Publication

Security sector reform (SSR) aims to reform a country's security sector in a manner consistent with enhancing both state security and security for the communities and individuals it comprises. This thesis seeks to address the knowledge gap at the intersection of security and development through i) investigating how the liberal hegemony in post-Cold War politics has contributed to the transformation of international peace operations, ii) investigating how state fragility and underdevelopment in the South have been construed as threats to international security, and iii) investigating the practical geopolitics of security sector reform.