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September | 2014
News Roundup: 8 September – 14 September
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, September 15th, 2014The 2014 NATO Summit: President Putin’s Take
By: David Law | Friday, September 12th, 2014I have just reread the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit Declaration issued in Cardiff, Wales. I have been trying to put myself in President Putin’s place as I have proceeded. How would he, directly or through his advisors, react to this Declaration? I am just guessing but here we go.
Countering ISIS: A Special Kind of Insurgency
By: Zenonas Tziarras | Wednesday, September 10th, 2014It is commonplace these days to refer to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām (i.e. Greater Syria) – henceforth, ISIS – as the greatest threat to regional, international, and for some countries, even national security. As a product of mergers between smaller Islamist groups (e.g. an al-Qaeda affiliated Iraqi group) in the aftermath of 
What Role for UN Peacekeepers in Tackling Ebola?
By: Michael Snyder | Wednesday, September 10th, 2014The spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa is “racing ahead” of efforts to control it, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). On Friday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued an “international rescue call” for a surge in assistance, including doctors, beds, supplies, and vehicles needed to halt the spread of the outbreak in
News Roundup: 1 September – 7 September
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, September 8th, 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!
What next for Lesotho?
By: Liesl Louw-Vaudran | Thursday, September 4th, 2014South Africans woke up on Saturday morning to the disturbing news that a coup d’état was taking place in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, and that the country’s prime minister had fled, fearing for his safety. Many took to Twitter to express their surprise at the events. Apparently, few people have been paying attention to
Truce in Mozambique Offers Tentative Peace and a Return to Politics
By: Ryan Cummings | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014Following months of conciliatory talks, Mozambique’s Frelimo ruling party and the Renamo opposition party agreed to a ceasefire on Sunday, August 24. The deal between the government and the former rebel group formalized a peace agreement brokered between the two parties earlier in the month. It provides for the implementation of a number of measures
News Roundup: 25 August – 31 August
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, September 1st, 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!
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