By Mohammad Al-Abbas INTRODUCTION Technological innovation, particularly in the telecommunication sector, has been a driving force for change in society – and its criminal underworld. Social media...
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U.S. Security Partnerships and the Protection of Civilians
By Brown University, Security Assistance Monitor and InterAction Summary The August 2020 coup in Mali triggered restrictions under section 7008 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and...
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Fighting for Peace: The Tricky Business of Using Greater Force in UN Peace Operations (March 2015)
By Nicole Ball The authority granted by the United Nations Charter to use force to protect international peace and security has long lain dormant. The end of the Cold War, the genocides in Rwanda and...
Disaster Medicine: U.S. Doctors Examine Cuba’s Approach
Emergency medicine and public health officials from the U.S. Southeast and Gulf Coast made up the latest CIP delegation to Cuba in May to look at the island’s response to natural disasters,...
From Quick Wins to Long-Term Profits? Developing better approaches to support security and justice engagements in fragile states: Burundi case study
As part of its ongoing work on developing better approaches to support security and justice engagements in fragile states, INCAF commissioned a study of security and justice programming in Burundi...
More Lessons from Cuba's hurricane Preparedness and Civil Defense
By Elizabeth Newhouse Hurricane Irene led the news in August 2011—the deadliest year for the giant storms in the United States since 2008. It killed 45 people and caused at least $7 billion in...
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A Cautionary Tale: Plan Colombia's Lessons for Mexico and Beyond
By Adam Isacson, Lisa Haugaard, Jennifer Johnson The Latin America Working Group, the Center for International Policy and the Washington Office on Latin America release a new report on the Colombian...
Beyond the Blue Helmets: Stability in Haiti Requires New Elections
Along Avenue John Brown in Port-au-Prince, freshly painted graffiti reads aba seleksyon! - down with the undemocratic selection process. It is a key message in a visual protest against the failure of...
Cuban Public Health Cooperation in Haiti
Conference University of California's Washington Center Washington D.C. April 21, 2010 A Report by Elizabeth Newhouse and Wayne Smith SUMMARY: Cuban doctors have served in Haiti long before January's...
Of Donors and Disasters
Link to the page Salvador G. Sarmiento | April 20, 2010 When representatives from 136 countries attended the high-level International Donors' Conference in New York on March 31, it looked like good...
Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile: The Militarization of Natural Disasters
Ra=FAl Zibechi | March 15, 2010 Translated from: Terremoto y Tsunami en Chile: La militarización de las catástrofes naturales Translated by: Barbara Belejack Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and...
Terremoto y Tsunami en Chile: La militarización de las catástrofes naturales
Ra=FAl Zibechi | 8 de marzo de 2010 Terremotos, tsunamis, huracanes y otros golpes de la naturaleza ponen al descubierto fracturas y fisuras sociales que son invisibles en la vida cotidiana. Estas...