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Protection of civilians: Why they die in US strikes
CMI Brief | Jan 2015
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The US military strike that devastated the MSF hospital in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on 3 October generated profound, if short-lived, ...
US military strike, Protection of civilians, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria
Striking a New Balance? Exploring Civil-Military Relations in Colombia in a Time of Hope
CMI Working Paper | May 2015
Colombia appears to be fast approaching an agreement on a set of peace accords ending an armed conflict that has lasted over 55 years. In this CMI Working ...
Civil-Military Relations, Peace process, Colombia
“For the Guarantee of Law and Order”: The Armed Forces and Public Security in Brazil
CMI Working Paper | Sep 2014
The transition to democracy in Brazil came with a significant change in the role the armed forces could play for public security within the country. According ...
Brazil, armed forces, public security, civil-military relations
Protection of civilians: Why they die in US strikes
News | 10 Nov 2015
The US military strike that devastated the MSF hospital in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on 3 October generated profound, if short-lived, outrage in much of the world. The US government promised an investigation, and in late October appointed a military panel to do so. Yet its investigation is unlikely to address the more fundamental questions this attack raises: Why have US-airstrikes repeatedly produced catastrophic cases of “collateral damage” in Afghanistan?
Faithful Ally. The UK Engagement in Afghanistan.
Report in External Series | Jan 2011
The British government under Tony Blair was an early and major supporter of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The Royal Navy and Air Force participated ...
Afghanistan
Corruption and Fraud in International Aid Projects
U4 Brief | Oct 2007
By probing projects in many different sectors and differing contexts it has been possible to find some striking similarities in terms of how fraud is ...
corruption, monitoring aid, corruption in aid, World
Everyday Maneuvers: Military - Civilian Relations in Latin-America and the Middle East
Project | Jan 2013
What is the Everyday Maneuvers project?
Military-civilian relationships go to the heart of a nation''s culture and politics. In most countries in the ...
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela
Return to war in South Sudan
Report in External Series | Apr 2014
While the crisis in South Sudan that started in December 2013 was triggered by a power struggle in the ruling party (SPLM), the causes for the rapid breakdown ...
Sudan
Latin American Civil-Military Relations in a Historical Perspective: A Literature Review
CMI Working Paper | Jul 2014
Civil-military relations constitute a crucial element in the transition to substantive democracy all over the world. During periods of authoritarianism ...
Literature review, Civil Military relations, military, Latin America
Civilian and Military Relations in Turkey: A Historical Survey
CMI Working Paper | Dec 2016
This CMI Working Paper presents an analysis of civilian-military relations in Turkey, casting light on institutional, legal and economic aspects that ...
civilian, military, powers, coup, civil-military relations, Turkey
Faith-based food justice
News | 6 Jan 2012
Our faith drives us. We do our work with respect and humility. Our aim is to facilitate the distribution of food for every Egyptian who needs it, without discrimination between women or men, Muslim or Christian."
The Armed Forces and the Economy in Latin America: Contemporary Trends and Implications for Civil-Military Relations.
CMI Working Paper | Nov 2016
This paper examines several cases of military economic activities that persist in Latin America, despite the political and economic liberalization processes ...
Honduras, Latin America, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia
Agents or Guardians: The military and civil society in Latin America and the Middle East
Project | Jan - Dec 2012
As a direct response to Norway’s “Brazil strategy” of enhancing research cooperation on global issues between Norway and Brazil, CMI ...
Businessmen in Arms: How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region
Edited Book | Apr 2016
The Arab Uprisings have brought renewed attention to the role of the military in the MENA region, where they are either the backbone of regime power or ...
Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East: A Literature Review
CMI Working Paper | Jul 2014
In the 1950s and 1960s, a wave of military coups in the Middle East triggered extensive research on the role of military forces throughout the region. ...
Literature review, Civil Military relations, Middle East
Egypt’s Military Business: The Need for Change
Newspaper Op-Ed | Nov 2015
In today's Egypt, you cannot miss it: the heavy presence of the military institution in the economy. The Egyptian military owns business enterprises that ...
Egypt, business, military, economy
Civil-military relations in Lebanon: Conflict, cohesion and confessionalism in a divided society
Edited Book | Sep 2017
First book to examine civil-military relations in post-Arab Spring Lebanon
This volume examines Lebanon’s post-2011 security dilemmas and the tenuous ...
Lebanon
Military trials in Egypt: 2011-2014
CMI Insight | Dec 2014
The use of military tribunals to try civilians was one of the issues that made people rise against then Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. This ...
military tribunals, Egypt
Fifty years since the military coup: Taking stock of Brazilian democracy
CMI Insight | Sep 2014
In 1964, a military dictatorship that would last for 21 years was installed in Brazil. After a relatively smooth transition to democracy in 1985, Brazil ...
military, dictatorship, transition to democracy, Brazil
Humanitarian Militarism and the Production of Humanity
Journal Article | Feb 2019
The limits and consequences of humanitarian military operations continue to be major issues in Western public debates on global security, democracy and ...
humanitarianism, military intervention, humanity, soldiers, military culture