Overcoming the legacy of the past is never easy. Add in a brewing ethnic conflict in the south, a... more Overcoming the legacy of the past is never easy. Add in a brewing ethnic conflict in the south, and the task of supporting the institutional transition from a politicised and autocratic police force into a viable and democratic police service and you begin to understand the daunting task facing the Serbian government and its partner, the Organization for Security and
Human security and international relations reconstituting sovereignty - the creation of dispersed... more Human security and international relations reconstituting sovereignty - the creation of dispersed vertical and horizontal sovereignty the nation state - a constructed entity Dayton's prodigy - a construction of necessity a critique of the post-Dayton implementation process Dayton - an unbundling of sovereignty conclusion - bridging binary opposition.
Although the financial sustainability of United Nations (UN) support to institutional capacity bu... more Although the financial sustainability of United Nations (UN) support to institutional capacity building in post-conflict contexts may be the least analysed topic on the peacebuilding agenda, understanding the costs of rebuilding and maintaining the security sector should be one of the most important priorities for security sector reform (SSR) practitioners today. Through innovative partnerships between the UN and the World Bank, a new and important practice area in public financial management of the security sector is beginning to take shape. This paper traces the new demands placed on peacekeeping operations to â get more bang for every peacekeeping buckâ , and explores how to match SSR priorities and recurring costs in the security sector with available resources over the long term. In presenting the lessons learned from the security sector public expenditure review conducted by the UN and the World Bank in Liberia in 2012, the first such review jointly undertaken by the two organ...
This license allows for copying any part of the work for personal and commercial use, providing a... more This license allows for copying any part of the work for personal and commercial use, providing author attribution is clearly stated. This book was originally published by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), an international foundation whose mission is to assist the international community in pursuing good governance and reform of the security sector. The title transferred to Ubiquity Press when the series moved to an open access platform. The full text of this book was peer reviewed according to the original publisher's policy at the time. The original ISBN for this title was 978-92-9222-376-2. SSR Papers is a flagship DCAF publication series intended to contribute innovative thinking on important themes and approaches relating to security sector reform (SSR) in the broader context of security sector governance (SSG). Papers provide original and provocative analysis on topics that are directly linked to the challenges of a governance-driven security sector reform agenda. SSR Papers are intended for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners involved in this field. The views expressed are those of the author(s) alone and do not in any way reflect the views of the institutions referred to or represented within this paper.
At this nascent stage in EU foreign policy development, the focus must be on the near abroad, on ... more At this nascent stage in EU foreign policy development, the focus must be on the near abroad, on the civil instruments at the EU's disposal, on setting the political agenda and on providing real added value in the field of civilian crisis management. The EU needs to be more ...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 09557570500164678, Oct 21, 2010
This article addresses themes relating to the principles of conditionality and partnership, toget... more This article addresses themes relating to the principles of conditionality and partnership, together with the principle of local ownership in the Western Balkans, notably in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro and Kosovo. Specifically assessing the emotive territorial questions facing these Western Balkan countries, the article posits that the international community should aim to promote local ownership in the will to sustainable political transition. Given the EU's focus on the Western Balkans as set out in the European Security Strategy and Thessaloniki summit (2003) and developed through the process of Stabilisation and Association, the author advocates a partnership approach that instils local ownership. It is argued that such an approach has a better chance of responding imaginatively and functionally to unresolved territorial questions. In the second section of this article the author applies the concept of partnership to the territorial challenges facing Bosnia, Serbia-Montenegro and Kosovo. Partnership, as based on the concepts of local ownership and needs-based responsiveness, as opposed to strictly codified conditionality set by Dayton, UN Resolution 1244 and the EU Stabilisation and Association process, is more likely to resolve the ongoing principal territorial political tensions in the Western Balkans.
The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform, 2008
This report focuses on the results and trends emerging from the publication of the OECD DAC Handb... more This report focuses on the results and trends emerging from the publication of the OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform. The report explores the results of disseminating the Handbook at headquarters and in partner countries from April 2007 to April 2009, and considers its impact on implementing security system reform more broadly. The dissemination results and the Handbook’s wider impact can provide important insights for OECD DAC members and the international community. This paper is available on the OECD I-Library and in hardcopy from the OECD INCAF secretariat.
Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, Nov 10, 2012
Stability publishes cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research related to security, conflict, criminali... more Stability publishes cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research related to security, conflict, criminality, urban violence, governance, development, humanitarian action, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and a wide range of other topics in an open-access manner. In addition to full articles, Stability also publishes practice notes and commentaries from experienced policymakers and practitioners involved in violence-affected environments. Publications such as this one are free to access, and readers are encouraged to share them with colleagues or to re-post them in order to ensure that they are widely disseminated and contribute to dialogue among policymakers, practitioners and researchers.
Overcoming the legacy of the past is never easy. Add in a brewing ethnic conflict in the south, a... more Overcoming the legacy of the past is never easy. Add in a brewing ethnic conflict in the south, and the task of supporting the institutional transition from a politicised and autocratic police force into a viable and democratic police service and you begin to understand the daunting task facing the Serbian government and its partner, the Organization for Security and
Human security and international relations reconstituting sovereignty - the creation of dispersed... more Human security and international relations reconstituting sovereignty - the creation of dispersed vertical and horizontal sovereignty the nation state - a constructed entity Dayton's prodigy - a construction of necessity a critique of the post-Dayton implementation process Dayton - an unbundling of sovereignty conclusion - bridging binary opposition.
Although the financial sustainability of United Nations (UN) support to institutional capacity bu... more Although the financial sustainability of United Nations (UN) support to institutional capacity building in post-conflict contexts may be the least analysed topic on the peacebuilding agenda, understanding the costs of rebuilding and maintaining the security sector should be one of the most important priorities for security sector reform (SSR) practitioners today. Through innovative partnerships between the UN and the World Bank, a new and important practice area in public financial management of the security sector is beginning to take shape. This paper traces the new demands placed on peacekeeping operations to â get more bang for every peacekeeping buckâ , and explores how to match SSR priorities and recurring costs in the security sector with available resources over the long term. In presenting the lessons learned from the security sector public expenditure review conducted by the UN and the World Bank in Liberia in 2012, the first such review jointly undertaken by the two organ...
This license allows for copying any part of the work for personal and commercial use, providing a... more This license allows for copying any part of the work for personal and commercial use, providing author attribution is clearly stated. This book was originally published by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), an international foundation whose mission is to assist the international community in pursuing good governance and reform of the security sector. The title transferred to Ubiquity Press when the series moved to an open access platform. The full text of this book was peer reviewed according to the original publisher's policy at the time. The original ISBN for this title was 978-92-9222-376-2. SSR Papers is a flagship DCAF publication series intended to contribute innovative thinking on important themes and approaches relating to security sector reform (SSR) in the broader context of security sector governance (SSG). Papers provide original and provocative analysis on topics that are directly linked to the challenges of a governance-driven security sector reform agenda. SSR Papers are intended for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners involved in this field. The views expressed are those of the author(s) alone and do not in any way reflect the views of the institutions referred to or represented within this paper.
At this nascent stage in EU foreign policy development, the focus must be on the near abroad, on ... more At this nascent stage in EU foreign policy development, the focus must be on the near abroad, on the civil instruments at the EU's disposal, on setting the political agenda and on providing real added value in the field of civilian crisis management. The EU needs to be more ...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 09557570500164678, Oct 21, 2010
This article addresses themes relating to the principles of conditionality and partnership, toget... more This article addresses themes relating to the principles of conditionality and partnership, together with the principle of local ownership in the Western Balkans, notably in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro and Kosovo. Specifically assessing the emotive territorial questions facing these Western Balkan countries, the article posits that the international community should aim to promote local ownership in the will to sustainable political transition. Given the EU's focus on the Western Balkans as set out in the European Security Strategy and Thessaloniki summit (2003) and developed through the process of Stabilisation and Association, the author advocates a partnership approach that instils local ownership. It is argued that such an approach has a better chance of responding imaginatively and functionally to unresolved territorial questions. In the second section of this article the author applies the concept of partnership to the territorial challenges facing Bosnia, Serbia-Montenegro and Kosovo. Partnership, as based on the concepts of local ownership and needs-based responsiveness, as opposed to strictly codified conditionality set by Dayton, UN Resolution 1244 and the EU Stabilisation and Association process, is more likely to resolve the ongoing principal territorial political tensions in the Western Balkans.
The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform, 2008
This report focuses on the results and trends emerging from the publication of the OECD DAC Handb... more This report focuses on the results and trends emerging from the publication of the OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform. The report explores the results of disseminating the Handbook at headquarters and in partner countries from April 2007 to April 2009, and considers its impact on implementing security system reform more broadly. The dissemination results and the Handbook’s wider impact can provide important insights for OECD DAC members and the international community. This paper is available on the OECD I-Library and in hardcopy from the OECD INCAF secretariat.
Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, Nov 10, 2012
Stability publishes cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research related to security, conflict, criminali... more Stability publishes cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research related to security, conflict, criminality, urban violence, governance, development, humanitarian action, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and a wide range of other topics in an open-access manner. In addition to full articles, Stability also publishes practice notes and commentaries from experienced policymakers and practitioners involved in violence-affected environments. Publications such as this one are free to access, and readers are encouraged to share them with colleagues or to re-post them in order to ensure that they are widely disseminated and contribute to dialogue among policymakers, practitioners and researchers.
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