Introduction: Criteria for evaluating post-conflict reconstruction and security sector reform in peace support operations

Brzoska, Michael

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“…To do so, they start with three main hypotheses on issues of resources, coordination, and local ownership (Brozka 2006). Their conclusions, based on six case studies, are, however, more limited and attempt to list the factors that influence the outcome of SSR in postconflict settings.…”

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The European Union and Security Sector Reform: current practices and challenges of implementation

Dursun-Özkanca

Vandemoortele

2012

European Security

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This article presents an introduction to the special volume, titled The European Union (EU) and the Security Sector Reform Practices: Challenges of Implementation, by framing the debate on the EU's Security Sector Reform (SSR) activities in a variety of conflict and post-conflict settings. Drawing on the existing body of literature on SSR, the analytical model proposed here allows us to identify, categorize, and group a wide range of factors that are relevant for understanding the performance of the EU as an SSR actor. This article introduces the main themes of this special issue, summarizes each individual contribution briefly, extends the main research findings of this special issue, and concludes with broad commonalities across different cases. It is a conceptual article outlining a discussion of wider theoretical reflections based on the empirical contributions presented in this volume, and provides an explanatory framework for success or failure in the individual case studies that follow.

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The European Union and Security Sector Reform: current practices and challenges of implementation

Dursun-Özkanca

Vandemoortele

2012

European Security

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“…The result would be competing national agendas, unclear division of labor, and 2 I.O. Busterud budgetary problems (Brzoska 2006, Dursun-Ozkanca 2010. That being the case, sufficient investment from the international actors, as well as donor coordination, would both appear to be important criteria to a successful SSR approach.…”

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Defense sector reform in the Western Balkans – different approaches and different tools

Busterud¹

2014

European Security

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This article analyses two different approaches to defense sector reform (DSR) in the Western Balkans. It explores the role of NATO in the reform process in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as Norway's involvement in Montenegro. Based on this, the article then compares and contrasts the two processes, and looks at the factors that have influenced their success or failure. The analysis show that both BiH and Montenegro have taken significant steps towards Euro-Atlantic integration, and that NATO and Norway have succeeded in part of their work to assist this effort. However, it also suggests that certain key factors for success in SSR have been less than optimal, such as donor coordination and the principle of local ownership. Both actors are also limited by the lack of a conceptual framework or guidelines for their work on DSR.

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“…As Broszka points out, SSR may be 'sound in theory but problematic in practice'. 14 This reflects a broader approach to state building which has guided the response of the international community to the phenomenon of failed states. There is a strong link between SSR and state building as a global project.…”

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Security Sector Reform and State Building

Jackson

2011

Third World Quarterly

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Introduction: Criteria for evaluating post-conflict reconstruction and security sector reform in peace support operations

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The European Union and Security Sector Reform: current practices and challenges of implementation

The European Union and Security Sector Reform: current practices and challenges of implementation

Defense sector reform in the Western Balkans – different approaches and different tools

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