Stability: International Journal of Security & Development

Stability Journal just published a new Research Article by Shazana Andrabi, titled "New Wars, New Victimhood, and New Ways of Overcoming It" Read it here: https://www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/10.5334/sta.665/

NEW STABILITY COMMENTARY: MOVING TOWARDS SECOND-GENERATION SSR IN HAITI? By: Stephen Baranyi... In the lead-up to the UN Security Council’s March 2019 debate on the situation in Haiti, the Secretary-General tabled a report suggesting that "Haiti has remained on a positive trajectory In no other sector has headway been so evident as in security and national police development, continuing the trend observed since the full withdrawal of peacekeeping military contingents, which was completed in October 2017 The steadily decreasing criminal activity reported year by year is a concrete indication of the continuously improving security situation in the country. Despite the considerable progress, challenges remain in the capacity of the national police to deliver on their constitutional mandates." Meanwhile back in Haiti, large public protests rocked the capital and other cities, with protesters demanding an end to extravagant corruption, calling for socio-economic equity and a radical change in government. The new government of Prime Minister Lapin (the third since the last round of elections in February 2017), struggled to rekindle confidence in the context of a deep fiscal, macroeconomic and legitimacy crisis. Read the rest of this commentary here: https://secgovcentre.org//moving-towards-second-generatio/ Stephen Baranyi is an Associate Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa and a Senior Fellow at the CSG.