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August 16, 2014
HSC in the Media, Iraq and Syria, Latest Articles
Campaigners have marched through the streets of London to protest against recent attacks on Iraqis and Syrians by ISIS militants. Hundreds of people gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Demonstrators, led by ...
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August 16, 2014
HSC in the Media, Iraq and Syria, Latest Articles
On 13th August, 2014, the Human Security Centre’s Executive Director, Julie Lenarz, was invited by Channel 4 News to discuss the Yezidi situation in Iraq and the way forward.
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August 15, 2014
HSC in the Media, Latest Articles
On 15th August, 20014, the HSC’s Director for Government Relations and Strategic Partnerships, Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes, was on PMLR’s Westminster Podcast debating the recall of Parliament with Tony Grew.
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August 13, 2014
Latest Articles
Download as PDF . The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London WC2H 9JQ 13 August 2014 Dear Prime Minister, Sub: Request to recall Parliament On behalf of the Human Security Centre, and the ...
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Raphael Levy
August 12, 2014
Latest Articles, Middle East and North Africa
By Raphael Levy 13th August 2014, Security and Defence, Issue 3, No. 5 Download as PDF Ceasefires between Israel and Hamas are always best described as uneasy. They are invariably broken almost instantly, often by rocket fire from any of ...
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Raphael Levy
July 20, 2014
Latest Articles, Middle East and North Africa, Security and Defence
The recent declaration of a Caliphate by IS (Islamic State, formally ISIS) could have huge security ramifications throughout the Middle East. In territory captured in both Syria and Iraq by IS, the Islamic State has blurred the borders, leaving the potential for a break-up of an increasingly unstable Iraq an ever growing possibility.
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Elizabeth Laruni and Carolina Rocha da Silva
July 19, 2014
Latest Articles, Sub-Saharan Africa
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is a rebel group that originated in northern Uganda and waged a guerrilla war against the Ugandan government for just over twenty years, under the leadership of Joseph Kony. Despite the length of the conflict, the LRA have only recently started to receive widespread international media coverage.
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Ielizaveta Rekhtman
July 17, 2014
Latest Articles, Russia and Eurasia, The Policy Unit
A balanced assessment of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict is a rather challenging task for policy-makers. This is in large part because the views and data collected from both sides comes under the influence of two opposing public discourses. On the one hand, Russia is perceived as the aggressor breaking the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
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HSC Publication
July 12, 2014
Latest Articles, Press Releases
The Human Security Centre is deeply concerned by the recent escalation of violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip, following the abhorrent killing of three Israeli teenagers and the apparent revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank.
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Marc Simms
July 10, 2014
Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Last week, the Japanese cabinet undertook a significant shift in their country’s defence policy, by agreeing to reinterpret the constitutional limits on the use of force in a less strict manner. The new understanding of the restrictions of Article 9 now allow for Japanese “collective self-defense” as well as military intervention to protect its treaty allies.
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