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Theme : security
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Security System Reform in Ghana
As part of a project for the Department for International Development (DFID) Hannah Green and I went to Accra, Ghana for a three day workshop on Security System Reform (SSR), hosted by the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC). The workshop was run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Development Co-operation Directorate (OECD DAC). The OECD DAC are looking to develop more concrete guidance for development practitioners on how to engage in...
from : charlieedwards
9th December 2005
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2,749 reasons why...
The response to the 9/11 attacks in London was the creation of Project Griffin. The initiative aims to train security officers from the major City organisations, Westminster and Canary Wharf, in various disciplines so that they are better equipped to be of assistance to the police in the event of a major incident. Project Griffin has been such a success that the New York Police Department has adopted something similar. NYPD Shield is the department?s counter-terrorism programme, a...
from : charlieedwards
6th November 2005
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The name's blond, James Blond
The new James Bond is due to be announced shortly. Thanks to a slip from his understandably excited mother this morning, it?s expected that the part will fall to Daniel Craig. If so, that would make him the first blond Bond to hit our screens. Questions have already been raised on the BBC?s Have Your Say website as to whether he has the looks for the role, but producers have insisted that the next Bond film, Casino Royale, will be a departure from previous films, with Director Martin Campbell...
from : mischabalen
14th October 2005
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It's an open secret...
... as security has tended to be one of the most closed areas of policy, centred around the government and linked public bodies. But the world has changed and the government has finally come round to the idea that opening our security architecture is crucial if we are to bring a wide range of actors together to deliver security.
from : charlieedwards
13th October 2005
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Identity and terrorism - a step too far?...
In a speech today he argues that we need a new British identity, one that allows us to be "British first and British last, while staunchly adhering to our respective faiths". Of course we need to open up this debate, and Demos has plans for some work in the area in the Autumn and into next year. But Howard misunderstands the nature of the challenge we face when he says seemingly makes a direct link between a crisis of identity and suicide bombers: "If we can establish this strong sense of...
from : rachelbriggs
17th August 2005
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Tehran or bust
The international approach to addressing Iran's nuclear ambitions looks set to be the key global issue over the next 12 months. For the time being, a diplomatic approach based on EU-led talks with Tehran and support for civil society groups in Iran looks set to continue. But if Fenby is right, it may not be given much time to bear fruit.
from : samhintonsmith
1st August 2005
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Talking to terrorists
There were further 'revelations' in today's papers about the Metropolitan Police's shoot to kill policy against suspected suicide bombers, following the accidental shooting of an innocent Brazilian national in London last week. Scilla Elworthy, co-author of the recent Demos report Hearts and Minds, will be on tonight's Moral Maze to discuss the rights and wrongs of the Met's approach.She's also running a seminar this afternoon linked to the play Talking To Terrorists, which is currently...
from : samhintonsmith
27th July 2005
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Time for an ethical revolution?
The death of Bob Hunter (one of the co founders of Greenpeace) recently was made even more poignant by the Independent's revelation that Blair had decided to upgrade the UK's nuclear deterrent. The media speculation may be premature but the new Government will have to make a decision in the next parliament on our nuclear future. Successive British Governments have chosen to debate this issue among a handful of senior ministers but times are changing. Blair must go for the nuclear option and...
from : charlieedwards
6th May 2005
