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Compendium Of Ecowas Peace And Security Decisions: Protocols, Declarations And Peace Agreements, Emmanuel Aning, Emma Birikorang, Thomas Jaye Aug 2010

Compendium Of Ecowas Peace And Security Decisions: Protocols, Declarations And Peace Agreements, Emmanuel Aning, Emma Birikorang, Thomas Jaye

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning

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Conversations About Change And Identity, Caitlin Byrne Jul 2010

Conversations About Change And Identity, Caitlin Byrne

Caitlin Byrne

The unconventional and dramatic turn of political events that gripped the Australian Parliament, its media and the nation in the twenty four hours across June 23-24 have unexpectedly brought some interesting layers in the Australian story to the fore.


Security, The War On Terror, And Official Development Assistance, Emmanuel Aning Mar 2010

Security, The War On Terror, And Official Development Assistance, Emmanuel Aning

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning

Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States and the subsequent declaration of a War on Terror, several international issues have been affected, including the disbursement of official development assistance. This paper examines the connections between development aid, security, and the War on Terror and analyses the manner in which these linkages are impacting on the orientation, understanding, performance, and efficacy of existing official development assistance discourses, and assesses the emergence or otherwise of a new securitisation and politicisation of aid. The paper draws linkages between official development assistance, security, and terrorism, and applies this analysis to a discussion …


War In Pieces: Amia And The Triple Frontier In Argentine And American Discourse On Terrorism, Nathaniel Greenberg Dec 2009

War In Pieces: Amia And The Triple Frontier In Argentine And American Discourse On Terrorism, Nathaniel Greenberg

Nathaniel Greenberg

July 18, 2010 marked yet another anniversary of the still unsolved terrorist attack that shook Argentina some sixteen years ago. Prior to September 11, Argentina in fact suffered two deadly terrorist attacks. The second of these, the bombing of La Asociación Mutual Israeli-Argentina (AMIA) on July 18, 1994, was the single largest attack targeting Jews since WWII and the largest terrorist attack in Latin American history. While the group “Islamic Jihad [Organization]” described by the FBI as “a covername” used by Hizbollah, claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992, explanations for the AMIA …