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Published in: HomeA death in the CongoOn 18 August, Tjostolv Moland, a 32-year-old former officer of the Norwegian army, was found dead in his prison cell...
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Published in: openSecurityGuns, drugs and dollars: getting global drivers of local violence on the post-2015 agendaLeaving violence and conflict off the post-2015 agenda is a clear signal that countries want to keep the door...
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Published in: openSecurityEurope's Middle East policies: a southern European twist
More coordination and strategy are needed in Europe's response to the sinister signs of stolen revolution. The...
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Published in: openSecurityConflict at the EU's southern borders: the Sahel crisis
Gradually, EU systems of governance have extended into the southern Mediterranean, linking dynamics in the Sahel...
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Published in: openSecurityIn militias we trust: Libya's conundrum
The rapid disintegration of Muammar al Gaddafi’s armed forces and police meant that the militias born out of the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Cairo Gang, the Force Research Unit and ... Rupert MurdochThe story of the FRU must be one of the most sordid in British Intelligence. It reveals a deep gulf in Northern...
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Published in: HomeHonduras, the politics of violence
The incidence of targeted social violence in the central American country is a growing political concern as...
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Published in: HomeThe geopolitics of drug trafficking in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, opium is not clandestinely traded on some back alley black market. Opium is the market.
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Published in: openSecurityViolent power, civilian exclusion and the M23
Violence in eastern DRC is portrayed by western countries in terms of abject failure: people or events in the Congo...
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Published in: openSecurityRépublique Démocratique du Congo: dépasser le cycle de la crise
L'éruption de violence dans l'est de la République Démocratique du Congo reflète l'échec des organisations...
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Published in: openSecurityRwanda's connection to the M23 rebels must not be ignored
Many of the drivers of conflict in eastern DR Congo lie within its borders, but an analysis that ignores the role of...
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Published in: openSecurityOn ne peut pas ignorer le lien entre le Rwanda et les rebelles du M23
Beaucoup des facteurs de conflit dans l'est de la République Démocratique du Congo se trouvent à l'intérieur de ses...
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Published in: openSecurityColombia's peace process: three challenges
As peace talks begin between the FARC and the Colombian government, military victory is still espoused as a final...
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Published in: HomeSyria, Mali, Nigeria: war's paralysis
The conflict in Syria leaves western powers with no good choices, and their agony is intensified by Islamist...
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Published in: openSecurityAre conflict minerals making war less profitable?
What's up with conflict minerals? Is the global economy ready for regulation that targets the economies of warlords...
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Published in: openSecurityM23 in the Kivus: regional war and then a repeat of the 2009 accord?
M23's military campaign in North Kivu has profound consequences for Kinshasa and regionally. A regional military...
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Published in: openSecurityBordering on Peace?
As we move towards the draw-down of foreign forces in Afghanistan, openSecurity asks Afghan, Pakistani and...
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Published in: 50.50Death at the global frontier
More than 16,000 people have died at the borders of Europe since 1993, but who is responsible? Leanne Weber explores...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Mexican penitentiary system: how prisons became tools for the cartels
Far from being an instrument aimed at fighting crime and reintegrating former inmates in society, Mexican prisons...
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Published in: HomeShots across the ocean: joining the dots of modern violence
Two bouts of gunfire on either side of the Atlantic gave the inspiration to this week’s series of articles. But if...
