South Sudan is the world’s youngest nation, having come into existence on 9 July 2011. The state emerged from decades of civil war with Khartoum, which ended in 2005 when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed. The people’s hope in the new nation grew from this history and was buttressed by the independence experience.
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July | 2014
South Sudan Crisis: Is There Hope for a Durable Solution?
By: Sebastian Gatimu | Thursday, July 31st, 2014A War Too Far: Israel’s Military Campaign in Gaza
By: David Law | Wednesday, July 30th, 2014Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has fought seven regional wars, has had to deal with two intifadas – and now possibly a third – as well as three localised conflicts in and around Gaza after abandoning the territory in 2005. There is not another country in the world that has had to contend with 
Backgrounder – Boko Haram and Political Instability in Nigeria
By: Lema Ijtemaye | Tuesday, July 29th, 2014Boko Haram’s activities have been escalating steadily in Nigeria; the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Borno earlier this year being the most recent indicator of the group’s growing threat to Nigeria’s political stability. Indeed, the group is viewed by many experts as a direct challenge the state’s corrupt nature and its general inability to address
News Roundup: 21 July – 27 July
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, July 28th, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the CSG’s Security Sector Reform Resource Centre project 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 delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Surrender or Tactical Deceit - Has the FDLR Really Given Up the Fight?
By: Peter Fabricius | Thursday, July 24th, 2014Is the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade (FIB), which famously routed the M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last year, now snatching defeat from the jaws of a complete victory against all disruptive forces in the region?
No Military Reform for Egypt
By: Barah Mikail | Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014The roots of the contemporary Egyptian army go back to the 19th century, when Mohammed Ali Pacha decided to create a powerful body to defeat Ottoman rule. Since then, the Egyptian army has been involved in several important wars, most importantly the Egyptian-Ottoman wars (1831-1833 and 1839-1841), the Six Days War (1967), and the War
ISIS’ Success in Iraq: A Testimony to Failed Security Sector Reform
By: Andreas Krieg | Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014The pace with which the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Shām (ISIS) was able to seize territory in Iraq since June 2014 has been mindboggling. What has been a stunning military success for the foreign mujahedeen of ISIS, can only be described as a humiliating defeat for Iraq’s security sector. The images of Iraqi security
News Roundup: 14 July – 20 July
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, July 21st, 2014Want to keep up to date on the SSR field? Once a week, the CSG’s Security Sector Reform Resource Centre project 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 delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Note - Latin America and Caribbean Security Summit, October 23-24, 2014, Miami, Florida
By: SSR Resource Centre | Friday, July 18th, 2014The Centre for Security Governance is a media partner for the Latin America and Caribbean Security Summit, which will be held on October 23-24, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Oliver Kinross will be hosting The Latin America and Caribbean Security Summit 2014 in Miami, Florida, following the success of its Africa Security and Counter Terrorism Summit. The
The Impending Balkanization of Nigeria?
By: Chelsea Winn | Thursday, July 17th, 2014Balkanize: (transitive verb) to break up (as a region or group) into smaller and often hostile units. As the moniker suggests, the process of Balkanization originates from the geopolitical fragmentation of the Balkan Peninsula. The term was originally coined in the 19th century to describe the processes of state formation following the decline of the
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