Posted on February 1, 2015. Tags: Colombia, disarmament, FARC, Guerrillas, Latin America, Peace Process, Rebel Fighters, Reintegration Strategies
Colombia has endured more than five decades of civil discord. Peace negotiations between FARC representatives and the Colombian State have, though, been ongoing since 2012 as the country attempts to realise a future of security and peace. Yet it is the massive human toll that is perhaps the most potent issue to arise from this […]
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Posted in Conflict, Drugs, Security Issues, World
Posted on December 22, 2014. Tags: aral sea, boat graveyard, central asia, environment, moynaq, uzbekistan
Once the fourth largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea has shrunk by 90% over the past 50 years. Perhaps a paragon of unsustainable development and mismanagement, it has been described by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as ‘one of the planet’s worst environmental disasters’. Is there hope for the people and the environment affected […]
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Posted in Economic Security, World