Nicole Ball, Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Policy (CIP), Member of DCAF Advisory Board and Strategic Adviser to ISSAT, discusses democratic governance and SSR.
Funmi Olonisakin: Building Legitimacy in SSR
Funmi Olonisakin, Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre, discusses how to build legitimacy within SSR processes with ISSAT.
Prof. Eboe Hutchful Discusses the Challenges on SSR in Africa
Prof. Eboe Hutchful discusses the challenges related to political pushback on SSR in Africa due to its perception as being a foreign conception. He also argues that SSR discourse and existing structures typically marginalizes African sensitives and grounded research.
JSO INTERVIEW, FUMNI OLONISAKIN, 21ST JUNE PART 1
The JSO interview, Dr. Funmi Oloni-Shah- Khan offers some informed insights on war and peace on the continent.
Security arrangements as strategic entry point in mediation
Security arrangements are often seen as ‘technical add ons’ in peace processes. Jeremy Brickhill argues that this is mistaken and that security arrangements lend themselves as entry points for direct talks in an early stage and as confidence building measure.
Three phases of security arrangements
Security arrangements can be subdivided into three phases. Jeremy Brickhill locates negligence with regard to the middle phase, where parties would need more time to test the water and build confidence.