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brief 41 We were promised development and all we got is misery The Influence of Petroleum on Conflict Dynamics in Chad Contents 5 New oil fields in Chad 55 7 51 Carte blanche for non compliance with environmental standards 56 8 52 Opaque information policy 57 53 The social dimension 58 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 4 Executive Summary 7 Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Conflict Background 10 11 A history of conflicts in Chad 11 Conclusion 64 12 The current conflict setu...

Update Der Globale Militarisierungsindex GMI 2012 des BICC Was ist der Globale Militarisierungsindex GMI Der Globale Militarisierungsindex GMI bildet das relative Gewicht und die Bedeutung des Militärapparats eines Staates im Verhältnis zur Gesellschaft als Ganzes ab Der GMI erfasst dazu mehrere Indikatoren um den Grad der Militarisierung eines Landes darzustellen Militärausgaben im Verhältnis zum Bruttoinlandsprodukt BIP und den staatlichen Gesundheitsausgaben Anteil am BIP Gesamtzahl von par...

Annual Report 2012 Jahresbericht 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercialNoDerivs 30 Unported License cf creativecommonsorglicensesbyncnd30 Project leader Susanne Heinke Authors Christine Andrä Michael Ashkenazi Marc von Boemcken Claudia Breitung Peter J Croll Michael Dedek Elke Grawert Jan Grebe Susanne Heinke Marius Kahl Marie Müller Ambassador Rolf Nikel Ruth Vollmer Lars Wirkus Editor Susanne Heinke Copyeditor Heike Webb Translations Lynn Benst...

brief 42 Diasporas and Peace A Comparative Assessment of Somali and Ethiopian Communities in Europe Contents Preface 4 About DIASPEACE Acknowledgements Introduction 5 5 6 1 Somalia 2 Ethiopia Conflicts and migratory flows 58 21 Ethiopian organisations in Germany 61 Andrea Warnecke and Clara SchmitzPranghe 211 Ethiopian migration to Germany 61 Conflicts and migratory flows 13 212 Immigration and refugee legislation 61 11 Somali organisations in Italy Petra Mezzetti and Matteo Gu...

bulletin No 57 JulySeptember 2011 Redefining the human security debate through social media By Katherine Prizeman H uman security concerns have been redefined through new media and social technology widening public discourse on issues of global concern from mass atrocity crimes to disarmament Commonly known as Web 20 social media tools and networking technologies have altered the rules of engagement for diplomacy both official and unofficial Human security challenges no longer fall exclusive...

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...

bulletin No 57 JulySeptember 2011 Redefining the human security debate through social media By Katherine Prizeman H uman security concerns have been redefined through new media and social technology widening public discourse on issues of global concern from mass atrocity crimes to disarmament Commonly known as Web 20 social media tools and networking technologies have altered the rules of engagement for diplomacy both official and unofficial Human security challenges no longer fall exclusive...

UPDATE BICCs Global Militarization Index GMI 2012 What is the Global Militarization Index GMI The Global Militarization Index GMI depicts the relative weight and importance of the military apparatus of one state in relation to its society as a whole For this the GMI records a number of indicators to represent the degree of militarization of a country the comparison of military expenditures with its gross domestic product GDP and its health expenditure as share of its GDP the contrast between...

Input paper BICC conference on Infrastructural power at global frontiers Pascal Abb PRIFHSFK What are drivers of and interests behind the planning of megainfrastructures These are very complex because negotiations involve multiple actors both on the side of donorsfunders and recipient countries Focusing on the latter here nationallevel governments frequently hatch ambitious development plans that also serve domestic political interests and sometimes their own economic ones Project design and sel...