6. The Military Metier: Second Order Adaptation and the Danish Experience in Task Force Helmand

2020 ◽  
pp. 136-158
Author(s):  
Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Danish Experience ◽  
The Military

Protecting cultural heritage during armed conflict: the Italian contribution to ‘cultural peacekeeping’

Modern Italy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Foradori
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Entry And Exit ◽  
National Interests ◽  
International Intervention ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Component ◽  
International Identity ◽  
The Military

World cultural heritage is under systemic attack on several crisis fronts, most notably in Mesopotamia, where ISIS is practising a deliberate and highly sophisticated strategy of ‘cultural cleansing’. Through its newly established Task Force, Italy is leading the international community’s efforts to strengthen the protection regime by including a cultural component in the mandates of peacekeeping interventions. The Italian contribution distinguishes itself, thanks to its capacities and capabilities, in fulfilling the military, police and cultural tasks of ‘cultural peacekeeping’ and in meeting the needs of the international intervention in the crucial entry and exit phases. Moreover, Italy’s commitment to protecting cultural heritage fits perfectly with the distinctive features of Italy’s international identity and role while at the same time serving the country’s national interests by increasing its standing and visibility in world affairs.

scholarly journals Something Mightier: Marginalization, Occult Imaginations and the Youth Conflict in the Oil-Rich Niger Delta

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edlyne Anugwom
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Oil Corporations ◽  
Asymmetric Power ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Military

This contribution examines the role of occult imaginations in the struggle against perceived socio-economic marginalization by youth militias from the Ijaw ethnic group in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It argues that the asymmetric power between the federal government/transnational oil corporations (TNOCs) and the militias may have privileged the invocation of the supernatural as a critical agency of strength and courage by the youth militias. The conflict in the region embodies a cultural revision which has been necessitated by both the uncertainty of the oil environment and the prevailing narratives of social injustice. Hence the Egbesu deity, seen historically as embodying justice, has been reinvented by the youth militias and imbued with the powers of invincibility and justice in the conflict with the government and oil companies. The low intensity of the conflict has limited both the extent of operations and scale of force used by the military task force in the area and thus reinforced the perception of invincibility of the militias attributed to the Egbesu.

scholarly journals The Militant Nun as Political Activist and Feminist in Martial Law Philippines

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Roces
Keyword(s):  
Women Religious ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Martial Law ◽  
Underground Press ◽  
The People ◽  
Political Activist ◽  
Moral Power ◽  
The Military ◽  
Cultural Constructions ◽  
Philippine History

During the martial law era (1972-1986), the militant nuns were the most visible symbols of political activism: they dominated the Task Force Detainees, they were active in the underground press, and were present in the labour strikes and demonstrations. But, in becoming political activists, they discovered the potential of moral power as women religious figures. During the People Power revolution, for example, the nuns – armed only with rosaries, confronted the military (the supreme example of machismo politics) and triumphed. In the process of attacking political oppression, these nuns also began to challenge cultural constructions of the feminine – becoming the first overt feminists to do so in Philippine history. This paper explores how martial law transformed these women into militant activists and feminists. Although driven by their struggle to protect the victims of martial law, they also succeeded in empowering themselves. This new ‘moral power’ has since been harnessed for women’s issues.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI PERATURAN PRESIDEN NOMOR 87 TAHUN 2016 TENTANG SATUAN TUGAS SAPU BERSIH PUNGUTAN LIAR DI PROVINSI JAWA TIMUR

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
Helmi Perdana Putra
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Policy Model ◽  
Economic Markets ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
The Military ◽  
The City ◽  
Security Affairs

ABSTRACTThe rise of illegal levies that occur in Indonesia has damaged the joint life of society, nation and state. On October 20, 2016, the President issued Peraturan Presiden Nomor 87 Tahun 2016 concerning the Wild Sweeping Clean Sweep Task Force by appointing the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs to control and be responsible for the activities of the Wild Sweeping Clean Sweep Task Force. How is Peraturan Presiden Nomor 87 Tahun 2016 concerning the Clean Sweeping Task Force Task Force implemented? What is the Policy Model for the Wild Sweeping Task Force Clean Sweep Task Force? The focus of this research analysis is that good governance actors consist of, first, the state, which is elaborated in the executive, legislative and judiciary branches and the military. Second, civil society, consisting of NGOs, mass organizations, mass media, associations based on professionalism, religious groups and others. And third, economic markets. The three actors of good governance interact with each other and influence each other according to their respective capacities. Analyzed from Peraturan Presiden Nomor 87 Tahun 2016 concerning the Clean Sweeping Task Force on Wild Levies, Policy of East Java Governor Surat Keputusan Gubernur Jawa Timur No. 188/624/kpts/013/2016 concerning the Establishment of the Wild Sweeping Clean Sweep Task Force in East Java and the Guiding Factors for Target, Communication, Resources, Disposition, Bureaucratic Structure, Characteristics of Implementing Institutions, Social, Economic and Political Conditions. The research findings obtained that since the implementation of the activities of the eradication of the Provincial/Regency/City extortion unit up to September 12, 2018, a total of 712 cases were obtained, for law enforcement in the form of arrest operations of 228 suspected suspects, and from both provincial, district , and the City as many as 133 people were caught in the operation caught red-handed.

scholarly journals From Conflict to Peace Building and Post Conflict Reconstruction: A Critical Reflection on the Nigeria Niger Delta Amnesty

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 81-95
Author(s):  
Suleiman B. Mohammed ◽  
Onome Robinson Jackson ◽  
Isiaka Hassan Aliyu
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Integration Framework ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Joint Task ◽  
Petroleum Resources ◽  
The Military

Many decades of exploration and exploitation of petroleum resources have adversely affected the host communities in the Niger Delta. Environmental degradation, loss of means of livelihood, unemployment, poverty, loss of lives and general underdevelopment characterized the region. These formidable odds that threaten the survival of the Niger Delta people triggered off various shades of interminable violent agitations by militants that involved hostage taking and attacks on oil installations. These agitations, no doubt, reduced crude oil production and had adverse effect onthe national economy. This prompted the Nigerian state to intermittently launch attacks on the militants. In spite of the bombardments by the military Joint Task Force, the militants remain resolute in their agitations. Disturbed by the security and economic challenges, the Nigerian state came out with the amnesty initiative. The initiative was designed for the militants to surrender their arms, renounce militancy and also create a favourable atmosphere for the sustainable development of the region. This paper is geared towards examining theoretically, the efficacy of the amnesty initiative in finding solution to the general problem of underdevelopment in the Niger Delta. Situating the discourse within economic integration framework, the paper argues succinctly that the amnesty initiative is intentionally designed to deceitfully disarm the militants and create an enabling environment for the multinational oil companies to operate unhindered while ignoring the burning issues of underdevelopment that triggered the violent agitations in the first place. In order to avert a relapse into militancy, the Nigerian state must develop a credible rehabilitation package for the ex-militants and a holistic framework that can adequately address the problem of underdevelopment in the Niger Delta.

scholarly journals Recruiting a nonlocal language for performing local identity: Indexical appropriations of Lingala in the Congolese border town Goma

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 527-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Büscher ◽  
Sigurd D'hondt ◽  
Michael Meeuwis
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Language Community ◽  
Limited Knowledge ◽  
Personal Security ◽  
Border Town ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
The Military

AbstractThis article describes discursive processes by which inhabitants of the Congolese border town Goma attribute new indexical values to Lingala, a language exogenous to the area of which most Goma inhabitants only possess limited knowledge. This creative reconfiguration of indexicalities results in the emergence of three “indexicalities of the second order”: the indexing of (i) being a true Congolese, (ii) toughness (based on Lingala's association with the military), and (iii) urban sophistication (based on its association with the capital Kinshasa). While the last two second-order reinterpretations are also widespread in other parts of the Congolese territory, the first one, resulting in the emergence of a Lingala as an “indexical icon” of a corresponding “language community,” deeply reflects local circumstances and concerns, in particular the sociopolitical volatility of the Rwandan-Congolese borderland that renders publicly affirming one's status as an “autochthonous” Congolese pivotal for assuring a livelihood and at times even personal security. (Lingala, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma, orders of indexicality, language community, autochthony, Kiswahili)*

scholarly journals “Da bedstefar var dreng og Danmark var i krig”. Almindelige danskeres erindringer og selvbiografier om Besættelsen 1940-45

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 405
Author(s):  
Lene Eklund-Jürgensen
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Childhood Memories ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
War Memories ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
Danish Experience ◽  
The Military ◽  
Excellent Source

Lene Eklund-Jürgensen: “Da bedstefar var dreng og Danmark var i krig” (When grandfather was a boy and Denmark was at war). Memories and autobiographies of ordinary Danish people concerning the Occupation 1940–45 In the last few years, the Dansk Historisk Bibliografi (Danish Historical Bibliography) database has included a number of autobiographies covering the period 1940–45. These collections of accounts provide a voice for ordinary Danes, describing how they as children experienced the occupation and how since then, they have reflected over that period of their lives. The authors’ autobiographies build up a narrative about the occupation, drawing on both personal experiences and memories and events the authors have been witness to, as well as the memories and experiences of other people that they have heard about or read about. It can often be difficult to separate the memories of these personal experiences from more general reported experiences that many Danes experienced. Autobiographies’ memories from periods other than 1940–45, are strongly egocentric and focus on private experiences, in contrast to the memories about the occupation which focus on the period as a collective experience. This narrative provides a personal angle, where the author’s own experiences are added as a supplement to the overall Danish experience. Most often what is described is the how the authors’ families lived during the war and especially, what their parents did during the war and what they experienced during the war. Often, the authors were too young to remember more than voices and scattered dramatic episodes from the occupation. In general, many of the authors personally remember the military planes that flew overhead and episodes relating to the air battles above Denmark. In addition, the authors describe everyday life, the Germans and the first and last day of the occupation. The episodes, experiences and events that the authors draw on in their autobiographies have been described many times before, but the autobiographies provide a double perspective of the occupation, where the authors both recount their childhood memories and at the same time reflect upon these memories many years later. The autobiographies are excellent source material to study the culture of reminiscing and the use of history.

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