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What do Chileans think of the Armed Forces since the death of Augusto Pinochet? This is one of the questions which is tackled by “Captive Institutions"

 

 

Transnational Terrorism, Security and the Rule of Law

The Transnational Terrorism, Security and the Rule of Law (TTSRL) project is aimed at framing the current nature of the threat of terrorism as it exists within the EU, and at generating insight into the various response options to terrorism that are available to European governments.

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India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) - New inter-regional multilateralism in the South?

10/04/2007 By Sarah-Lea John de Sousa

India, Brazil, and South Africa play significant roles in their respective regions and have increasing international influence.

In September 2003 the three governments formalised this relationship, creating the IBSA Dialogue Forum. Since then, these three states have held annual meetings and signed several agreements on sector specific and global cooperation.

The countries are important for the security, peace and development in their respective regions. Recently has increased the interest of the European Union and other big powers in intensifying the cooperation with these new emerging powers.

This document analyzes the potential of the South-South Dialogue at a trilateral and a global level, comparing the three countries and evaluating the progress of the forum and the posibilities of a cooperation between the EU and IBSA.


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IBSA: India, Brazil, South Africa

Keywords

African Union Brazil EU European Union Fragile state India Latin America & Caribbean Mercosur Multilateralism Peacebuilding Regional powers Security Sector Reform South Africa South East Asia Southern Africa

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Bio author: Sarah-Lea John de Sousa

MA in Regional Sciences of Latin America (RWL) from the University of Cologne and currently studying her PhD in International Relations at the University Complutense of Madrid. Sarah-Lea John de Sousa has been development project manager at the agency Chuconsultig Germany.