An Encounter with Emma: Rethinking Security & State Sovereignty
An Encounter with Emma: Rethinking Security & State Sovereignty Lloyd Axworthy October 17, 2003 Emma is a young, thirteen year old girl from the Gulu region of Uganda who I met just over a year ago during an international conference on war-affected children held in my home city of Winnipeg. She had come all that […]
Plus Ça Change…
Plus Ça Change… Andrew Mack September 1, 2003 A critical response to the article by Adam Smith (2003) From Democracy to Conflict: The UN’s Search for Peace and Security, which claimed that there has been a shift in UN grand strategy in the 1990s from the promotion of democracy to the promotion of conflict prevention. Click here for […]
The Peace Process in Northern Uganda
The Peace Process in Northern Uganda Erin Baines, Liu Faculty, UBC June 1, 2003 In May 2003, the Liu Institute for Global Issues sent associate Dr. Erin Baines to the Northern Dialogue for Peace to assess the current status of the peace process, identify critical actors involved in this process and provide a preliminary analysis […]
When Aspiration Exceeds Capability: The UN and Conflict Prevention
When Aspiration Exceeds Capability: The UN and Conflict Prevention Kathryn Furlong, Andrew Mack May 1, 2003 Conflict prevention is enshrined in Paragraph 1, Article 1 of the UN Charter, which refers to the need for ”effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace and for the suppression of acts of […]
A Call for Action in Northern Uganda: An Update to the Assessment Mission to Northern Uganda of February 2002
A Call for Action in Northern Uganda: An Update to the Assessment Mission to Northern Uganda of February 2002 Patricia Spittal, Fabius Okumu LLM, Geoffrey Oyat October 1, 2002 PREFACE This report is a call for urgent action in Northern Uganda. Large numbers of innocent civilians have been killed in the conflict since March 2002, […]
Conflict in Africa: the cost of peaceful behavior
Conflict in Africa: the cost of peaceful behavior Philippe Le Billon (Liu Faculty, UBC), Tony Addison, S. Mansoob Murshed September 1, 2002 Addison, T., P. Le Billon and M. Murshed (2003) “Conflict in Africa: the cost of peaceful behavior? Journal of African Economies 11(3), 365-86. Abstract War provides economic opportunities, such as the capture of valuable natural […]
Civil War: Academic Research and the Policy Community
Civil War: Academic Research and the Policy Community Andrew Mack June 1, 2002 This article argues that the academic conflict research community has far less impact on the policy community than the importance of its work deserves and provides a number of recommendations to improve the policy impact of conflict research. Click here for the full article. […]
Canadian Armed Forces Under US Command
Canadian Armed Forces Under US Command Michael Byers, Professor, UBC April 25, 2002 It has been revealed that negotiations are under way to place a substantial part of the Canadian armed forces – land and sea forces as well as air – under the operational control of a permanent, integrated, US-led command structure. The announced […]
Prevention of an Arms Race in Outerspace
Prevention of an Arms Race in Outerspace Lloyd Axworthy April 4, 2002 The architecture of arms control and disarmament agreements is under challenge. Direct challenges to existing and pending treaties these days are in fact part of a larger pattern – the undermining of security, environmental, and human rights regimes. Against this background, the prevention […]
Findings of Oxfam’s Independent Fact-Finding Mission on the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and on its Borders
Findings of Oxfam’s Independent Fact-Finding Mission on the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and on its Borders Lloyd Axworthy et al. November 6, 2001 The name Afghanistan is ever-present on the lips of politicians and the television screens of the world. But the Afghan people and the terrible humanitarian crisis they suffer has been all but […]
The Missile Defence Debate: Guiding Canada’s Role
The Missile Defence Debate: Guiding Canada’s Role February 15, 2001 The following report is a summary and analysis of the Consultation on the Impact of National Missile Defence on Global Nuclear Policy that was held Feb. 16, 2001, at the Liu Centre. The meeting, co-sponsored through the generosity of The Simons Foundation of Vancouver, brought […]
Potential, Not Proliferation
Potential, Not Proliferation Andrew Mack January 3, 2000 This article examines the potential for several Northeast Asia countries that have the technical expertise to be considered virtual nuclear powers and who could acquire nuclear weapons in a relatively short period of time. Click here to link to the article.
Asia Pacific Arms Buildups Part One: Scope, Causes and Problems
Asia Pacific Arms Buildups Part One: Scope, Causes and Problems November 1, 1997 This publication is available for download. To download a copy of this publication, please visit: http://liu.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Asia-Pacific-Part-One.pdf This paper examines the scope, nature and causes of recent conventional arms acquisitions in the Asia Pacific region and identifies current or prospective developments about which Canada […]
Asia Pacific Arms Buildups Part Two: Prospects for Control
Asia Pacific Arms Buildups Part Two: Prospects for Control November 1, 1997 This publication is available for download. To download a copy of this publication, please visit: http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/sites/liu/files/7ShannonSelin.pdf This paper is a follow-on to a companion piece (Working Paper No. 6) that examined the scope,nature and causes of recent conventional arms acquisitions in the Asia Pacific […]
Chinese Naval Power and East Asian Security
Chinese Naval Power and East Asian Security Elizabeth Speed August 1, 1997 This publication can be downloaded here (limited access only). This paper examines the evolution of Chinese naval power and its consequent impact on East Asian security. Viewed historically, the 1970s marked a key turning point in the national recognition of Chinese maritime interests and […]
The Evolution of Cooperative Security: Canada and the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1973-1994
The Evolution of Cooperative Security: Canada and the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1973-1994 Cathal J. Nolan April 1, 1997 This publication is available for download. To download a copy of this publication, please visit: http://liu.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Cathal-J.-Nolan-Cooperative-Security.pdf This working paper traces the evolution of the following concerns with the CSCE/OSCE process: (1) the influence of liberal ideas […]
New Powers, Old Patterns: Dangers of the Naval Buildup in the Asia Pacific Region
New Powers, Old Patterns: Dangers of the Naval Buildup in the Asia Pacific Region March 1, 1997 This publication is available for download. To download a copy of this publication, please visit: http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/sites/liu/files/9MichaelWallaceandCharlesMeconis.pdf This paper addresses the issue of the naval arms buildup in the Asia Pacific region and the frequently-expressed fears that it might turn […]