Tag: Institute for Security Studies
ISS: Tensions rise with the GERD water
Is it time to bring the UN Security Council into the bitter dispute over Ethiopia’s dam?
Tensions are once again rising among Ethiopia, Egypt and...
ISS: Nigeria’s super camps leave civilians exposed to terrorists
Boko Haram has moved in to control spaces vacated by the military in north-east Nigeria.
Last year, the Nigerian military started pulling soldiers out of...
ISS: Violence can be prevented using dialogue backed by evidence
An important answer was the dearth of opportunities for those working on the problem to share and learn together. To address this shortcoming, the...
ISS: Ethiopia can learn from its neighbours about national dialogue
The optimism initially generated by Ethiopia’s much-praised political transition that started in 2018 has waned. Rivalry has grown between the federal government and some...
ISS: Lockdown lessons on violence and policing in South Africa
In an effort to enhance policing and violence prevention, a team of Western Cape Government and Institute for Security Studies (ISS) researchers carried out...
ISS an integral component of Africa’s security ecosystem
This year the annual review of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) focuses on how it does its work; the skills and...
Africa’s ICC concerns are ignored at everyone’s peril – ISS
The concerns of African states with the International Criminal Court (ICC) are well publicised, but often badly understood and all too easily...
New civil alliance to prevent violent protest and promote peaceful elections
As South Africa prepares for local government elections on August 3, the just formed Coalition Against Violence (CAV) urges government to take...
“Bureaucratic drag” contributing to lack of new maritime patrol assets
The shortage of modern equipment and platforms to satisfactorily patrol South Africa's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has been put down to "bureaucratic...
More platforms needed to patrol and protect South African maritime resources
The time-honoured military adage of not being able to control what one cannot patrol has taken on added importance in the South...
ISS: Preventing another Marikana starts with solving SAPS leadership crisis
"The Marikana massacre has had an enormous impact on the broader South African public, as well as on the South African Police...
ISS: Lessons from the Kenyatta/ICC case
"Today is a dark day for international criminal justice," said Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as she...
World Maritime Day
International conventions and treaties are essential for protecting our seas and coastlines and African states that have signed up should give effect...
ISS on Deputy Defence Minister’s accusations
The Kebby Maphatsoe/Thuli Madonsela/CIA spat is "a new low in public discourse" in South Africa, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) maintains.
Judith...
Defence Review an important first step to SANDF rejuvenation
Leading South Africa defence and security think tank, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), in a Policy Brief by its director Jakkie...
