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Security Sector Reform in post-communist States has been, as a rule, directed at achieving subordination of the Security Sector under the control of democratically legitimized authorities and at establishing the rule of law. As a consequence, these processes were normally undertaken as soon as possible and could be as a rule completed relatively fast, despite occasional relapses into old thinking (and acting). The newly established democratic governments were more than grateful for assistance by established western democracies as much as non-governmental organizations as for example the Geneva-based Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces.