Are reparations owed to the Nigerian citizens?
Are reparations owed to the Nigerian citizens? Author: Ananya Shukla Translated into Spanish by Florencia Prieto de Santis It was in 1984 that anti robbery squads in Nigeria started existing separately from the Nigerian Police Force; the SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad), Nigeria’s Anti Robbery Squad was formed in 1992. The purpose behind creating this unit […]
The Human Security of Indigenous People in Mindanao: Challenges and Prospects
This paper purports to extend the inclusive rhetoric on human security by investigating the plight of Indigenous People in Mindanao and exploring how to integrate human security in interventions
Human Security as a Measure of Peace Building
Victor Valle prefaces his Central American Diary with an historical summary
Give Optimism a Chance
Investing in Peace: How Development Aid Can Prevent or Promote Conflict.
By Robert J. Muscat. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe. 2002.
Contrary to much of contemporary prescriptive literature, Muscat does not automatically assume that economic development is always conflict-reducing. Through a series of case studies and a detailed examination of the three cross-cutting themes of development, aid and conflict, Muscat identifies development aid as perhaps “the most powerful tool that the international community possesses as a means of non-violent conflict resolution in the Third World today” (p. xvi).
Development Aid and Human Security in Uganda
Human insecurities regarding food, water, education, and health characterise Uganda, despite the billions of aid dollars that flow into the country each year. The connection between development aid and corruption takes a central stage in this article, which shows how the intended purpose of development aid is largely diverted to meet the individual needs of elites, leaving the basic needs of the majority poor unattended to. The author concludes by boldly stating that if accountability, transparency, community participation, and good governance are not enforced in Uganda, then however much aid flows to Uganda, the common man SHALL remain in poverty and misery.
Military Intervention and the Return of Absolute Monarchy: an Impediment to Political Security in Thailand
Thailand is encountering the problematic situation of military intervention and the return of absolute monarchy. Those incidents violate human security, particularly, political security.
Three Approaches to the Human Security Risk of Climate Change
In this paper, I will construct potential ‘solutions’ to the problem of global climate change within the theoretical frameworks of hegemonic peace, liberal peace, and cosmopolitan peace.
Human Security and the Problem of Jungle (Mob) Justice in Cameroon
Cameroon is renowned for its relative stability and is often referred to as an island of peace in a continent characterised by a multiplicity of violent conflicts. Of course, one normally would expect such a country to be Africa’s success story in matters of human security. Unfortunately, jungle (mob) justice, which has taken unprecedented heights within the past decade or more, constitutes one of the greatest threats to human security and the rule of law in Cameroon. How then can a country that seems to enjoy such stability have such a dismal human security record? This paper examines the phenomenon and argues that the weakness and failure of the state in ensuring the citizens’ security is largely to blame.
Regional Integration and Peace
Visiting University for Peace professor Philippe De Lombaerde gives an overview of regional economic theory and its causal relationship to regional security.