Intervention and Peace Operations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofía Sebastián
Keyword(s):  
Organized Crime ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Peace Operations ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Western Africa ◽  
Security Challenges

The hybrid and transnational nature of current conflicts poses one of today’s most pressing global security challenges, with crises ranging from western Africa to the Himalayas. This chapter evaluates the policies, strategies, and mechanisms in place in conflicts that encompass transnational security threats such as terrorism, organized crime, and cross-border sectarian insurgencies in the context of UN peace operations. International efforts aimed at addressing these threats have been ad hoc and piecemeal. Further work needs to focus on maximizing the use of existing regional initiatives and reinforcing the policy, operational, and political support for UN missions operating in these environments. The chapter draws from the Malian conflict to reflect on these issues.

scholarly journals European Union strategy for the Western Balkan and security challenges resolution in the Republic of Serbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-142
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ristović
Keyword(s):  
Organized Crime ◽  
Strategic Orientation ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Final Destination ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Accession Process ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Eu

This paper presents the EU Western Balkan Strategy and focuses on solving security problems common to the region and the Republic of Serbia. The analysis of this strategic document and strategic orientation of Serbia in relation to main security issues shows their complementarity. First of all, these documents share essentially same views on security issues, for which the Western Balkan is not only a transit area, but a final destination and even the source, particularly organized crime, terrorism and irregular migration. Prevention and suppression of given issues determines priorities of the Serbian police, at the same time leading to successful response to crime and other security threats in Serbia, as well as achievements in meeting commitments in the EU accession process and adopting the European acquis.

scholarly journals TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, ASYMMETRIC CONFLICTS AND THE FIGHT AGAINST THEM IN THE POST-SOVIET STATES

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid Gusev
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Terrorist Organizations ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Asymmetric Conflicts ◽  
Terrorist Groups ◽  
Very High

For the Caucasus and Central Asia states there is a serious threat of extremism and terrorism. The geopolitical situation in these countries is caused by the influence of zones of political instability and conflicts. These zones are Afghanistan, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, Near and Middle East, including Syria and Iraq. For these countries, the terrorist threat is very high. Counteraction to the terrorist threats due to the cross-border nature, in particular, their focus on other regions of the modern world and intersection with non-traditional security challenges (including poorly controlled migration processes, organized crime and the drug mafia) require strengthening of the interaction of post-Soviet states in the sphere of security. The article tells about the actions against terrorist groups in several countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

BULGARIA’S SECURITY AFTER 30 YEARS

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1/2020) ◽  
pp. 87-108
Author(s):  
Spasimir Domaradzki
Keyword(s):  
Organized Crime ◽  
Western World ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Institutions ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
State Capture ◽  
Security Concerns

This paper provides an overview of the Bulgarian security concerns over the last thirty years. Without claiming to be complete and all-embracing, the paper grasps the notion of security from both internal and external perspectives. While deliberating on the main security challenges in the context of the formal membership in the political and economic institutions of the Western world, the paper argues that the most tangible security threats for Bulgaria are internal and are related to the problems of organized crime and state capture.

Internal and External Security Challenges of Nepal

Unity Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 251-262
Author(s):  
Sumitra Karki
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Cyber Attack ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
India And China

Nepal has been a home to diversified settlement in terms of ethnicity, religion, dialect and culture since its outset in civilization. It also lies between two great military and economic giants of Asia – India and China – that are hostile to each other. While these bring abundant opportunities for Nepal, it possesses several internal and external security threats. Nepal suffers from cyber-attack, environmental degradation, pandemic, ethnic, racial or religious conflicts, inequality and poverty, extremism, human trafficking, corruption, migration and trans-boundary crime. In addition, Nepal also faces several security threats, traditional and non–traditional, including terrorism and insurgency. These threats possess serious implications on peace and security of Nepal and the South Asian region. There is a need of serious study about the major internal and external security challenges that Nepal faces in recent decades. This study aims at examining some of the major security challenges, explore the factors behind it, and attempt to suggest few policy recommendations to the government of Nepal to deal with them. The study is conducted by reviewing the primary and secondary sources of data. The primary data includes documents of the government agencies, press release, joint statement and organizational reports. It also includes the interviews with security experts, bureaucrats, policy makers and academicians. Similarly, secondary data includes books, news reports, academic journals, seminars report and reports of research institutes and think tanks. The study highlights that Nepal should prepare itself to meet with the emerging internal and external security challenges what have emerged in recent times. With the rise of India and China, two adversarial powers in the region, Nepal possess extreme challenges in days to come. Similarly, hardly any countries of the world had prepared itself to deal with recent pandemic like COVID-19 that has shattered even the most powerful countries of the world. Taking lessons from these, it is time for Nepal to learn and prepare to mitigate the challenges.

scholarly journals Security Threats and Privacy Issues in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET): Survey and Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Bamidele Ajulo ◽  
Raphael Olufemi Akinyede ◽  
Olumide Sunday Adewale
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc Network ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Vehicular Ad Hoc Network ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Privacy Issues

European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation as the instrument of cross border cooperation

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
Yu. Lemko
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Common ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article considers one of the most common and most effective forms of cross-border cooperation between the countries of the European Union, namely the European groupings of territorial cooperation. The role of territorial cooperation in the European Union is constantly growing as it is the basis of political, economic and social cohesion, which is an integral part of Ukrainian society. The development of territorial cooperation is due to the change and development of national, regional or local participants in this process. The Schengen Agreement, the common internal market and the common currency, as well as the emergence of numerous new cross-border projects and the development of cross-border territories, are integral parts of this process. The article examines the EGTC Tisza, which was established in October 2015 in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine together with the Hungarian region of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and the municipality of Kisvárd. It is noted that the union has received broad social and political support from both sides at the regional and local levels. This event was decisive for both Ukraine and the EU, as for the first time such an association was created with the participation of a non-EU country. This was a long-awaited step, as the participating regions have long been cooperating together in various fields, including the implementation of grant projects. Many issues need to be addressed together, including flood protection, the rehabilitation of wastewater treatment plants, transport and the development of economic ties. We can say that today Euroregions are the most developed form of cross-border cooperation in Ukraine, but their activities also show a range of problems that hinder their effective functioning. This includes a large number of participants with different cultural and economic characteristics, disparities in the legislation and administration of the country, the low level of business structures and non-governmental organizations. Issues such as the lack of a systematic approach to the organization of Euroregional cooperation, the low level of regional government and the lack of financial support are also worth mentioning.

The Transnationalisation of Criminal Law in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
International Criminal Law ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
International Expert ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
History Of ◽  
Political Crime ◽  
Normative Order

The volume contains nine case studies on the recent history of transnational criminal law, having emerged from current international research projects. The papers cover cross-border political crime and security threats, extradition and expulsion, police cooperation and international expert discussions on social crime and torture. The focus is less on event-historical phenomena, but on transnational legal-political interactions of different actors. The contributions thus analyze the historical development of transnational criminal law as a form of temporally, spatially and legally limited criminal law and security regimes. As a result, the volume shows that the investigated transnationalization of criminal law in the 19th and 20th centuries did not lead to a cohesive normative order, thus offering legal-historical interpretations of current problems of international criminal law.

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