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13 2023 BACK IN BUSINESS OR NEVER OUT Military Coups and Political Militarization in SubSahara Africa This Spotlight discusses the resurgence of military coups in SubSaharan Africa We argue that an analytical and political focus on coup events misses out on the bigger picture of military influence in politics Introducing the new Multidimensional Measures of Militarization M3 dataset we demonstrate that African countries that were part of the recent wave of coups previously showed signs of pol...

13 2023 BACK IN BUSINESS OR NEVER OUT Military Coups and Political Militarization in SubSahara Africa This Spotlight discusses the resurgence of military coups in SubSaharan Africa We argue that an analytical and political focus on coup events misses out on the bigger picture of military influence in politics Introducing the new Multidimensional Measures of Militarization M3 dataset we demonstrate that African countries that were part of the recent wave of coups previously showed signs of pol...

Int No 16 bulletin Disarmament is still taking placeBut is a change in trend imminent ern New a e Em t htt ddres s p ail b ww es icc w b bicc icc d e de 1 July 2000 of landmines and the campaigns against small arms and child soldiers also represent promising steps towards disarmament for the common good Although wars are still continuing and there are a number ofoften internalconflicts one cannot overlook the fact that conflict prevention crisis ars in Kosovo Congo Angola Chechnya and m...

No 21 bulletin Renewed Demobilization in Eritrea by Amanuel Mehreteab U nfortunately the peace which followed three decades of civil war over Eritrean independence only lasted seven years War broke out between independent Eritrea and Ethiopia in May 1998 triggered by a border dispute Eritrea embarked upon a rapid and massive process of rearmament and remobilization By mid2000 Eritrea had an estimated 300000 people under armsmore than at any one time during the liberation struggle The battles...

No 29 bulletin Can the Coalition Transform the Iraqi Security Sector before its Too Late 1 October 2003 would have made disarmament and reduction of forces central to the broader postwar reconstruction strategy On May 23 2003 L Paul Bremer head of the Coalition provisional administration issued a decree to disband the Iraqi army The ensuing protests and threats of violence by former Iraqi soldiers ultimately caused a by Johanna Mendelson Forman change of heart Not only did this action run co...

No 38 bulletin JanuaryFebruary 2006 Is there a necessity for new definitions of war Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kriegsursachenforschung at the University of Hamburghave three common core elements there needs to be fighting such fighting is conducted by organized groups and at least one of the by Michael Brzoska parties has to be the government Such definitions used to be quite useful to distinguish wars from riots and he longawaited Human Security Report has recently fighting among rival gangster mobs Now...

bulletin No 41 JanuaryMarch 2007 A Proposal to End Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity by Dr Robert Zuber A ll of us have been deeply affected by a new set of global horrors represented by Darfur Congo and Somalia making the need for reform in UN and regional peacekeeping operations more urgent than ever In response to that need a committed group of academics policymakers and civil society leaders is spearheading the development of a United Nations Emergency Peace Service UNEPS UNEPS is org...

New BICC Publications BICC Focus 8 BICC Fatal Transactions 2008 Conflict diamonds and peace process in Côte dIvoire June Diamants de conflit et processus de paix en Côte dIvoire Juin httpwwwbiccdepublicationsfocus8ivorycoast contentphp httpwwwbiccdepublicationsfocus8ivorycoast contentfphp BICC Focus 7 Peter J Croll Andreas Lebzien and WolfChristian Paes 2008 Yellow Imperialism or successful wealth creation formulaHow the trade in natural resources is changing ChineseAfrican relations June httpw...

bulletin No 45 JanuaryMarch 2008 The SecurityMigration Nexus By Andrea Warnecke I n recent political and academic debate discussions focusing on the socalled SecurityMigration Nexus have usually established more or less substantive threat scenarios regarding domestic security issues of the recipient countries eg problems arising from irregular migration failed integration efforts or the alleged link between international terrorism and migration This is of course not to say that all of these ...

New BICC Publications BICC brief 38 upcoming Jolien Schure and Lena Guesnet 2008 Côte dIvoire Resource governance and the peace process working title NovemberDecember Peter J Croll Director of BICC participated in the International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC in Davos from 2529 August On 26 August he facilitated the panel Critical Information Infrastructure Prospective Issue on Vulnerabilities Protection and Resilience BICC brief 37 Lars Wirkus and Ruth Vollmer eds 2008 Monitoring Enviro...