Since 1948, more than 1,000 UN personnel have been killed in malicious acts while serving in UN peacekeeping operations. Since 2013, the vast majority of fatalities have taken place in the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, and the Democratic Republic of…
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Oxford University’s Centre for International Studies and its Centre for African Studies held a seminar on the domestic, regional, and external dimensions of Nigeria’s foreign policy after the Cold War. The seminar took place at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, from July 11 to 12, 2003, and featured about forty participants, mostly scholars and practitioners, with […]
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From the Executive Summary: Policy analysis has produced important insights on the impact that the predatory and illicit exploitation of natural resources and the pervasive criminalization of economic life can have on conflict dynamics. The operational challenges of transforming the war economies sustaining those conflicts, however, is still an underdeveloped area of policy research and […]
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As Prime Minister Bondevik noted in his conference summation, world leaders highlighted several key issues on which there seemed to be broad consensus: While failed states, repressive regimes, foreign occupation and lack of self-determination can be contributing factors to terrorism, no political goal or cause justifies intentionally attacking civilians. Terrorism can never be justified or […]
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From Conference Report Executive Summary: The United Nations Secretary-General has a unique role to play in reminding states that in combating terrorism they must respect human rights; otherwise, the effort will be self-defeating. The Secretary-General should uphold the legitimacy and credibility of the UN in the struggle against terrorism and one way to do this […]
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