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18 May 2013
                       
 
 
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24 Apr 2013
 
 
Ocean governance: South Africa getting its house in order
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
South Africa has made a number of impressive contributions to regional and local maritime and oceanic governance thus far in 2013. However, the resulting global, regional and national commitments...
 
 
29 Jan 2013
 
African coastal piracy in 2013 - the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
African maritime insecurity, particularly in connection with acts of piracy, has constituted an important field of study for security researchers in recent years. It has also frequently made local...
 
 
02 Oct 2012
 
Time to Act: Gender-Responsiveness and the Green Climate Fund
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The first board meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in August 2012 has been a further step towards the operationalisation of one of the future key funds within the architecture of international...
 
 
10 Jul 2012
 
Rooting Out Somali Piracy Starts On-Shore
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The dilemma facing those trying to solve piracy in Somalia is that any such efforts should start on-shore. Yet piracy’s yields are significant and alternatives are limited. On October 31 2011,...
 
 
22 Jun 2012
 
Rio+20 – Are We Doing Enough For Our Oceans?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Activists attending this week’s Rio+20 United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development have expressed satisfaction that attention was being given to issues of ocean management - a key...
 
 
10 Apr 2012
 
Confronting the Sources of West African Maritime Insecurity
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Maritime insecurity in West Africa is fast becoming a major area of concern, particularly given the increase in piracy and armed attacks upon shipping and trade. Altogether 19 incidents of piracy...
 
 
10 Feb 2012
 
Imagining the Great Green Wall of Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Despite the United Nation’s recent declaration that the deadly Horn of Africa famine of 2011 has finally ended, it remains an obvious and inescapable certainty that the continent will soon...
 
 
18 Jan 2012
 
What Risks Lie Ahead for African Water Security?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Africa is home to some of the largest lakes in the world, both in size and volume. These lakes play a significant role in the political, social, economic and environmental life of many of the...
 
 
02 Nov 2011
 
Stop Dumping Hazardous Waste on Africa’s Shores
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
At the Maritime & Coastal Security Africa (MCSA) conference held in Cape Town from the 26th to 28th October, presenters frequently alluded to the problems posed by toxic waste pollution and the...
 
 
10 Aug 2011
 
Revisiting Africa’s Indifference to Somaliland’s Quest for Self-determination
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Amid the independence celebrations in Juba, South Sudan, on July 9, many observers might have overlooked the presence of representatives of Somaliland, a territory that hopes to imitate South...
 
 
11 May 2011
 
Rethinking South Africa’s Water Security
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
It has long been a popular assumption that the major wars and conflicts of the future will be fought over water. This has framed the thinking around which most states and communities around the...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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