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The Centre for Security Governance (CSG) is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank that works to raise awareness of pressing global security and governance challenges and explore strategies to address them.

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Stability Commentary: Moving towards second-generation SSR in Haiti?
by Stephen Baranyi | April 29, 2019
In the lead-up to the UN Security Council’s March 2019 debate on the situation in Haiti, the Secretary-General tabled a report suggesting that Haiti h …
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New CSG Publication – Exploring the Transition from First to Second Generation SSR in Conflict-Affected Societies
by Mark Sedra | April 25, 2019
The CSG has released a new publication in its CSG Papers Series titled, Exploring the Transition from First to Second Generation SSR in Conflict-Affec …
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CSG Launches Waterloo Symposium on Technology & Society
by Mark Sedra | April 17, 2019
On April 16, 2019 the CSG launched the Waterloo Symposium on Technology & Society at the Balsillie School for International Affairs in Waterloo, C …
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May 15, 2019 – Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo

The Waterloo Symposium on Technology & Society seeks to promote public discourse in Canada and beyond on the societal challenges and opportunities created by innovations in four primary areas: artificial intelligence, robotics, big data and social media.

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Stability: International Journal of Security & Development is a leading open-access journal focusing on security and development challenges in fragile, failed and conflict-affected states. It is the flagship publication of the Centre for Security Governance.

Latest Stability Journal Articles

New Wars, New Victimhood, and New Ways of Overcoming It
by Shazana Andrabi | April 26, 2019
Contemporary conflicts, asymmetric conflicts, or New Wars as they are now called differ in nature and context from earlier, traditional, or Old Wars….
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Second-Generation SSR or Unending Violence in Haiti?
by Stephen Baranyi | March 7, 2019
In the literature on security sector reform (SSR), there is a debate between mainstream analysts of post-9/11 approaches, who argue that second-genera…
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Predictive Peacekeeping: Strengthening Predictive Analysis in UN Peace Operations
by Allard Duursma and John Karlsrud | February 19, 2019
The UN is becoming increasingly data-driven. Until recently, data-driven initiatives have mainly been led by individual UN field missions, but with An…
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