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Published in: openSecurityA new way: Somaliland's statebuildingDiplomats, aid workers and their governments agree that local capabilities are the baseline and drivers of change,...
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Published in: HomeColombia, a state of flux
A decade of violence and insecurity has deeply marked Colombia's society, politics and institutions. For Colombia to...
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Published in: openSecurityThe arrest of Professor Ghulam Azam: a grandchild's accountThe arrest of a leading opposition figure in Bangladesh is a stark reminder that without due legal process,...
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Published in: openSecurityThe contest over peace and security in AfricaThe dominant interventionist approach to peace and security in Africa by-passes the hard work of creating domestic...
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Published in: openSecurityTransitions: creating space to address injustice after conflict or political turmoilUltimately, an emphasis on the rule of law in peacebuilding interventions reflects a preoccupation with the effects,...
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Published in: openSecurityCapoeira and security: the view from upside-downThrough an account of capoeira, the Brazilian dance-fight-game, we uncover two simultaneous stories of security:...
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Published in: openSecurityThe far horizons of peacebuilding – and the nearPeacebuilding and development can no longer be thought of in terms of what was always an over-simplified...
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Published in: HomeFour anecdotes and some news: or, The paths of resistance
On the fiftieth anniversary of the American intervention in Vietnam, one lesson might be that knowledge is never...
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Published in: HomeSeen and not heard: women in Sri Lanka's reconciliation commission
Sri Lanka's Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission has no mention of gender in its mandate and no dedicated...
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Published in: HomeThe possibilities and impossibilities of being a neighbourGerman-born Daniel Zylbersztajn has recently returned to Poland, two months after his father's passing away. In the...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt after Mubarak: finding truth in transition
The prosecution of a scattering of old regime stooges is not enough to guarantee Egypt escapes the grip of...
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Published in: oDRFriends and neighbours: religious harmony in Tatarstan?In a world riven by the conflict between Christianity and Islam, the Republic of Tatarstan offers a heartening...
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Published in: HomeThailand's road to reconciliation
Thailand's proposed course of reconciliation is contaminated by the dysfunctional socio-political system that caused...
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Published in: openSecurityDebaathication vs. reconciliation? The decision to ban Saleh al-Mutlaq from standing in the Iraqi election
The Iraqi Accountability and Justice Commission's decision to ban former Baathist Saleh al-Mutlaq from standing in...
