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Human Security and Cities
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From a 2008 partnership between the Liu Institute and DFAIT, this set of articles examine the nature and scale of organized urban violence, and suggest approaches to mitigate its consequences.
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Activists Support U.S. Move Against Uganda Rebels
By Michele Kelemen
Human rights groups don’t usually cheer military forays. But they have offered loud applause for the Obama administration’s decision to send 100 military advisers to help African nations fight the notorious rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army.
Invisible Children has built a grassroots movement in the U.S. demanding more focus on the LRA. They welcomed President Obama’s offer to send in the special forces troops. But the military campaign worries Erin Baines, an assistant professor at the Liu Institute for global issues at UBC.
“A large proportion of the LRA itself are children who have been abducted from their homes,” Baines said. “So they are the front line of many of these battles and they are the first to be killed because they have the least knowledge of how to hide and protect and protect themselves.”
October 25, 2011
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Afghan army: If you build it, who will come?
Taylor Owen
Taylor Owen, a postdoctoral fellow at UBC, writes about the International Security Assistance Force mission, the mission to train the Afghan army so that it is capable of securing the country and keeping the national government together as NATO draws down.
“Canada may no longer be fighting in Kandahar, but this new mission is nonetheless a daunting and risky task,” writes Owen. “One thing is clear: Our participation in this training process, while likely the best course of action in a very challenging situation.”
“If we build this army, we had better be willing to fund it and support it long into the future. This will be added to the long-term development and humanitarian engagement we also have rightly committed to and have the obligation to maintain.”
September 06, 2011
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Burma and Thailand Update
October 20, 2011
An informal discussion with Journalist Nelson Rand about current developments in both Burma and Thailand.
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