Download or read book Security Governance in Times of Complexity The EU and Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans 1991 2013 written by Anastasiia Kudlenko and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framed by complexity-thinking, this book uses the prism of security sector reform (SSR) to trace the co-evolution of the Western Balkans as part of the EU/Europe security community and the European Union (EU) as a security actor. It aims to analyse the suitability and adaptability of EU security governance to a VUCA world, i.e. a world of increasing vulnerability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity--the world of transformative change. It takes a detailed view on the transformation of regional and state security in the Western Balkans and the EU's role in the process between 1991, the year that marked the flare-up of violence and large-scale conflict, and 2013, when the first state of the region joined the EU.
Download or read book Security Governance in Times of Complexity written by Anastasiia Kudlenko and published by Ibidem Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: this book uses the prism of security sector reform (SSR) to trace the co-evolution of the Western Balkans as part of the EU/Europe security community and the European Union (EU) as a security actor.
Download or read book Security sector reform in transforming societies written by Timothy Edmunds and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the relationship between societies and their security forces at times of great political and societal change. It uses the experiences of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro to examine the control, management and reform of armed forces, police and intelligence agencies in the aftermath of conflict and authoritarianism. The book assesses the theory and practice of security sector reform programmes in the context of Europe and the Western Balkans, the relationship between security sector reform and normative international policy more generally, and the broader dynamics of post-conflict and post-authoritarian transformation. In so doing it addresses two underlying questions. First, how and in what ways does reform in the security sector interrelate with processes of domestic political and societal transformation, particularly democratisation. Second, how and in what ways do these processes relate and respond to internationally-driven efforts to promote a particular type of security sector reform as a component of wider peacebuilding and democracy promotion strategies.
Download or read book The Politics of Security Sector Reform written by Magnus Ekengren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Security Sector Reform (SSR) is increasingly becoming a cornerstone in international security and development cooperation. Indeed, the concept has often been seen as a panacea for many of the biggest threats to the world such as failed states, terrorism and poverty. In particular, this book focuses on the complexities of implementation of SSR across the globe and the actual and potential role for the European Union (EU) to play in SSR. As suggested in the title of the book, this involves not only opportunities, but challenges to be overcome as well. There are three core themes to this book: Policy, Policies and Practice. By presenting the themes in this particular order a greater appreciation of the influences on the process of SSR, from conception to implementation is relayed to the reader. This volume appeals to audiences interested in the EU as a global actor and the interrelationships between foreign, security, defence and development policies.
Download or read book EU Accession and Security Sector Reform written by Arthur Hideo Alexejew and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As of 1 July 2013, Croatia joined the EU as the first member state from the Western Balkans. Three of the current five candidate countries are from the same region that saw the end of dictatorship in the early 1990s followed by a series of military conflicts for almost a decade. It is arguably a challenge for the EU to include these countries and, therefore, the accession process for these candidate countries differs from previous accessions. Particular attention needs to be given to the reform of the security sector. This master's thesis sets out to research security sector reform in the accession process of candidate countries from the Western Balkans. For this purpose, the European Commission's Progress Reports of the past five years have been reviewed for reforms conducted in the security sector. Contrary to the initial assumption, the review indicates that all of the three candidate countries make slow progress in their security sector reforms. This raised the question on the influence of the EU's accession process on these countries in this particular reform issue. The subsequent discussion identified a combination of institutional factors on the part of the EU and specific domestic circumstances in the candidate countries on the other hand as possible explanation for the EU's decreased leverage in this issue. A further insight provided by this thesis is that given the sensitive nature of the security sector, research of reforms of core security actors such as the military or intelligence services requires special access to information.
Download or read book Security Community Practices in the Western Balkans written by Sonja Stojanović and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years since the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, the renewal of inter-state armed conflict is hard to imagine: This book investigates the causes and mechanisms that are driving this peaceful transformation.
Download or read book Security Sector Transformation in Southeastern Europe and the Middle East written by Thanos P. Dokos and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most countries, security today is primarily measured in non-military terms and threats to security are non-military in nature. These threats include incompetent government, corruption, organized crime, insecure borders, smuggling, illegal migration, ethnic and religious conflict, and, of course, terrorism.
Download or read book Promoting Security Sector Governance in the EU s Neighbourhood written by Heiner Hänggi and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the European Union's 2004 round of enlargement, its neighbourhood now stretches from the Balkans to the Southern Caucasus, and from Russia to the Southern Mediterranean. This new neighbourhood suffers from serious deficits in terms of security, development and democracy, which constitute a serious challenge for the EU's own security. It is clear, however, that no genuine political and economic modernisation can be carried out as long as defence and security sectors remain unaccountable to civilian authorities, lack transparency and waste valuable national resources. This Chaillot Paper examines to what extent the EU is able to address the question of security sector reform and governance with its neighbours. Although increasingly engaged in the promotion of security sector governance, the EU has neither developed a comprehensive policy framework, nor mainstreamed its manifold activities aimed at promoting security sector governance. Moreover, it pursues the reform of security institutions such as police forces, border guards or judicial systems on a piecemeal basis, shying away from involving itself in defence-related aspects of security sector governance, even though ESDP operations are increasingly dealing with post-conflict situations that require the reform and reintegration of military forces. The main policy recommendation advanced by this Chaillot Paper is that the EU should develop a holistic approach to promoting security sector governance in its neighbourhood.
Download or read book Security Sector Governance in the Western Balkans written by Philipp Fluri and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Security Sector Governance in the Western Balkans 2004 written by István Gyarmati and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first installment of an annual publication of the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) providing ongoing analysis of security sector governance and reform efforts in the Western Balkans. Part I addresses regional and international themes, including regional and European integration, economic development, security sector reform in general, norms transfer, military spending, and border security. Part II includes analyses of the reform efforts of each country: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia.
Download or read book The Impact of the EU on Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans written by Anastasiia Kudlenko and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans written by Marina Caparini and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Media and Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans written by Svetlana Djurdjevic-Lukic and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Balkan Futures Three Scenarios for 2025 written by Marko Čeperković and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will the Western Balkans look like in 2025? Will we witness Republika Srpska declare independence, a worsening of relations between Kosovo* and Serbia, and the rise of ethnic tensions across the region - or will we celebrate Montenegro and Serbia joining the EU, with good reason to hope that the rest of the region will soon follow? This Chaillot Paper presents three contrasting scenarios for the horizon of 2025 - best-case, medium-case, and worst-case. Each scenario takes account of the impact of underlying megatrends (trends that are unlikely to change by 2025) on the future trajectory of the region: the scenarios do not just spell out what 2025 could look like, they also explain how decisions with far-reaching consequences taken at critical junctures (called game-changers) will shape this future between today and then. They therefore serve not merely as a description, but also as a roadmap outlining the different options available
Download or read book The Western Balkans and the EU written by Morton Abramowitz and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, more than fifteen years after the end of the wars that accompanied Yugoslavia's dissolution, the "Balkan question" remains more than ever a "European question". In the eyes of many Europeans in the 1990s, Bosnia was the symbol of a collective failure, while Kosovo later became a catalyst for an emerging Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). In the last decade, however, the overall thrust of the EU's Balkans policy has moved from an agenda dominated by security issues related to the war and its legacies to one focused on the perspective of the Western Balkan states' accession to the European Union. This Chaillot Paper, which features contributions from authors from various parts of the region, examines the current state of play in the countries of the Western Balkans with regard to EU accession. It brings together both views from the Balkans states themselves and overarching thematic perspectives. For the first time the European Union has become involved in the formation of new nation-states that also aspire to become members of the Union. The EU's transformative power has proved effective in integrating established states; now it is confronted with the challenge of integrating new and sometimes contested states. Against this background, this paper makes the case for a concerted regional approach to EU enlargement, and a renewed and sustained commitment to the European integration of the Western Balkans.
Download or read book Regions and Powers written by Barry Buzan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops the idea that since decolonisation, regional patterns of security have become more prominent in international politics. The authors combine an operational theory of regional security with an empirical application across the whole of the international system. Individual chapters cover Africa, the Balkans, CIS Europe, East Asia, EU Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America, and South Asia. The main focus is on the post-Cold War period, but the history of each regional security complex is traced back to its beginnings. By relating the regional dynamics of security to current debates about the global power structure, the authors unfold a distinctive interpretation of post-Cold War international security, avoiding both the extreme oversimplifications of the unipolar view, and the extreme deterritorialisations of many globalist visions of a new world disorder. Their framework brings out the radical diversity of security dynamics in different parts of the world.
Download or read book The United Nations and Security Sector Reform written by Adedeji Ebo and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multilateral organizations - the United Nations (UN) in particular - have played, and continue to play, an important role in shaping the security sector reform (SSR) agenda, both in terms of policy development and the provision of support to a wide range of national SSR processes. This volume presents a variety of perspectives on UN support to SSR, past and present, with attention to policy and operational practice. Drawing from the experience of UN practitioners combined with external experts on SSR, this volume offers an in-depth exploration of the UN approach to SSR from a global perspective.
