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This GISF Report (2011) examines how humanitarian organisations express their attitudes to risk, and considers how priorities at different organisational levels might be better integrated when decisions are made on whether to accept or reject certain risks. Section 1 reviews the risk management…
This 2009 co-written paper deals with drug-trafficking and security in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The topic is introduced by Peter Mandaville by a comprehensive forward. The first article deals with “The Drug Economy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Military Conflict in…
Researchers L.A. Afinotan and V. Ojakorotu deal in this paper (2009) with issues and prospects about Nigeria’s Niger Delta. Indeed, “Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is not only home to the greater part of Africa’s largest mangrove forest, but also the…
This paper by David J. Topel (2009) aims to deconstruct negotiation techniques and agreements in Colombia. It does not deal specifically with any particular hostage crisis event but gives a short introduction to the groups and history of conflict as…
This thesis by Drew Lasater (2009) deals with the “Adaptability of the FARC and ELN and the Prediction of their Future Actions” in Colombia. The author states that “Colombia is Latin America’s oldest democracy [and] has faced continual violence and…
Remote Programming Modalities in Somalia. Discussion Paper Drafted by Oxfam International and Merlin for NGO Consortium (January 2009).
This paper (2009) by Camille Tawill evaluates the strengths and weaknesses demonstrated by AQIM in the whole of the Maghreb during 2009 with particular comparison to the previous few years. In doing so, this paper takes into account the activities…
This Strategic Conflict Assessment study (SCA), undertaken by Anton Ivanov (2009), contains an assessment of the current conflict and cooperation dynamics in the North Caucasus with a focus on developments in the region that have taken place since the previous…
This report by Ruben de Koning, through the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI, 2008), assesses the ressource-conflict links in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Resource revenues have proven to weaken and corrupt several governments in…
In July 2008, Michael Braun, assistant administrator and chief of operations at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), addressed a special policy forum at The Washington Institute. He spoke about the nexus between drugs and Middle East terrorist groups and the growing challenge…