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Open Briefing - Business Plan, 2011-12
Business plan and project proposal for Open Briefing, a new peace and security think tank - launching September 2011.
Category:Brochures/CatalogsReads:153Uploaded:08 / 10 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionAs the Dust Settles
This media briefing attempts to explain the processes that led to the failures in the reporting of the July 2011 attacks in Norway and proposes a series of questions that journalists and experts might ask themselves in the aftermath of suspected terrorist attacks in future.
Category:Op-EdReads:53Uploaded:08 / 05 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionFrom Within and Without: Sustainable Security in the Middle East and North Africa (Arabic version)
ﺍﻷﻤﻥ ﺍﻝﻤﺴﺘﺩﺍﻡ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻝﺸﺭﻕ ﺍﻷﻭﺴﻁ ﻭﺸﻤﺎل ﺇﻓﺭﻴﻘﻴﺎ: ﺩﺍﺨﻠ ﺎ ﻭﺨﺎﺭﺠ ﺎ ﻴ ﻴ ١ ﻤﺎﺭﺱ ٩٠٠٢ ﻜﺭﻴﺱ ﺃﺒﻭﺕ ﻭﺼﻭﻓﻴﺎ ﻤﺎﺭﺴﺩﻥ ١( ﺍﻝﻤﻘﺩﻤﺔ ﺇﻥ ﻤﻨﻁﻘﺔ ﺍﻝﺸﺭﻕ ﺍﻷﻭﺴﻁ ﻭﺸﻤﺎل ﺇﻓﺭﻴﻘﻴﺎ ﻤﻨﻁﻘﺔ ﺸﺩﻴﺩﺓ ﺍﻝﺘﻨﻭﻉ، ﻓﻬﻲ ﺘﻀﻡ ﺴﻜﺎﻨﺎ ﻤﻥ ﺍﻝﻌﺭﺏ ﻭﺃﻋﺭﺍﻗﺎ ﺃﺨﺭﻯ ﻜﺜﻴﺭﺓ، ﹰ ﹰ ﻭﺩﻭﻻ ﺩﻴﻨﻴﺔ ﻭﻋﻠﻤﺎﻨﻴﺔ، ﻭﻨﻅﻡ ﺤﻜﻡ ﺩﻴﻤﻘﺭﺍﻁﻴﺔ ﻭﺸﻤﻭﻝﻴﺔ. ﻓﺘﻤﺘﺎﺯ ﺍﻝﻤﻨﻁﻘﺔ ﺒﺜﺭﻭﺓ ﻫﺎﺌﻠﺔ ﻭﻓﻘﺭ ﻴﺼﻴﺒﻬﺎ ﺒﺎﻹﻋﺎﻗﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺁﻥ. ﻭﺘﻨﻌﻡ ﹰ ﺍﻝﻤﻨﻁﻘﺔ ﺒﺎﻝﻤﻭﺍﺭﺩ ﺍﻝﻀﺨﻤﺔ )ﻭﺍﻝﺘﻲ ﻗﺩ ﻴﺭﻯ ﺍﻝﺒﻌﺽ ﺃﻨﻬﺎ ﻨﻘﻤﺔ ﻋﻠﻴﻬﺎ(، ﻭﻻ ﺘﻘﺘﺼﺭ ﻫﺫﻩ ﺍﻝﻤﻭﺍﺭﺩ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻝﺒﺘﺭﻭل، ﻝﻜﻥ ﺩﻭل ﺍﻝﻤﻨﻁﻘﺔ ﻝﻡ ﺘﺘﻤﻜﻥ ﺩﺍﺌﻤﺎ ﻤﻥ ﺤﺴﻥ ﺇﺩﺍﺭﺘﻬﺎ
Category:(not categorized)Reads:672Uploaded:01 / 28 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionSecuring Peace - Preventing Conflict and Building Peace: The UK's Role in a Changing World
NGO Peace and Security Liaison Group report.
Category:(not categorized)Reads:757Uploaded:01 / 11 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionSecuring Peace: A Policy Summary
A summary for policy-makers of the longer PSLG report "Securing Peace - Preventing Conflict and Building Peace: The UK's Role in a Changing World".
Category:(not categorized)Reads:533Uploaded:01 / 11 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionSustainable Security: Threats and Responses
Presentation to the MoD 'Future Security' short university course at the University of Bradford, 24 November 2009.
Category:ResearchReads:1,017Uploaded:12 / 07 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionAn Uncertain Future: The Security Implications of Climate Change
Presentation to the Australian Federal Police and other law enforcement and military agencies, Canberra, November 2007
Category:(not categorized)Reads:382Uploaded:11 / 10 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionFrom Within and Without: Sustainable Security in the Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa is a region of great diversity. It encompasses Arab and many other ethnic populations, theocratic and secular states, democracies and authoritarian regimes. A region of immense wealth and crippling poverty; it is blessed (some might say cursed) with vast resources, not least oil, but has not always proved able to manage them for the benefit of ordinary people. While it is often viewed from the outside as a source of terrorism and conflict, the regional perception is one of foreign occupation and other external interference. This report is based on the outcomes of a consultation that Oxford Research Group (ORG) and the Institute for Peace Studies (IPS) held in Egypt in October 2008. Bringing together security experts, academics, government officials and civil society leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa, the two-day meeting explored the implications of the sustainable security framework for the region. The Ford Foundation-funded consultation was the second in a series of six regional meetings to be held over 2008-09 as part of ORG's 'Moving Towards Sustainable Security' programme.
Category:Magazines/NewspapersReads:434Uploaded:03 / 20 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionTigers and Dragons: Sustainable Security in Asia and Australasia
Asia is a region in transition, and transition creates uncertainty. The political, economic and societal landscape is shifting, with major new powers emerging and smaller states attempting to protect their interests in this changing dynamic. At the same time, climate change and the other long-term emerging threats to security will require regional responses and thus a degree of regional unity. This report is based on the outcomes of a consultation that Oxford Research Group and the Singapore Institute of International Affairs held in Singapore in September 2008. Bringing together security experts, academics, government officials and civil society leaders from across Asia and Australasia, the two-day meeting explored the implications of the sustainable security framework for the region. The Ford Foundation-funded consultation was the first in a series of six regional meetings to be held over 2008-09 as part of ORG's Moving Towards Sustainable Security programme.
Category:(not categorized)Reads:418Uploaded:11 / 25 / 2008ShareAdd to collectionA Storm Brewing
Feature published in Jane's Police Review (the UK's leading law enforcement journal) exploring the challenges climate change will create for police forces.
Category:(not categorized)Reads:389Uploaded:07 / 21 / 2008ShareAdd to collection
