishes
what is arguably the best policy-oriented bulletin devoted to the issue of
reform in the Arab Middle East. In a panorama dominated by summary analyses
that more...
Keywords:
Analysis;
Civil-Military Relations;
Conflict Prevention;
Culture;
Islam;
National Security;
Political Studies;
Regional Approaches;
Regions:
Middle East;
ASEAN Security Community Plan of Action
Authors:
No Named Author;
This is a document on the ASEAN Security Community (ASEC) Action Plan that was agreed by ASEAN Leaders in the Ninth ASEAN Summit in Bali adopted the Declaration of ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II), which stipulated the establishment more...
Keywords:
Regionalism;
Regional Security;
Regional Integration;
Regional Approaches;
Peacebuilding;
Democracy;
Development;
Strategic Culture;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia
Authors:
Srilata Ravi;
Beng-Lan Goh;
Mario Rutten;
The book presents a unique combination of the study of contemporary and historical practices between Asia and Europe and brings forth some of the latest thinking on the subject. Recent debates have centered primarily on contemporary more...
Keywords:
Partnership;
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Regions:
Asia;
European Union ;
Baltic Regional Security Challenges
Authors:
Judith Cefkin;
This is the report of remarks made to the Women in International Security School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) conference, held, Washington, DC, July 24, 2003.
Keywords:
Security Sector;
Security;
Networks;
Gender Issues;
Regional Approaches;
Women;
Countries:
Latvia ;
Lithuania ;
Estonia ;
Regions:
Baltic Sea Region;
Central Europe;
European Union ;
Beyond Declarations of Intent: Transnational Crime Initiatives and Legislative Reform in Zimbabwe
Authors:
Charles Goredema;
This essay explores the obligations arising from the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, signed in Palermo, Italy at the end of 2000. It also discusses the initiatives required to prepare the legal system more...
Keywords:
Crime;
International Law;
Regional Approaches;
Security;
Blacking up in Darfur: African Union troops are being enlisted to give a respectable face to Western intervention.
Authors:
Brendan O'Neill;
Earlier this year, former UK Foreign Office special adviser David Clark argued in the Guardian that the invasion of Iraq has undermined the legitimacy of humanitarian intervention, which will now increasingly be seen as providing more...
Keywords:
Humanitarian Aid;
Intervention;
Aid;
Nationalism;
African Union;
Regional Approaches;
Regime Security;
Countries:
Sudan ;
Regions:
Horn of Africa;
Central Africa;
Comparative Perspectives on Regional Security Co-Operation amongst Developing Countries [part of the Democratic Governance and Common Security in Southern Africa study]
Authors:
Gavin Cawthra;
This paper examines some of the conceptual issues related to the rise of regional inter-state co-operation, looking in particular, at security and defence co-operation. It presents the different options for co-operation and then examines more...
Keywords:
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Security;
Cooperation;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Confidence Building and Preventive Diplomacy in East Asia --A Multilateral, Institutional Perspective
Authors:
Yoshinobu Yamamoto;
This paper address the CBM and preventive diplomacy in East Asia by loong at from the multilateral and institutional perspectives. This article look at how confidence building and preventive diplomacy have been operating in East Asia. more...
Keywords:
Confidence Building;
Preventive Diplomacy;
Regional Approaches;
Regions:
East Asia;
Southeast Asia;
Conflict and Peace-building in Africa: The Regional Dimensions
Authors:
Timothy M. Shaw;
Contemporary Africa reveals a range of causes, consequences and responses to conflicts which are increasingly interrelated as well as regional in character, as around the Great Lakes/Horn. Their economic and non-state features are more...
Keywords:
Conflict;
Conflict Cycle;
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Conflict Management;
Regions:
Africa;
Conflict Prevention And Peace-Building In South Asia: What Needs To Be Done?
Authors:
Isobelle Jaques;
The South Asia Forum brought together 46 representatives, at Wilton Park, on 28 July - 1 August 2003, to discuss some of the conflicts in the region and what is needed to build democratic and stable post-conflict societies. It identified more...
Keywords:
Poverty;
Post-Conflict;
Failed States;
Weak States;
Conflict Prevention;
Peacebuilding;
Civil Society;
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Regions:
South Asia;
Southeast Asia;
Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Southeast Asia: Regional Mechanisms, Best Practices and ASEAN-UN Cooperation in the 21st Century
Authors:
No Named Author;
This is a useful report on the regional perspective on conflict prevention and peacebuilding (CPB) in Southeast Asia. This report reflecting the outcome of the ASEAN-UN conference on the subject matter that guide to some crucial points more...
Keywords:
Conflict Prevention;
Peacebuilding;
Regional Security;
Regionalism;
Regional Approaches;
Conflict;
Good Practice;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: Asean and the Problem of Regional Order
Authors:
Amitav Acharya;
This book provide substantial investigation into the prospects for a security community in Asia, ASEAN, which is facing challenges. Addresses these challenges, examining key issues related to the future stability of Southeast Asia more...
Keywords:
Confidence Building;
Conflict Resolution;
Consolidating Democracies;
Cooperation;
Cooperative security;
Regional Approaches;
Regional Integration;
Regional Security;
Regionalism;
Regions:
Asia;
Southeast Asia;
Cooperative Security Regimes: A Comparison of OSCE and ARF
Authors:
Eunsook Ye. Chung;
This article discuss the 'cooperative security regimes' by looking tah the OSCE and ARF practices. The author comparing the cooperative security regimes in Europe and in Asia Pacific are compared, while taking OSCE (Organization for more...
Keywords:
Cooperative security;
Regional Approaches;
Analysis;
Strategic Culture;
Security;
Politics;
Regions:
Asia-Pacific;
European Union ;
Crisis management in sub-Saharan Africa. The role of the European Union
Authors:
Fernanda Faria;
The increasing number and complexity of crisis situations in Africa and the declining interest of the international community in the region in the aftermath of the Cold War has led many African states and organisations to take a more more...
Keywords:
Post-Cold War;
Regional Approaches;
Regional Security;
African Union;
Regions:
Africa;
European Union ;
Western Europe;
Curbing Small Arms Proliferation: Progress in Africa
Authors:
Noel Stott;
The aim of this article is to review the progress African states have made in implementing the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UNPoA). The more...
Keywords:
Arms Trade;
Regional Approaches;
Small Arms Control;
Regions:
Africa;
Declaration of ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II)
Authors:
No Named Author;
This is the declaration of ASEAN that achieved in the ASEAN's Summit on 7 October 2003. It contains new principles that guiding future directions of ASEAN and regionalism in Southeast Asia. Through this concord, the ASEAN leaders more...
Keywords:
Regionalism;
Regional Security;
Regional Approaches;
Democracy;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Democratization and political reform in the Asia-Pacific: Is there an "Asian model" of institutional design?
Authors:
Benjamin Reilly;
This paper address the democratization of the Asia-Pacific has been reforms to key political institutions such as electoral systems, political parties, and parliaments. The author argues that, across the region, these reforms have more...
Keywords:
Reform;
Politics;
Political Transition;
Democratisation;
Regional Approaches;
Security;
Economic Development;
Culture;
Countries:
Thailand ;
Indonesia ;
Korea (South);
East Timor;
Philippines ;
Taiwan;
Regions:
Asia-Pacific;
Asia;
Southeast Asia;
East Asia;
Don't Help Burma's Generals
Authors:
Zaw Oo;
The Burmese military junta called the State Peace and Development Council, or SPDC, is expected to soon free pro-democracy leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo. But it will do this solely for ulterior reasons. The SPDC is seeking some more...
Keywords:
Authoritarianism;
Democracy;
Regional Approaches;
Conditionality;
Countries:
Myanmar (Burma) ;
Regions:
Southeast Asia;
Asia;
East Asian Democratization: Impact of Globalization, Culture, and Economy
Authors:
Robert W. Compton Jr;
This book elaborates the democratisation in East Asia within the context of globalisation, economic dynamism and culture. As Asian leaders envision governance for the 21st century, they must embrace the ultimate reality of globalization more...
Keywords:
Democratisation;
Economic Development;
Globalisation;
Culture;
Regional Integration;
Regional Approaches;
Regions:
East Asia;
ECOWAS creates peace fund
Authors:
No Named Author;
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has created a peace fund to react quickly to security problems in the region.
Keywords:
ECOWAS;
Regional Approaches;
Regionalism;
Peacebuilding;
Conflict Prevention;
Conflict Prevention Pools;
Countries:
Guinea-Bissau ;
Regions:
West Africa;
Europe and The Crises in the Great Lakes Region
Authors:
Bjorn Moeller;
This paper is devoted to the possible role of the European states and the European Union (EU) in the Great Lakes Region and its several interlocking crises and violent conflicts. A framework for regional analysis is provided as a more...
Keywords:
Disarmament Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR);
Disarmament;
Conflict;
Conflict Cycle;
Regional Approaches;
Countries:
Rwanda ;
Burundi ;
Regions:
East Africa;
Central Africa;
Africa;
African Great Lakes;
Human Stability and Conflict in the Horn of Africa (Part One)
Authors:
Julia Maxted;
Abebe Zegeye;
Political instability and disintegration of centralised states has become defining chracteristic of the Horn of africa. This paper looks at the internal conflicts in the region in terms of the balance of power between civil society more...
Keywords:
Armed Conflict;
Conflict;
Conflict Management;
Contested States;
Failed States;
Human Rights;
Insecurity;
Instability;
Peace;
Post-Conflict;
Regional Approaches;
Governance;
Security;
Refugees;
Countries:
Djibouti ;
Eritrea ;
Ethiopia ;
Somalia ;
Sudan ;
Regions:
East Africa;
Horn of Africa;
Central Africa;
Implementing the Arusha Peace Agreement on Rwanda
Authors:
Gilbert Khadiagala;
The author argues that Rwandas genocide resulted in part from the weakness of the Arusha Agreement and the paltry efforts to implement it. As a product of a deeply polarised society, the Arusha Agreement faced severe obstacles. First more...
Keywords:
Peace Agreement;
Regional Approaches;
International Community;
Countries:
Rwanda ;
Regions:
African Great Lakes;