The tool is made up of six assessments which “qualitatively and quantitatively determine the state of a country’s defense sector, its institutions and processes, and its capacity to carry out operations for counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, counternarcotics, border and maritime security, counterpiracy, and postconflict stabilization.”
Read More The Atlas is a valuable resource for SSR researchers and practitioners alike.
Read More Analysts from Timorese security sector NGO Fundasaun Mahein have produced 10 times as much written “SSR” analysis in a local language in the last year as the entire international community has since UNMIT’s arrival in 2006. This has been done for a fraction of the millions of SSR dollars that have been hoovered up by well meaning but misguided international experts in Dili.
Read More The film ‘Camp Victory, Afghanistan’ is a remarkable look at the process of training the Afghan National Army and centres around the unlikely friendship that develops between General Fazl Ahmad Sayar, a veteran of 30 years of Afghan conflict, and Colonel Shute, his US adviser.
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