Dear Nick
I wonder whether the JDDM may be a convenient location to publish this short article attached), calling for a re-assessment of how 'national liberation struggles' are viewed on the light of the new global concern for fighting international terrorism. Do you perhaps have a 'viewpoint' section?
Andrew Nickson
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From: Nick Luft [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 March 2004 16:07
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Subject: March isue of Journal of Security Sector Management
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the March issue of the Journal of Security Sector
Management (http://www.jofssm.org) is now ready. This issue has three
articles - see details and links below.
Democratic Governance and Common Security in Southern Africa: Mozambique in
Focus by Lala, Anicia. Ms
http://www.jofssm.org/issues/jofssm_0201_lala_mozambique.pdf
This paper argues that the existence of a national security concept in
Mozambique is not a straightforward assumption. Both the gaps in the
legislation and the absence of a clear programme reinforce this view.
Nonetheless, overall legislation informed by such a conception exists and
accounts for democratic progress in the accountability and subordination of
the security forces to the political power.
The Impact of "Umkhonto We Sizwe" on the Creation of the South African
National Defence Force (SANDF) by Williams, Rocklyn. Dr (Col)
http://www.jofssm.org/issues/jofssm_0201_williams_mk_sandf.pdf
This article has three aims: first is to assess the impact of Umkhonto We
Sizwe, its doctrines, culture and history, on the creation of the South
African National Defence Force in 1994; second it attempts to examine the
nature of this guerrilla army, its efficacy, its traditions and the
relationship of its military objectives to their political objectives; and
third it strives to suggest how MK and APLA histories can be more fully
recorded.
Personal Security, Governability and the Military in Latin America by
Zirker, Daniel. Dr & Danopoulos, Constantine P.
http://www.jofssm.org/issues/jofssm_0201_zirker_danopoulos.pdf
This article examines two questions: first, is the erosion of personal and
economic security in Latin America directly related to increasing claims of
the region's increasing "ungovernability"? Second, must these two
conditions necessarily imply an increasingly interventionist role on the
part of national military establishments? The ultimate argument of this
study is that the acuity of military perceptions of insecurity in their
societies will ultimately determine their political responses. By examining
some of the salient critiques of the last "wave" of authoritarian
dictatorships, it is hoped that some light will be shed on a future course
of action.
Nick Luft
Information Manager
GFN-SSR
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