DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN THE S ECURITY SECTOR Nicole Ball Center for International Policy‚ Washington‚ DC Center for International Development and Conflict Management‚ University of Maryland Prepared for: UNDP Workshop on “Learning from Experience for Afghanistan” 5 February 2002 INTRODUCTION That the subject of governance in the security sector is being addressed in the context of rebuilding Afghanistan is‚ I believe‚ a reflection of two important shifts in development thinking over the
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Managing Peace and Security Deterrence and Diplomacy Causes of conflict among countries 1. Conflict over territory/border Countries try to take over land/territories which do not belong to them. India inherited border drawn by the British when they gained independence - China protested that it did not agree Difficult to draw a border due to Himalayan Mountains. China began to protest against India’s claim on border. China further went on to build a road on the Akai Chin Plateau - India
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Chapter 28 Human security amitav acharya Chap28.indd Spec:490 8/21/07 2:03:53 PM • Introduction ·······································································································································492 • What is human security? ················································································································492 • Debates about human security······································································································494
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RESEARCH Close second half 2011 BALI HOTEL MARKET OVERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS Both domestic and international passenger arrivals in Bali continued on their growth path‚ marking a record high for the fifth consecutive annual increase since 2006. Following the success in hosting the ASEAN Summit in November 2011 and government efforts to improve infrastructure‚ Bali is set to aim for three million foreign tourist arrivals in 2012. On a cumulative basis‚ foreign arrivals continued to demonstrate
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TSUNAMI Introduction 1. Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning “Harbor water”. Tsunami is in most cases the result of sea-bed earthquake. The latest tsunami was the largest of its type since the magnitude Good Friday earthquake of Alaska in 1964. It took a death toll of about 200‚000 people and immense property. Since last 100 years‚ this has been the greatest disaster that the Asian region suffered. It measured 8.9 in the Richter scale and generated a gigantic tidal surge
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Air Asia Berhad Background Founded : 1993 Hubs : Kuala Lumpur International Airport Secondary hubs: * Kota Kinabalu International Airport * Senai International Airport * Penang International Airport Subsidiaries: * Thai AirAsia * Indonesia AirAsia * VietJet AirAsia * AirAsia RedTix Fleet size : 103 (+ 121 orders) Destinations : 70 in 19 countries Company slogan : Now Everyone Can Fly Parent company : Tune Group Headquarters Registered office : Petaling Jaya‚ Selangor
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Agricultural Sector of Indonesia And Its Role on Economy With its vast and abundant fertile soils Indonesia is a major global key producer of a wide variety of agricultural tropical products‚ and although agriculture’s share of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has declined markedly during the last five decades‚ it still provides income for the majority of Indonesian households today. In 2012 this sector employed around 49 million Indonesian individuals‚ which represents 41 percent of the
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Refugees 1) Introduction Today we are going to talk about refugees‚ refugee law and all the issues related to refugees. A refugee is a person who is outside his or her country of origin or habitual residence because they have suffered persecution on account of race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ political opinion‚ because of being a member of a persecuted ’social group’ or because they are fleeing a war. Such a person may be called an ’asylum seeker’ until recognized by the state where they make
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beuna[11] or alôn buluëk[12] (depending on the dialect). In Tamil language‚ it is aazhi peralai. On Simeulue island‚ off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia‚ in Devayan language the word is smong‚ while inSigulai language it is emong.[13] In Singkil (in Aceh province) and surrounding‚ the people name tsunami with word gloro.[14] ------------------------------------------------- History As early as 426 BC the Greek historian Thucydides inquired in his book History of the Peloponnesian War about the causes
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Global Outsourcing of American Products and Services Global outsourcing of American products and services is a trend that is becoming increasingly popular with large corporations. For the same services provided in the United States‚ corporations are finding quality work in other countries for a fraction of the cost. The country currently at the forefront of this trend is India. This paper will discuss companies that outsource business to foreign countries and also why they are chose to. The ethical
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