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JOURNAL ON LINE
World Economic Growth, Northern Antagonism, and North-South Conflict
Authors:
Reuveny;
The distribution of wealth in the world is manifested by the polarization of a rich North and a poor South. Is the North-South conflict increasing or decreasing, and does it depend on such variables as major power conflict, intra-Northern more...
Keywords:
Conflict;
Economic Development;
Regions:
Global;
Conflict Prevention: Old Wine in New Bottles?
Authors:
Karin Aggestam;
This essay examines the extent to which scholarly work offers new insights into the problematique of conflict prevention and whether there are any significant alterations in the international management of conflict. The existing literature more...
Keywords:
Conflict;
Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO);
Regions:
Global;
The Temporal Links between Conflict and Economic Activity
Authors:
S Blomberg;
Data from 152 countries from 1950 to 1992 are used to estimate the joint determination of external conflict, internal conflict, and the business cycle. Results show that the occurrence of a recession alone will significantly increase more...
Keywords:
Conflict;
Economic Development;
Regions:
Global;
Democrats, Dictators, and Demonstrators
Authors:
Jenny A Minier;
Using a data set of democratic movements and democratic transitions that took place between 1960 and 1990, this paper investigates the implications for economic growth of these events. There are two comparisons of interest: successful more...
Keywords:
Economic Development;
Democracy;
Capacity;
Development;
Regions:
Global;
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;
Security Sector Reform - A Research Note
Authors:
Christopher Smith;
Over the past three years, security sector reform (SSR) has become a 'catch all' term for a series of reviews, reforms and reconstructions of security forces around the world.
However, from an academic perspective, there is a significant more...
Keywords:
Security Sector;
Security Sector Reform;
Regions:
Global;
"Good governance": The metamorphosis of a policy metaphor
Authors:
Martin Doornbos;
This paper explores the conditions under which the criterion of good governance first became adopted as a donor policy metaphor and now appears to be transformed in favor of "selectivity." Particular attention will need to be given more...
Keywords:
Good Governance;
Development;
Donor Funding;
World Bank;
Globalisation;
Harmonisation;
International Financial Institutions (IFIs);
Lessons Learned;
Regions:
Global;
"Stateness" First
Authors:
Francis Fukuyama;
Francis Fukuyama in this article address the issue of bulding democracy after conflict by arguing that stateness is very basic for the formation of democratic political institution. He illustrate that world eventsrecent, current, more...
Keywords:
Democracy;
Post-Conflict;
Nation Building;
Regions:
Global;
'Deepening ' and 'Widening': An Analysis of Security Definitions in the 1990s
Authors:
Sarah Tarry;
The end of the Cold War is often regarded as marking the beginning of a fundamentally different political environment both in a real and in a theoretical sense. This has been especially pronounced within Security Studies as pressure more...
Keywords:
Security;
Defence;
Defence Strategy;
International Community;
Regions:
Global;
'Old hub and new spokes?': UN reform and the global reaction.
Authors:
N Samasuwo;
Paper presented at the -France-South Africa Symposium- 20-21 June 2005.
This paper looks at the imperatives of reform and offers a critique of Kofi Annan's package of reforms. It concludes with a broad dis-aggregation of the global more...
Keywords:
Reform;
United Nations;
Regions:
Africa;
Global;
'The Power to Protect': Using New Military Capabilities to Stop Mass Killings
Authors:
Clifford Bernath;
David Gompert;
This report argues that new military technology and tactics can be used to increase the effectiveness and reduce the costs and risks of forcible humanitarian interventions. If such operations can be made more effective and less costly, more...
Keywords:
Humanitarian Aid;
Intervention;
Peace Support Operations;
Peacekeeping;
War;
Violence;
Conflict;
Genocide;
Regions:
Global;
2004 World Drug Report
Authors:
No Named Author;
UNODC publishes a two volume edition of the World Drug Report. The first volume covers market trends and provides in-depth trend analysis, and the second volume compiles detailed statistics on all of the drug markets. Together they more...
Keywords:
Drug Policy;
Drug Trafficking;
smuggling;
HIV / AIDS;
Regions:
Global;
2006 Responsibillity to Protect Brochure
Authors:
No Named Author;
This comprehensive brochure explains the process leading to the 2005 World Summit and the endorsement of R2P. It includes quotes from governments and the media, as well as ideas for how civil society can push R2P principles forward. more...
Keywords:
Responsibility to Protect;
United Nations;
Regions:
Global;
West Africa;
2007: Rethinking unilateralism
Authors:
No Named Author;
As the process of globalization forges ahead, most security threats are beyond any single nation’s ability to solve unilaterally. International terrorism, the spread of contagious diseases, global warming and environmental degradation more...
Keywords:
International Community;
Multilateralism;
Security;
Regions:
Global;
6th International Security Forum (ISF) Transcript of Conference Proceedings
Authors:
No Named Author;
This volume provides a thematic overview of the 150 presentations given at the 6th International Security Forum (ISF), held from 4 to 6 October 2004 in Montreux, Switzerland. All keynote speeches are reproduced in their full length. more...
Keywords:
Human Security;
International Humanitarian Law;
International Law;
Private Military Companies (PMCs);
Private Security Companies;
Security Sector Governance;
Countries:
Switzerland ;
Regions:
Global;
Western Europe;
7th International Security Forum (ISF)
Authors:
No Named Author;
This conference report provides a thematic overview of all the presentations given at the 7th International Security Forum (ISF), held from 26 to 28 October 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland. All keynote speeches are reproduced in their more...
Keywords:
Conflict;
Democracy;
Human Security;
Intelligence;
Private Security Companies;
Reconstruction;
Security;
state building;
Regions:
Global;
A Caucus of Democracies
Authors:
Max M. Kampelman;
Since the U.N.'s creation, millions have been killed, maimed, starved, tortured or raped by brutal rulers whose governments nevertheless wield great influence in the U.N. General Assembly and the Security Council. These facts clearly more...
Keywords:
Democracy;
Security Sector Governance;
Regions:
Global;
A culture of secrecy: the public's right to know
Authors:
Frances D'Souza;
Information is power. It is predictable, therefore, that those in authority will seek to manipulate others through the control of data. Access to information is at one and the same time a bureaucratic nightmare and a political godsend. more...
Keywords:
Information Sharing;
Information Society;
Accountability;
Transparency;
Democracy;
Censorship;
Intelligence;
Regions:
Global;
A Goal Orientated Approach to Governance and Security Sector Reform
Authors:
Damian Lilly;
Robin Luckham;
Michael von Tangen Page;
Poor governance of the Security Sector is a key obstacle to sustainable development and peace building. This paper proposes a goal-orientated approach to security sector reform to assist donor's to move from the broadly accepted more...
Keywords:
Demilitarisation;
Local Ownership;
Oversight;
Rule of Law;
Security Sector Reform;
Regions:
Global;
Caucasus Region;
Caspian Sea Region ;
A Goal Oriented Approach to Governance and Security Sector Reform
Authors:
Damian Lilly;
Robin Luckham;
Michael von Tangen Page;
The paper sets out to provide a critique and overview of the current policy debate on security sector reform; to develop a methodology to incorporate and provide focus to security sector reform in donors' country assistance strategies; more...
Keywords:
Security Sector Reform;
Security Sector Governance;
Donors;
Humanitarian Aid;
Aid;
Regions:
Global;
A Good Place to Start – The IDS Knowledge Services guide to finding development information online
Authors:
No Named Author;
If you're interested in international development, there are thousands of websites you could go to, but what if you only have time to visit five? Would you know where to go?
Drawing on the collective expertise and experience of more...
Keywords:
Aid;
Development;
Regions:
Global;
A Guide to Civil Society Organizations working on Democratic Governance
Authors:
No Named Author;
UNDP defines civil society as a third sector existing alongside and
interacting with the state and private industry1). UNDP takes a broad
view of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) of which non-governmental
organizations are an more...
Keywords:
Civil Society;
Governance;
Regions:
Global;
A Guide to Nation Building
Authors:
No Named Author;
This research brief summarizes recommendations made in The Beginner’s Guide to Nation-Building, a comprehensive and indispensable guide to best practices in the conduct of peace and stability operations in states emerging from conflict.
Keywords:
Nation Building;
Regions:
Global;
A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility
Authors:
No Named Author;
The changes that have taken place in the world since the Millennium Declaration demand that consensus be revitalised on key challenges and priorities. What are these and how can they best be achieved? This report, by United Nations more...
Keywords:
Aid;
Conflict Prevention;
Conflict Resolution;
UNDP;
United Nations;
Regions:
Global;
A more secure world: our shared responsibility: Report of the High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change
Authors:
No Named Author;
The Threats Panel proposes recommendations to improve the UN's response to security crises. The most controversial topics are: Security Council enlargement, a definition of terrorism and the issue of "responsibility to protect".
Keywords:
Threats;
Security;
Collective Security;
Conflict;
Reform;
United Nations;
Conflict Prevention;
Sanctions;
Transnational Crime;
Peacebuilding;
United Nations Security Council;
Regions:
Global;