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News Roundup: 17 - 23 June 2013
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, June 24th, 2013Yemen National Dialogue Conference: A Long Road Ahead
By: Isaac Caverhill-Godkewitsch | Thursday, June 20th, 2013In mid-march 2013 Yemen began it’s National Dialogue Conference (NDC), a collection of 565 individuals representing various groups across Yemenites, partially in thanks to the endorsement of the UN Security Council. This conference will continue for several months while participants attempt to figure out the future in post-Arab Spring Yemen. The National Dialogue is unique
Humanitarian Intervention Advocates Vindicated
By: Zach Paikin | Wednesday, June 19th, 2013According to the dominant narrative, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine — adopted at the United Nations World Summit of 2005 — has hit a roadblock in Syria. The most prominent claim we’ve seen to date — rooted in the realist paradigm of international relations — is that R2P is a norm, and that norms
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
News Roundup: 10 June - 16 June 2013
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, June 17th, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. **NEW** Click here to have the SSR Weekly delivered straight to your inbox every week! News Nigeria: Jonathan – Nigerians don’t have
Mali: Cautious Optimism as Transition Begins
By: Matthew Redding | Friday, June 14th, 2013Four months ago I wrote a piece on the situation in Mali after the drafting of UN resolution 2085. This authorized the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA), consisting of troops from the African Union and ECOWAS, to take action against rebel and terrorist groups in the North, assist in the political transition and
Security Governance: Major Challenge for Pakistan’s New PM Nawaz Sharif
By: Jahan Zeb | Wednesday, June 12th, 2013Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister, Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League, has a daunting task ahead of him to provide security for his country’s 187 million citizens. Sharif has inherited the mushrooming Jihadist groups of the Punjab, Talibanization in North West Pakistan and Karachi, insurgency in Baluchistan, and deeply problematic security sector governance policies
News Roundup: 3 June - 9 June 2013
By: SSR Resource Centre | Wednesday, June 12th, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. **NEW** Click here to have the SSR Weekly delivered straight to your inbox every week! News Articles NATO considers training Libya security
News Roundup: 27 May - 2 June 2013
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, June 3rd, 2013Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects and updates on SSR related events over the past week. **NEW** Click here to have the SSR Weekly delivered straight to your inbox every Monday! News Articles Police reform and NPA atrocities
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