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March | 2014
News Roundup: 24 March – 30 March
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, March 31st, 2014Toward Security Sector Decentralization: Liberia’s County Security Councils and Regional Hubs
By: Ibrahim Al-bakri Nyei | Friday, March 28th, 2014Liberia’s political centralization has only resulted in limited access to basic services in most parts of the country, including justice and security. However, recent efforts at security sector reform in Liberia have entailed a process of decentralizing the national security architecture, involving the establishment of local security councils and regional hubs. This piece provides an 
Re-Post: Is It Time to Rethink our Approach to Security Sector Reform?
By: Mark Downes | Wednesday, March 26th, 2014Mark Downes is Assistant Director of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and Head of DCAF’s International Security Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT). Click here to read the full post.
News Roundup: 17 March – 23 March
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, March 24th, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the SSR Resource Centre posts pertinent news articles, reports, projects, and event updates on SSR over the past week. Click here to sign-up and have the SSR Weekly News Roundup newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Publication Summary: Arctic Patrol Vessels
By: SSR Resource Centre | Thursday, March 20th, 2014A new Simons Foundation paper by Centre for Security Governance Board Member Ernie Regehr focuses on Canada’s Arctic security requirements and its plans to acquire Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS). With a reported price tag of 8.6 billion CAN, including expected maintenance costs of 5.5 billion CAN over a 25 year period, these vessels represent
News Roundup: 10 March – 16 March
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, March 17th, 2014Want 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. Click here to sign-up for the SSR Weekly newsletter and have the News Roundup delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Should Crimea join the Russian Federation?
By: David Law | Thursday, March 13th, 2014Despite the emotions conjured up by history, language, culture and the dramatic events of the last few weeks, Crimeans would be wise to ponder whether they would really be better off joining Russia. There are a number of arguments that militate strongly against taking this path. First and foremost, despite what the largely government-owned Russian
A New Paradigm for Libya
By: Abdul Rahman AlAgeli | Tuesday, March 11th, 2014To understand security sector reform (SSR) and the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of combatants in Libya, it’s important to think outside the sometimes constrictive box of theoretical frameworks and to instead analyse the issues from a rational and common sense perspective. Thus far, not many people have looked at SSR and DDR in such
The Implementation of Police Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Analysing UN and EU Efforts
By: Chris Bordeleau | Thursday, March 6th, 2014A new paper by Amelia Padurariu, published in Stability: The International Journal of Security and Development, examines the role of main international actors involved in the implementation of police reform in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly that of the UN and the EU.
Drones: Using 21st Century Technology to Hunt Poachers
By: Chris Bordeleau | Tuesday, March 4th, 2014For the most part, the only unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – or drones – that catch our attention are the ones that roam the skies of Afghanistan and Pakistan, hunting insurgents and/or terrorists. While these drones sour public opinion around the world, small fleets of drones have been helping developing countries confront major security problems.
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