March 2015 marked two years since the ousting of the Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré by mutinous soldiers. The subsequent instability energized the ongoing efforts of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad group to gain autonomy for northern Mali/Azawad and make it a homeland for the Tuareg people. After they made some progress and 
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March | 2015
Publication Summary: Building the capacity of the Malian police: Why MINUSMA needs to think outside the box
By: Margarita Yakovenko | Tuesday, March 31st, 2015News Roundup: 23 March - 29 March 2015
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, March 30th, 2015Want 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!
Increasing the momentum for police in African-led peacekeeping operations
By: Gustavo de Carvalho | Friday, March 27th, 2015African-led peace support operations (PSOs) are increasingly deployed to missions in high-risk environments, which often require combat activities. These are also contexts where the United Nations (UN) will not enter until a peace agreement has been signed and the peace process has reached critical mass – that is, when there is peace to keep. In
News Roundup: 16 March - 22 March 2015
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, March 23rd, 2015Want 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!
Free eSeminar - Untapped Resources: The Extractive Industry in Conflict-Affected Countries
By: SSR Resource Centre | Tuesday, March 17th, 2015The Centre for Security Governance (CSG), Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), and Wilfrid Laurier University Global Studies department (WLU) are hosting a series of eight online seminars focusing on the theme of “Contemporary Debates on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding.” Our second event will be held on Wednesday March 25 from 1:00PM to 2:30PM EST and will
News Roundup: 9 March - 16 March 2015
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, March 16th, 2015Want 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!
Learning from failure? British and European approaches to security and justice programming
By: Antoine Vandemoortele | Friday, March 13th, 2015The latest report from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), UK’s aid watchdog, –Review of UK Development Assistance for Security and Justice - is highly critical of the Department for International Development (DFID)’s work on security and justice in fragile and conflict-affected countries and highlights a series of failed initiatives and challenges to overcome for
News Roundup: 2 March - 8 March 2015
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, March 9th, 2015Want 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!
Munich in Minsk?
By: David Law | Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015The 11 February meeting in the Belarusian capital with French President Hollande, German Chancellor Merkel, Ukrainian President Poroshenko and his Russian homologue Vladimir Putin is reminiscent of an encounter that took place in Munich in September 1938. The 1938 encounter brought together British Prime Chamberlain, French President Daladier, the Italian Il Duce Mussolini, and of
News Roundup: 23 February - 2 March 2015
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, March 2nd, 2015Want 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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