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Published in: HomeState-building vs intervention, or how not to helpTogether, distorted understanding and flawed policy have compounded the problems of weak states in the global south....
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Published in: openSecurityMilitarisation as panacea: development and reconciliation in post-war Sri Lanka
Is it possible to secure the dignity, rights and well-being of a conflict-affected population by incorporating them...
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Published in: openSecurity'A slap on the wrist': Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council
An inteview with Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, President of the Tamil National People's Front, who warns that the Tamil...
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Published in: openSecurityOur voices: Violence against women and impunity
Film: In this series of short films Burundian women look at key issues in the wake of the civil war, which ended in...
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Published in: openSecurityOur voices: Women's political participation
Film: In this series of short films Burundian women look at key issues in the wake of the civil war, which ended in...
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Published in: openSecurityOur voices: Reconciliation and justice
Film: In this series of short films Burundian women look at key issues in the wake of the civil war, which ended in...
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Published in: openSecurityOur voices: Conflict, displacement and land
Film: In this series of short films Burundian women look at key issues in the wake of the civil war, which ended in...
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Published in: openSecurityDiscussions in Kampala: another political farce
The government of the DRC and the M23 rebel group talk in Kampala. In Uvira, South Kivu, a group of students explain...
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Published in: openSecurityLes assises de Kampala: une autre farce politique
Le gouvernement de la RDC et M23, un mouvement rebelle, ont se convoqués en Kampala. A Uvira, au Sud Kivu, un groupe...
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Published in: openSecurityLa prise de Goma et la prolifération de négociations
Comment les profondes divisions de la politique Congolaise ont permis aux rebelles du M23 de prendre Goma si...
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Published in: openSecurityThe seizure of Goma and proliferating negotiations
How the deep fractures in Congolese politics aided M23's swift invasion of Goma. Français.
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Published in: 50.50Where we must stand: African women in an age of war
Whether one considers the direct effects of military rule and conflict on women, or the global economic implications...
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Published in: openSecurityInternational engagement in post-conflict Sri Lanka: lessons from the supposedly “powerless” women of the north
With a recent internal UN report criticizing its operations in the Sri Lankan civil war, international aid groups...
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Published in: openSecurityReal justice, not ephemeral ceasefires
Mohammed Suliman's interview on CNN was abruptly interrupted by an Israeli missile exploding nearby. In a piece...
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Published in: openSecurityLa violence du pouvoir, l'exclusion des civils et le M23
Les pays occidentaux décrivent la violence à l'est de la RDC comme un échec cuisant : des personnes et des...
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Published in: HomeForeign aid to local NGOs: good intentions, bad policy
International solidarity is a wonderful idea, and the notion of transferring resources from North to South for good...
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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: HomeSri Lanka, many shades of accountability
A long-awaited review on the conduct of United Nations agencies during the last stages of the war in Sri Lanka is...
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Published in: HomeRedefining protest in Ethiopia: what happens to the 'terror' narrative when Muslims call for a secular state?
From the periphery, Ethiopian Muslim protesters have recently turned a page in the history of the country. They have...
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Published in: HomePhilippines Peace Agreement – why this one is differentNonviolent Peaceforce has not just been ‘monitoring’ the ceasefire in Mindanao. NP teams have been out there every...
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