WATERLOO REGION WILL BE HOME TO NEW SYMPOSIUM SERIES EXPLORING THE SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
PRESS RELEASE Symposium Founding Sponsor: Savvas Chamberlain, EXEL Research Inc. Symposium...
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Author: Mark Sedra
Jennifer Erin Salahub
Jennifer Erin Salahub Senior Fellow Jennifer Salahub is an expert in security and development,...
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African Organised Crime: Not Just a Problem of Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
How homegrown organized crime groups in Africa are diversifying, maturing and increasing in sophistication.
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Philippines Security Sector: Is the war on drugs actually making the country safer?
CSG Senior Fellow Alix Valenti continues her explanation of why Duterte’s war on drugs has proved to be particularly bloody in part two of a special feature on the Philippines.
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Philippines’ Security Sector and the War on Drugs
Although the Republic of the Philippines is not generally recognised as a violent or fragile state, since ex-Davao mayor Rodrigo Duterte was elected President on 30 June 2016, the country has been regularly making the headlines. CSG Senior Fellow Alix Valenti explains why Duterte’s war on drugs has proved to be particularly bloody.
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CSG Announces New Executive Director
The CSG is pleased to announce that Geoff Burt has been named Executive Director. Geoff will join the CSG as of April 1, 2017.
Read More Mark Sedra
Mark Sedra Senior Fellow The co-founder of the Centre for Security Governance, Mark is currently...
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Matthew Brubacher Senior Fellow Matthew Brubacher currently works with the United Nations Mission...
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We are looking for talented academics, practitioners, analysts, and researchers to contribute to our dynamic blog.
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Publication Announcement
The Centre for Security Governance (CSG) is pleased to announce the publication of a new CSG Paper by CSG Senior Fellow Sarah Dewhurst and Lindsey Greising. It is the second of two papers on Timor-Leste and the product of a wider series of papers that has come out of a multi-year research project.
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Publication Announcement
The CSG is pleased to announce the publication of a new CSG Paper by CSG Fellow Ibrahim Bangura. It is the second of two papers on Sierra Leone and the product of a wider series of papers that has come out of a multi-year research project.
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New Book by CSG Executive Director
“Security Sector Reform in Conflict-Affected Countries: The Evolution of a Model” by Mark Sedra is now available through Routledge.
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Alix Valenti Senior Fellow Alix Valenti is an independent consultant and a freelance journalist...
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Publication Announcement
The CSG is pleased to announce the publication of a new CSG Paper by CSG Fellow Gaëlle Rivard Piché. It is the second of two papers on El Salvador and the product of a wider series of papers that has come out of a multi-year research project.
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Publication Announcement
“Integrating Security Sector Reform and Small Arms Light Weapons Programming” by CSG Executive Director Mark Sedra and Senior Fellow Geoff Burt.
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Mainstreaming Gender Sensitive Police Reform
This article delves into the ever-evolving field of gender security sector reform, in order to uncover its shortcomings and subsequently provide novel to the discipline. It argues that practices within the field of gender sensitive police reform display radical alternatives to overcome SSR’s issues, specifically through its focus on ‘gender-mainstreaming’ as a transformative approach to reform.
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The Malian Crisis: Thinking More Broadly about the Security Sector Agenda
Part three of three on the CSG’s Special Series from Senior Fellow David Law which provides a security sector perspective on the ongoing crisis in Mali and focuses on stabilization and security sector reform challenges to address in this context.
Read More The Malian Crisis: The Stumbling Stabilization Effort
Part two of three on the CSG’s Special Series from Senior Fellow David Law which provides a security sector perspective on the ongoing crisis in Mali and focuses on stabilization and security sector reform challenges to address in this context.
Read More The Malian Crisis: A Crisis in the Making
Part one of three on the CSG’s Special Series from Senior Fellow David Law which provides a security sector perspective on the ongoing crisis in Mali and focuses on stabilization and security sector reform challenges to address in this context.
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The Malian Crisis: A Security Sector Perspective
The Centre for Security Governance (CSG) is pleased to present a new three-part blog contribution from CSG Senior Fellow David Law which provides a security sector perspective on the ongoing crisis in Mali and focuses on stabilization and security sector reform challenges to address in this context.
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Ethiopia: Sliding further away from democracy
This article analyzes the impact on democracy and governance of the protests and the state of emergency in Ethiopia declared by the government. The author argues that, although messy, and perhaps disruptive to Ethiopia’s economic progress, what is needed is genuine democratic dialogue to solve this crisis.
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CSG on the legacy of the Ottawa process and the future of Canadian foreign policy
Director Mark Sedra presented “The Future of Canadian Engagement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: Asserting a Thought Leadership Role” at a conference organized by CIC.
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Canada in Africa: Integrating security sector reform into its peace and stabilization strategy
CSG Senior Fellow David Law discusses new initiatives and ongoing efforts by the Canadian government as part of its overall strategy of re-engagement with peace operations.
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Injustice and (In)Security: Public perceptions of Nigeria and Kenya’s security forces and their implications for the fight against violent extremism
Using evidence from Afrobarometer surveys, the authors analyze public perceptions of security in Nigeria and Kenya and the implications this has on countering violent extremism. They focus on issues of public trust in security forces, corruption and the success and failure of security-led approaches vs development-oriented approaches to violence and violent extremism.
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Research Project Releases Four New Reports
The first four reports are available from the multi-year research project “Exploring the Transition from First to Second Generation SSR in Conflict-Affected Societies.”
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