Connections
Contents
The Image of Security Sector Agencies as a Strategic Communication Tool
Guerrilla Operations in Western Sahara: The Polisario versus Morocco and Mauritania
The South Caucasus: A playground between NATO and Russia?
Arms Control Arrangements under the Aegis of the OSCE: Is There a Better Way to Handle Compliance?
Britain and the Common Security and Defense Policy of the European Union
Abstract:
International stabilization missions are often unsuccessful, as demonstrated by the fact that a large number of countries that have hosted such missions have also relapsed into conflict within 20 years. The author suggests looking to experiences of resilience-based peacebuilding for more successful examples. These remain largely unknown or ignored and still do not enjoy the attention they deserve, whether because the ‘wrong’ NGO crowd dominates peacebuilding programming, the ‘wrong’ departments and ministries are considered the main peacebuilding partners or the resilience-based projects simply are not costly enough to attract attention. A framework for resilience and examples from Guatemala, Liberia, Timor-Leste, and Afghanistan are discussed and lessons to be learned identified.
Previous Issue
The Spring 2017 issue of Connections presents hybrid warfare in the experience of Ukraine, with examples and ideas how the country can better organize to deliver advanced technologies to the warfighter. Other contributions examine the effectiveness of parliamentary investigations of terrorist attacks, drivers and inhibitors to IS spillover, and pot...
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