Publications

This paper looks at research undertaken by disaster researchers on the complex role of institutional arrangements in shaping policy decisions. In doing so it identifies some key research issues that n...chevron_right

This paper looks at how resilience, a concept concerned fundamentally with how a system, community or individual can deal with disturbance, surprise and change, is framing current thinking about susta...chevron_right

Drawing on evidence from the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) project – a research and advocacy consortium in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda – this paper examines how different kinds...chevron_right

This article concentrates on the foreign and security policy of the United States. The Obama/Karzai meeting in early January 2012 was accompanied by reports that the United States may decide to pull o...chevron_right

This brief discusses protests, such as the "Occupy" movement, and asks whether they point to a larger global trend or whether they are isolated, short-term and probably irrelevant. To examine this, it...chevron_right

The reports in this issue focus on political and security developments in the third trimester of 2011, with economic issues also addressed. Each essay is accompanied by a chronology of significant eve...chevron_right

The author of this paper contends that since the establishment of EU-Brazil strategic partnership the contacts between them has grown steadily. However, while it looks impressive on paper given the po...chevron_right

This journal is mainly focused on Central Asia, as a region of major geopolitical importance. This publication includes articles on various security issues in the region, and also on relations between...chevron_right

This document provides a summary of responses to the SOSCENSA-run consultation in late December 2011 in Mogadishu, on arrangements for Somalia post-August 2012. It also provides some of Saferworld’s a...chevron_right

This paper discusses ‘The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade’, Andrew Feinstein’s latest exposé of the global arms trade.chevron_right

This note highlights the internal regulations of armed groups as a key to understanding their dynamics—and to curtailing their abuses. It provides a typology of different internal regulations, includi...chevron_right

This note discusses explosions caused by poorly stored or mishandled munitions. Unplanned explosions at munitions sites (UEMS) are a global problem. Since 1998, incidents of this nature have been repo...chevron_right

This paper considers the effects of the global economic crisis that started in 2007/08 on the South African government’s recent economic policy developments, especially those aimed at job creation. In...chevron_right

The paper examines French relations with Sub-Saharan Africa under President Sarkozy. First, the historical background of France’s relations with sub-Saharan Africa is examined, and President Sarkozy’s...chevron_right

This paper examines the drivers of regional integration in Africa and uses the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a case study. The paper demonstrates that, besides the multiple membership problems...chevron_right