Canada’s Options for a Peace & Stabilization Mission in Mali
This article analyzes the context of a potential Canadian contribution in Mali as part of our four-entry series on a Canadian return to peacekeeping.
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Month: August 2016
Police Reform in Iraq: Challenges and Lessons Learned (Part 2)
CSG’s Antoine Vandemoortele continues the interview with Paul Biddle, Strategic Police Advisor to the UK Embassy in Baghdad, the Coalition Joint Task Force Operation “Inherent Resolve” and the Governor of Anbar in Iraq between February and May 2016. Part II addresses issues of lessons learned and future areas of work to create a sustainable policing model in Anbar province.
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Libya: A Post-Arab Spring Test for Security Sector Reform
The CSG has published a new paper by Senior Associate Robert M. Perito that considers how Libya could provide a test bed for security sector reform in a post-Arab Spring security environment.
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The Battle for Haiti’s Security Is Largely Political
In this blog post originally published on the IPI Global Observatory, Geoff Burt, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Security Governance, analyzes the political challenges Haiti faces in its attempt to address key security governance issues, including paramilitary action, gang violence and the reinstatement of the Haitian armed forces.
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Security Sector Reform in Patrimonial and Low-capacity States
SSR has become a key component of international donors’ efforts to improve security in conflict-affected and developing states. Its success, however, has been limited because program designers rarely fully comprehend, how developing countries’ security sectors actually function. How then can we better understand the impact of neo-patrimonial practiceson developing countries’ security sector?
Read MoreDeportation, Circular Migration & Organized Crime
In July 2015, the Security Governance Group began a study entitled “Deportation, Circular Migration and Organized Crime,” with case studies in Honduras and Jamaica. The research examines the impact of criminal deportation on organized crime in Canada and the selected case study countries. The project is funded by Public Safety Canada.
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Is a homegrown security sector reform possible?
This article seeks to examine the determinants of security sector reform outcomes in post-conflict countries and assess the potential of the ‘infrastructures for peace’ framework in restructuring the security sector. It argues that security restructuring is less viable merely with informal architectures and that creating multi-layered infrastructures is essential.
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