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422. Annual Report 2016
- Author:
- Mesut Özcan
- Publication Date:
- 09-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Center for Strategic Research (CSR)
- Abstract:
- As the Acting Chairman of the Center for Strategic Research (SAM), I am pleased to present our 2016 Annual Report. SAM’s primary objective is to conduct research on foreign policy and related issues, develop alternative perspectives, provide new insights and make policy recommendations. SAM has risen to a significant peak in our Ministry’s policy making process, and has created more influence than what was ever expected. Each year, it continues to move beyond its accomplishments of the previous year. On this occasion, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, for his valuable support and to the SAM staff for their contributions.
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Turkey
423. Cross-Functional Teams in Defense Reform: Help or Hindrance?
- Author:
- Christopher J. Lamb
- Publication Date:
- 05-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University
- Abstract:
- There is strong bipartisan support for Section 941 of the Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2017, which requires the Pentagon to use cross-functional teams (CFTs). CFTs are a popular organizational construct with a reputation for delivering better and faster solutions for complex and rapidly evolving problems. The Department of Defense reaction to the bill has been strongly negative. Senior officials argue that Section 941 would “undermine the authority of the Secretary, add bureaucracy, and confuse lines of responsibility.” The Senate’s and Pentagon’s diametrically opposed positions on the value of CFTs can be partially reconciled with a better understanding of what CFTs are, how cross-functional groups have performed to date in the Pentagon, and their prerequisites for success. This paper argues there is strong evidence that CFTs could provide impressive benefits if the teams were conceived and employed correctly.
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
424. 25 Years of Election Observation at The Carter Center A Retrospective
- Author:
- The Carter Center
- Publication Date:
- 02-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Carter Center
- Abstract:
- Founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, The Carter Center is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of suffering. To this end, the Center has sought to wage peace, advance freedom and democracy, and improve health worldwide. As part of these efforts, The Carter Center has enhanced the quality of democratic governance by conducting activities in several areas, including strengthening human rights institutions, combating political corruption, advancing transparent governance, and observing elections
- Topic:
- International Affairs and Democracy
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
425. Iran's perspective in the South Caucasus
- Author:
- Elvir Mammadov
- Publication Date:
- 03-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Center for Security and Defense Studies (BHKK)
- Abstract:
- Iran's international standing is currently under slow, but significant change due to the recently signed nuclear deal with the global powers group of "P5+1". The South Caucasus region will be one of the primary influenced regions by such a sharp turn in the history of Iran. Turning back to the recent history of Iran's foreign policy towards the South Caucasus, it can be seen that Tehran has found itself in unpleasant situation and unprepared to build up effective ties with the countries because of certain objective reasons. Emerged regional conflicts suddenly after the collapse of the Soviet Union between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and in Georgia with its two breakaway territories caused more difficulties for Iran's foreign policy towards the region. The targets put in the beginning for integration into the region has ended up with a defensive and limited position for Iran in the South Caucasus.
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Iran
426. The Inflated Yet Unsolvable North Korean Nuclear Threat
- Author:
- Boyan Boyanov
- Publication Date:
- 11-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS)
- Abstract:
- After Pyongyang conducted its fourth nuclear test on the 5th of January 2016 and declared it a successful experiment with a hydrogen bomb, the international community resumed its appeals for finding a definitive solution to the issue with North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. What impresses is the routine of the international response following the North Korean habitual act of defying the nuclear nonproliferation system: diplomatic condemnation mostly coming from the United States, South Korea, Japan, and, in a far more restrained manner – from China. When Pyongyang launched a satellite in space two days later, Seoul responded by shutting down the Kaesong industrial complex – a mutually beneficial industrial zone where South Korean companies employ North Korean labor1 . Even this seemingly harsh action does not constitute a precedent. At that time it was not very demanding to foretell the execution of consequential U.S. – South Korea military drills to display the U.S. resolution to be constantly involved in whatever is happening on the Korean Peninsula and to dismay the latest great leader of the North.
- Topic:
- International Security, International Affairs, and Nuclear Power
- Political Geography:
- North Korea
427. Libya, Extremism and the Consequences of Collapse
- Author:
- The Soufan Group
- Publication Date:
- 01-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Soufan Group
- Abstract:
- COMMENTARY NEWS ARTICLES INTELBRIEFS TV & RADIO OPINION PIECES PUBLICATIONS Libya, Extremism and the Consequences of Collapse January 27, 2016 RESEARCH TSG_Libya Report_cover Libya Extremism and the Consequences of CollapseJanuary 27, 2016.In a new, in-depth report, The Soufan Group (TSG) examines the security implications of continued instability in Libya. Four years after the revolution that toppled Muammar Qadhafi, the security situation in Libya remains volatile. The lack of centralized control has allowed criminal and violent extremist groups to flourish, including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. Continued instability in Libya will only see these criminal and violent extremist elements entrench themselves further. The expansion of these networks poses a serious security threat to the region, as well as to the broader international community. .
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
428. Oversight Actors of the Use of Special Investigative Measures
- Author:
- Aida Kržalić
- Publication Date:
- 11-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Centre for Security Studies
- Abstract:
- From the security point of view, we can identify two main purposes as to why state authorities seek to use the secret data collection. The use of secret data collection may be to improve national security, prevent risks and threats to the security of citizens, national security, society, institutions, economic and other vital interests of society and the state from the various terrorist and extremist groups. Considering that this is a preventive activity, these actions are characteristics of intelligence and security agencies. It is important to emphasize that with these kind of activities, intelligence and security agencies are reaching "for collection of data and information on the activities, plans and intentions of various domestic and foreign, state and non-state actors, their processing and analysis are a very important segment that is often neglected in our country, which is the timely dissemination of information to the different users"
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
429. Pointpulse Report – The Citizens’ Opinion of the Police
- Author:
- Sofija Mandić
- Publication Date:
- 11-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Centre for Security Studies
- Abstract:
- The second round of the public opinion survey "The Citizens’ Opinion of the Police Force" was conducted in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia. The questionnaire based on which the public opinion survey was conducted was devised by the regional network POINTPULSE to provide answers concerning the citizens’ opinion of the police. The questionnaire included six groups of questions
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
430. A, B, C – Deployment of Civilian Capacities to International Peace Operations
- Author:
- Denis Hadžović
- Publication Date:
- 11-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Centre for Security Studies
- Abstract:
- After the end of the Cold War traditional peacekeeping has become more complex and multidimensional, including not only military but also civilian, political and humanitarian tasks.1 The concept of peacekeeping thus broadened into a concept of peacebuilding, which dates back to the post-World War II reconstruction of Europe and Japan. The term ‘peacebuilding’ entered the international lexicons in the early 1990s when the then United Nations Secretary General Boutros- Boutros Ghali defined it in his 1992 Agenda for Peace as “…Action to identify and support structures which will tend to strengthen and solidify peace in order to avoid a relapse into conflict“.2
- Topic:
- International Security and International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus