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South Caucasus, PME and Intelligence Services’ Transformation in Focus
The South Caucasus: Stage for a ‘New Great Game’ between NATO and Russia?
The Culture of Military School: The Example of the Dr. Franjo Tudjman Croatian Defense Academy
Transformation of the Security and Intelligence Services in the Czech Republic
Transformation of the State Security in the Slovak Republic from 1989 to 1992
Transformation of Security and Intelligence Services in Latvia
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.
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The theory of deterrence emerged with the advent of nuclear weapons to address the challenges of preparing for and preventing a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. This special issue on "Deterrence in International Security: Theory and Current Practice" features seven articles set in a post-Cold war context, with ...
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