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Published in: HomeYemen’s transition: a model to be followed?What is actually happening in Yemen? It is either presented as a ‘solution’ which could be a model for Syria, or as...
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Published in: openSecurityLike it or not, G4S is securing your world
OurKingdom broke the story that UK police personnel were wearing uniforms with the logo of a private security...
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Published in: HomeThe transnational expansion of military urbanism
While military budgets of states are increasingly subject to cuts, the intelligence and weapons industries turn to...
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Published in: openSecurityColombians need to debate the conflict, but not as a condition of Langlois' freedom
On April 28 French journalist Romeo Langlois was captured by the FARC. The leftist guerrillas demanded a debate on...
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Published in: HomeArab Spring south of the Sahara?
Why has the Arab Spring so far failed to spread south of the Sahara – and should some African leaders be looking...
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Published in: openSecurityNATO’s Middle East policy reform: learning from EU failures
In response to Josiah Surface, Andrea Teti argues that NATO must think innovatively about the assumptions...
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Published in: openSecurityDefining NATO partnerships: why the 'Stability' critique is flawed
Stability is a desirable outcome for all parties in the Mediterranean Dialogue. This does not mean returning to the...
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Published in: HomeThe Chicago Summit: a relevant NATO in a post-western world ?
NATO attempts to brush over the original intentions behind the Chicago Summit may prove successful, given an...
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Published in: openSecurityA UN emergency peace service?
The UN system attempts to help in preventing armed conflict and protecting civilians. In the face of overlapping...
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Published in: oDRMob justice in Lithuania: who can stand up to the madding crowd?Next year Lithuania assumes the European presidency. Host to international conferences and a role model for other...
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Published in: HomeDisarmament is more practical than we are conditioned to think
As attention shifts to the NATO summit in Chicago, a statement by sixteen non nuclear weapons states, including...
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Published in: HomeInternational intervention and its humanitarian consequences in Libya and beyond: an unresolved issue
Although the intervention in Libya has had some positive effects on the country it finds itself in a humanitarian...
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Published in: openSecurityNATO nuclear weapons and the Defence and Deterrence Posture Review: a non-consensual debate
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany have acknowledged publicly that...
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Published in: openSecurityEurope and NATO's response to the Arab Uprisings
Western governments need to recognize that authoritarian regimes are often fierce but not strong; that privatisation...
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Published in: HomeThe politics of mourning
Last April more than 35,000 people marched in Cuernavaca, Mexico, following the murder of a teenager. Four years...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab uprisings
It is a long road from an initial uprising to something that can be called a successful revolution. So far in the...
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Published in: HomePartners in democracy, partners in security: NATO and the Arab Spring
Sponsored by the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, the US Mission to Germany, and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe slow creep of complacency and the soul of English justiceThe government’s Justice and Security Green Paper and its plans to allow English courts to hold secret hearings is a...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Jirga in modern day AfghanistanThe complexity of local and regional conflict dynamics in Afghanistan and Pakistan would be well served by the...
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Published in: openSecurityTaking the next step: Security Sector Reform in Libya
Can the experience of the western Balkans help Libya in its transition? Some best practice could be adapted to the...
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