Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

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Working Papers

Title: Public Private Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities in Security Governance
Authors: Benjamin S. Buckland, Theodor H. Winkler
Date: January 2015

Title: Private Military & Security Companies: Future Challenges in Security Governance
Authors: Anne-Marie Buzatu, Benjamin S. Buckland
Date: January 2015

Title: On Cyberwarfare
Authors: Fred Schreier
Date: January 2015

Title: International Coherence in Security Sector Reform
Authors: Alan Bryden
Date: January 2015

Title: Democratic Governance Challenges of Cyber Security
Authors: Benjamin S. Buckland, Fred Schreier, Theodor H. Winkler
Date: January 2015

Title: Cyber Security: The Road Ahead
Authors: Fred Schreier, Barbara Weekes, Theodor H. Winkler
Date: January 2015

Title: Armed Non-State Actors: Current Trends & Future Challenges
Date: January 2015

Title: The Privatisation of Security in Failing States: A Quantitative Assessment
Authors: Željko Branović
Date: April 2011

Title: Local Ownership in Practice: Justice System Reform in Kosovo and Liberia
Authors: Leopold von Carlowitz
Date: March 2011

Title: Parliamentary War Powers: A Survey of 25 European Parliaments
Authors: Sandra Dieterich, Hartwig Hummel, Stefan Marschall
Date: December 2010

Title: Parliamentary War Powers Around the World, 1989–2004. A New Dataset
Authors: Wolfgang Wagner, Dirk Peters, Cosima Glahn
Date: December 2010

Title: The Role of Penal Reform in Security Sector Reform
Authors: Megan Bastick
Date: January 2010

Title: Measuring Security Sector Governance – A Guide to Relevant Indicators
Authors: Ursula C. Schroeder
Date: January 2010

Title: Challenges for Integrated Border Management in the European Union
Authors: Otwin Marenin
Date: January 2010

Title: Fighting the Pre-eminent Threats with Intelligence-led Operations
Authors: Fred Schreier
Date: January 2009

Title: Code of Conduct: Tool for Self-Regulation for Private Military and Security Companies
Authors: Nils Rosemann
Date: January 2008

Title: The Challenge for Hamas - Establishing Transparency and Accountability
Authors: Ghazi Ahmad Hamad
Date: April 2006

Title: The Challenges and Opportunities of Security Sector Reform in Post-conflict Liberia
Authors: Adedeji Ebo
Date: December 2005

Title: The OSCE Between Crisis and Reform: Towards a New Lease on Life
Authors: Victor-Yves Ghébali
Date: November 2005

Title: Shaping a Security Governance Agenda in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Authors: Alan Bryden, Timothy Donais, Heiner Hänggi
Date: November 2005

Title: Security Sector Governance in West Africa: Turning Principles to Practice
Authors: Alan Bryden, Boubacar N'Diaye, 'Funmi Olonisakin
Date: November 2005

Title: Identifying Lessons In United Nations International Policing Missions
Authors: Eirin Mobekk
Date: November 2005

Title: Backgrounder: Parliamentary Committees on Defence and Security
Authors:
Date: November 2005

Title: Backgrounder: National Security Policy
Authors:
Date: November 2005

Title: Backgrounder: Multiethnic Armed Forces
Authors:
Date: November 2005

Title: Public Perceptions of Palestinian Security Sector Governance
Authors: Riccardo Bocco, Arnold Luethold, Luigi de Martino
Date: October 2005

Title: War is no Child's Play: Child Soldiers from Battlefield to Playground
Authors: Lilian Peters
Date: July 2005

Title: The War on Terror - Security Sector Governance and Military Implications
Authors: Karl-Heinz Rambke
Date: June 2005

Title: Restoring Policing Systems in Conflict Torn Nations: Process, Problems, Prospects
Authors: Otwin Marenin
Date: June 2005

Title: The New 'Double Challenge': Simultaneously Crafting Democratic Control and Efficacy Concerning Military, Police and Intelligence
Authors: Felipe Agüero
Date: April 2005

Title: The Role of the Military in Elections
Authors: Mindia Vashakmadze
Date: March 2005

Title: The Parliamentary Dimension of Defence Procurement. Requirements, Production, Cooperation and Acquisition
Authors: Willem F. van Eekelen
Date: March 2005

Title: Privatising Security: Law, Practice and Governance of Private Military and Security Companies
Authors: Marina Caparini, Fred Schreier
Date: March 2005

Title: The Process from Authoritarianism to Democracy in Spain: the Impact of the 1981 Failed Cup
Authors: José A. Olmeda
Date: February 2005

Title: Providing Security. The Division of Labour. Armed Forces, Gendarmerie, Police
Authors: Alain Faupin
Date: February 2005

Title: Police and Gendarmerie Reform in Belgium: from Force to Service
Authors: Denis Bergmans
Date: February 2005

Title: New Trends in Policing in Western Europe: The Challenges for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Dominique Wisler
Date: February 2005

Title: Increasing Military Influence in Danish Civil-Military Relations
Authors: Henning Sorensen
Date: February 2005

Title: Convergence of European Security Systems
Date: February 2005

Title: An Analytical Overview of Democratic Oversight and Governance of the Defence and Security Sector in Ukraine
Authors: Leonid Polyakov
Date: February 2005

Title: The Catalysts, Directions and Focus on Turkey Agenda for Security Sector Reform in the 21st Century
Authors: Ümit Cizre
Date: November 2004

Title: Strengthening International Arms Control/Disarmament Regimes and the Democratic Oversight and Reform of the Security Sector
Authors: Philipp H. Fluri
Date: November 2004

Title: The Saudi Security Apparatus: Military and Security Services - Challenges and Developments
Authors: Anthony H. Cordesman, Nawaf Obaid
Date: August 2004

Title: Security Sector Transformation in Afghanistan
Authors: Mark Sedra
Date: August 2004

Title: Jordanian Security Sector Governance: Between Theory and Practice
Authors: Nawaf Tell
Date: August 2004

Title: Iran's Security Sector: An Overview
Authors: Wilfried Buchta
Date: August 2004

Title: Challenges to Security Sector Governance in the Middle East: the Libyan Case
Authors: Hanspeter Mattes
Date: August 2004

Title: Challenges of Security Sector Governance in Kuwait
Authors: Ghanim Al-Najjar
Date: August 2004

Title: The Best Papers from the 2003 DCAF-IISS Young Faces Conference
Authors: Margareta Mamaliga, Nicu Popescu, Ivan Zverzhanovski
Date: July 2004

Title: Democratic Decision-Making and Deployments:The Case of the Netherland's Peacekeepers in Srebenica and Iraq
Authors: René Moelker
Date: July 2004

Title: Watching the Watchdogs: The Role of the Media in Intelligence Oversight in Germany
Authors: Antje Fritz
Date: April 2004

Title: Under Pressure. Falintil - Forças de Defesa de Timor Leste. Three Decades of Defence Force in Timor Leste: 1975-2004
Authors: Edward Rees
Date: April 2004

Title: Adaptation of Security Structures to Contemporary Threats
Authors: Theodor H. Winkler
Date: April 2004

Title: Vision Of A New Hungarian Intelligence Architecture
Authors: Tibor Babos
Date: March 2004

Title: Ukrainian Democratic Development and Euro-Atlantic Integration: A Natural Convergence, But A Difficult Path
Authors: James Green
Date: March 2004

Title: NATO Membership Is A Realistic Goal If Ukraine Shows Courage And Resolve
Authors: James Green
Date: March 2004

Title: Who Builds Civil Society? Civil Society, Mass Media and Democracy in Post-Communist Countries
Authors: Dušan Reljic
Date: January 2004

Title: Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Military Interventions: A Challenge to Global Governance
Authors: Herbert Wulf
Date: January 2004

Title: Civil Society, Democracy and the Law
Authors: Ian Leigh
Date: January 2004

Title: Civil Society and Democratic Oversight of the Security Sector: A Preliminary Investigation
Authors: Marina Caparini
Date: January 2004

Title: Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in a Post-Conflict Context
Authors: Eirin Mobekk
Date: November 2003

Title: Law - Enforcement: Creating and Maintaining a Police Service in a Post - Conflict Society - Problems and Pitfalls
Authors: Eirin Mobekk
Date: November 2003

Title: Development Donors and the Concept of Security Sector Reform
Authors: Michael Brzoska
Date: November 2003

Title: DCAF Security Sector Governance Status Report and Needs Assessment on Timor Leste
Authors: Philipp H. Fluri
Date: September 2003

Title: The Role of Civilians in Security and Defence Policy Making - The Case of the Czech Republic
Authors: Marie Vlachová
Date: August 2003

Title: The Role of Civilians in National Security Structures - The Bulgarian Experience
Authors: Velizar Shalamanov
Date: August 2003

Title: The Parliamentary Dimension of Security Sector Reform
Authors: Willem F. van Eekelen
Date: August 2003

Title: National Security Decision Making, Formal vs. Informal Procedures and Structures: Case Study 1 - The Former Soviet Union, Russia and Ukraine
Authors: Yuri Nazarkin
Date: August 2003

Title: Decision Making in the Field of Security - Formal and Informal Procedures and Mechanisms in the Russian Federation
Authors: Vladimir Shustov
Date: August 2003

Title: Civilian Control or Civilian Command?
Authors: Louis L. Boros
Date: August 2003

Title: Before and After 1998 - A Romanian Short History
Authors: Mircea Plangu
Date: August 2003

Title: Intelligence Practice and Democratic Oversight - a Practitioner's View
Authors:
Date: July 2003

Title: Comparing Frameworks of Parliamentary Oversight: Poland, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Authors: David Betz
Date: July 2003

Title: The Professionalisation of the Czech Armed Forces
Authors: Marie Vlachová
Date: May 2003

Title: The Integration of Women into the Czech Armed Forces
Authors: Marie Vlachová
Date: May 2003

Title: Monitoring of the Norwegian Secret Services
Authors: Leif Mevik
Date: May 2003

Title: Democratic Control of Security and Intelligence Services: A Legal Framework
Authors: Ian Leigh
Date: May 2003

Title: Oversight and Guidance: the Relevance of Parliamentary Oversight for Security Sector Reform
Authors: Hans Born, Philip Fluri
Date: March 2003

Title: Management of National Security Sector - Bulgarian Experience
Authors: Anyu Angelov
Date: March 2003

Title: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Chapter: Central Asia
Authors: Philipp Fluri
Date: February 2003

Title: Parliamentary Control of Security Policy - The Experience of Poland
Authors: Agnieszka Gogolewska
Date: February 2003

Title: Officer Career Management in a Peacetime Democracy
Authors: Jack Petri
Date: February 2003

Title: New Constitutional Position of the Army
Authors: Miroslav Hadzic
Date: February 2003

Title: Former Soviet Union: Security Sector Reform in the Southern Caucasus
Authors: Philipp Fluri
Date: February 2003

Title: Control and Oversight of Security Intelligence in Romania
Authors: Larry Watts
Date: February 2003

Title: Security Sector Reform in Bulgaria
Authors: Velizar Shalamanov
Date: January 2003

Title: Practical Confidence-Building Measures: Does Good Governance of the Security Sector Matter?
Authors: Heiner Hänggi
Date: January 2003

Title: Democratic and Parliamentary Accountability of Intelligence Services after September 11th.
Authors: Peter Gill
Date: January 2003

Title: A Casual View into the Future: Reform of Military Education in the Czech Republic
Authors: Ladislav Halber štát, Marie Vlachová
Date: January 2003

Title: Between Efficiency and Legitimacy: Democratic Accountability of the Military in the US, France, Sweden and Switzerland
Authors: Hans Born
Date: November 2002

Title: Why Engage in Security Sector Reform Abroad? International Norms, External Democratization and the Role of DCAF
Authors: Gerhard Kümmel
Date: October 2002

Title: Ukraine's Security Sector Reform: Is Progress Conditioned by the Interest of Society
Authors: Leonid Polyakov
Date: October 2002

Title: September 11: New Challenges and Problems for Democratic Oversight
Authors: Nicholas Williams
Date: October 2002

Title: Security Sector Reforms in Slovenia: Waging Success and Failure Before the End of Transition
Authors: Ljubica Jelusic
Date: October 2002

Title: Security Sector Reform: Concepts and Implementation
Authors: Timothy Edmunds
Date: October 2002

Title: Security Sector Reform in Lithuania: Theory and Practice
Authors: Robertas Sapronas
Date: October 2002

Title: Responding to Post Cold War Security Challenges: Conceptualising Security Sector Reform
Authors: Wilhelm Germann
Date: October 2002

Title: Reform of the Czech Security Sector (Including a Brief Assessment of the Slovak Security Sector Reform)
Authors: Jan Jires
Date: October 2002

Title: Principles and Prerequisites of DCAF, Commonalities of the Best Practices in Established Democracies
Authors: Dietrich Genschel
Date: October 2002

Title: New Challenges, New Opportunities, The Security Sector Reform in Romania
Authors: Liviu Muresan
Date: October 2002

Title: Managing Change: The Reform and Democratic Control of the Security Sector And International Order
Authors: Theodor H. Winkler
Date: October 2002

Title: Lessons Learned from Security Sector Reform and Democratisation in Bulgaria
Authors: Valeri Ratchev
Date: October 2002

Title: Learning from Case Studies
Authors: Malcolm Chalmers
Date: October 2002

Title: International Standards and Obligations: Norms and Criteria for DCAF in the EU, OSCE and OECD Areas
Authors: Owen Greene
Date: October 2002

Title: Evaluation of Security Sector Reform and Criteria of Success: Practical Needs and Methodological Problems
Authors: Wilhelm Germann
Date: October 2002

Title: Democratic Transformation of the Security Sector in Russia: A Sad Saga of Failure
Authors: Yuri Federov
Date: October 2002

Title: Democratic Control of Armed Forces: the National and International Parliamentary Dimension
Authors: Wim F. van Eekelen
Date: October 2002

Title: Criteria of Success and Failure in Hungary's Democratisation Process
Authors: Zoltan Martinusz
Date: October 2002

Title: Civil Society and Democratic Civil-Military Relations - the Case of Hungary
Authors: Ferenc Molnar
Date: October 2002

Title: Assessing Democratic Oversight of the Armed Forces
Authors: Sander Huisman
Date: October 2002

Title: The Expertise of Norway in the Parliamentary Control of Armed Forces
Authors: Anders C. Sjaastad
Date: August 2002

Title: Armed Forces in Albania and Civil Society
Authors: Aliaj Illir
Date: August 2002

Title: The WSP International Experience and Security Sector Reform
Authors: David Whittlesey
Date: July 2002

Title: The Persistent Problem of Civil-Military Relations in East and Central Europe: a Briefing Note on Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Authors: David Betz
Date: July 2002

Title: Promoting Civil Society in Good Governance: Lessons for Security Sector
Authors: Johanna Mandelson Forman
Date: July 2002

Title: Problems of Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Central and Eastern Europe
Authors: Janos Matus
Date: July 2002

Title: Harmonizing Security Sector Reform & Defence Agreements Security Sector Reform in Croatia—the Defence Establishment
Authors: Jack Petri
Date: July 2002

Title: Consolidating Democracy: Professionalism, Democratic Principles, and Border Services
Authors: Alice Hills
Date: July 2002

Title: Civil-Military Relations Theory in the Post-Communist World
Authors: Costas Danopoulos, Daniel Zirker
Date: July 2002

Title: Border Control Services and Security Sector Reform
Authors: Alice Hills
Date: July 2002

Title: The Swiss Commitment to Transparency—Building in Southeast Europe
Authors: Philipp Fluri
Date: June 2002

Title: The Relevance of Democratic Control of the Security Sector
Authors: Marina Caparini, Philipp Fluri
Date: June 2002

Title: Macedonia and Southeastern Europe: Analysing Treats and Risks
Authors: Jack Petri
Date: June 2002

Title: Democratic and Parliamentary Oversight of the Intelligence Services: Best Practices and Procedures
Authors: Hans Born
Date: May 2002

Title: Transformation of the Romanian Civil - Military Relations After 1989
Authors: Marian Zulean
Date: April 2002

Title: Some Aspects of Defence Sector Development in Lithuania
Authors: Robertas Sapronas
Date: April 2002

Title: Security Sector Reform: an Opportunity for the Euro-Atlantic Integration of Romania
Authors: Liviu Muresan
Date: April 2002

Title: Postmodern Power and Transnational Policing: Democracy, the Constabulary Ethic and the Response to Global (In)Security
Authors: James Sheptycki
Date: April 2002

Title: On Police Reform in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia
Authors: Budimir Babović
Date: April 2002

Title: Legal Aspects of Security Sector Reform in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Authors: Zoran Pajic
Date: April 2002

Title: Learning From Best Practices of Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector
Authors: Hans Born
Date: April 2002

Title: Intelligence Services and Democracy
Authors:
Date: April 2002

Title: Establishing a National Security Council: Lessons for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Authors: John Tedstrom
Date: April 2002

Title: Democratic Oversight of the Security Sector. What Does it Mean?
Authors: Hans Born
Date: April 2002

Title: Criteria for Success of Failure in Security Sector Reform: The Case of Latvia
Authors: Janis Arved Trapans
Date: April 2002

Title: Assessing Success and Failure: Practical Needs and Theoretical Responses
Authors: Wilhelm Germann
Date: April 2002

Title: Armed Control of Civilian Forces in Hungary
Authors: Istvan Szikinger
Date: April 2002

Title: The Russian Federal Border Service: Lessons for Planning and Establishing Border Security Systems
Authors: Vladimir Mochalov
Date: March 2002

Title: The Finnish Border Security Concept
Authors: Arto Niemenkari
Date: March 2002

Title: The Estonian Border Guard
Authors: Aare Evisalu
Date: March 2002

Title: EU/Schengen Requirements for National Border Security Systems
Authors: Arto Niemenkari
Date: March 2002

Title: Democratic Control of the Police and Police Reform in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia
Authors: Marina Caparini, Graham Day
Date: March 2002

Title: Border Security Systems: The Hungarian Case Study
Authors: Zoltán Szabó
Date: March 2002