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While widely considered a core pillar of the peace and security architecture, Security Sector Reform (SSR) is coming under fire. SSR theory and practice are criticized for being overly focused on traditional conflict and post-conflict settings and for being unable to adjust to unconventional settings marked by chronic crime and terrorism. SSR tends to be disproportionately focused on national institutions and less amenable to engaging at the subnational scale. Drawing on the experiences of so-called 'citizen security' measures in cities across Latin America and the Caribbean, this paper offers some opportunities for renewing and revitalizing SSR. The emphasis of citizen security interventions on multiple forms of insecurity, data-driven and evidence-informed prevention, the promotion of social cohesion and efficacy and designing crime prevention into the social and built environment are all insights that can positively reinforce comprehensive SSR measures in the 21st century.

Security, International.

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The Asia-Pacific has become the Indo-Pacific region as the US, Japan, Australia and India have decided to join forces and scale-up their political, economic and security cooperation. The message coming from Washington, Tokyo, Canberra and New Delhi is clear: China's Belt and Road Initiative is no longer the only game in town and Beijing's policymakers better get ready for fierce competition. Japan's ongoing and future "quality infrastructure" policies and investments in the Indo-Pacific, in particular, make it very clear that Tokyo wants a (much) bigger slice of the pie of infrastructure investments in the region. China's territorial expansionism in the South China Sea and its increasing interests and presence in countries in South Asia have done their share to help the four aforesaid countries expand their security and defence ties. Beijing, of course, smells containment in all of this and it probably has a point. Who will have the upper hand in shaping and defining Asian security and providing developing South and Southeast Asia with badly-needed infrastructure: the US and Japan together with its allies or the increasingly assertive and uncompromising China and its Belt and Road Initiative?

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This book provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving roles of traditional authorities in Nigeria's security governance amidst increasing violence. It examines the challenges faced by conventional security systems in addressing threats such as insurgency, land disputes, and criminal activities. The authors explore how traditional leaders like kings, Ezes, Obas, and Emirs, with their customary legitimacy, contribute to security management, highlighting their potential to complement but not replace state efforts. The book offers empirical insights into traditional institutions' adaptive governance roles postcolonially. Aimed at researchers and policymakers in African and security studies, political science, anthropology, and development, this work is edited by David Ehrhardt, David Oladimeji Alao, and M. Sani Umar, who bring expertise in African governance, political science, and religious violence.

Chiefdoms. --- Security, International.