Defence, conflicts and war

video from ECDPM on peace building and conflict prevention.

#Conflictcycle - the obvious initial paradigm for #EUandsecurity

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CSDP and defence

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Conflict prevention

Seeing the links between terrorism, organized crime, other good and bad flows the conflict cycle , perceptions, values, corruption and assistance essential for strategy and a comprehensive approach. So is lessons learned and evaluation.

And more specifically on this and the following pages on CSDP and defence, crisis management missions and conflict prevention.

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Updates to the handbook on EU and Security - On the issue of conflict cycles https://t.co/lTKmNDvk7Q
— On security/Lundin (@londil) February 29, 2016

Conflict cycle, security and defence

Follow and interact also with the new EU Horizon 2020 project:

New @eucivcap project website launched: https://t.co/BKqou4vwwh @eu_eeas @SweMFA @londil pic.twitter.com/ARTfrm3DK4
— Mark Rhinard (@MarkRhinard) January 13, 2016

The EU strategic review:

CrisisWatch | The Monthly Conflict Situation Report http://t.co/ipAYe0AKwJ
— On security/Lundin (@londil) April 18, 2015

Thrilled to be in #Bratislava to speak on excellent @SFPA-SK conflict mgmt panel moderated by @bartha_daniel and featuring @londil
— Emmet Tuohy (@ectuohy) June 9, 2015

Women’s #empowerment key to ending sexual violence in combat, UN envoy tells Security Council http://t.co/I60FNdO6zu pic.twitter.com/wS2yuwe0DK
— UN News Centre (@UN_News_Centre) April 15, 2015

“Never ever say the end has arrived.” This & other life lessons on diplomacy from @BrookingsInst’s @javiersolana: http://t.co/QLSJUnTANF
— Strobe Talbott (@strobetalbott) June 5, 2015

What do you think about when visualising the conflict cycle closest to you? On..
— On security/Lundin (@londil) January 31, 2016

As regards horizontal proliferation of conflict in your direction. What worries you most?
— On security/Lundin (@londil) December 16, 2015

Your worry on conflict escalation risk: Horizontally closer to you, Vertically: more violence, big power conflict
— On security/Lundin (@londil) December 16, 2015

Twitter feed on gender and conflict

Tweets about gender conflict OR sexual conflict violence

Brief personal reflection on conflict as a perspective on security

The last year has really illustrated vividly that focus on the conflict cycle is but one of many possible ways to look at security. Still this is the predominant perspective of the common European security and defence policy CSDP, focusing on defence, crisis management and conflict prevention.

There are of course also other perspectives using the notion of the conflict cycle focussing on processes of escalation, revenge, etc.

And conflicts are not only military or require military capabilities or an issue of peace ass illustrated by the 2015 Peace Index. It may be internal to the EU and its member States and result in violence related to terrorism, migration, organised crime in all its various aspects etc. It may be seen from the perspective of horizontal proliferation of conflict, conflict between big powers or simply as manifestation of violence.

And then again it may manifest itself not only in terms of physical violence but in terms of environmental degradation, and in general worsening life conditions for human beings and wildlife forcing migration et cetera, lowering the quality of life et cetera.

It is interesting to note that during the last year a new EU civilian capabilities project website has been launched.

Conflicts furthermore have important links to key issues relating to gender.

The current EU perspective on the conflict cycle can be illustrated by the way it has been dealt with in the EU strategic review putting heavy emphasis on diplomacy.

From the handbook on EU and Security:

Link to publisher of ebook

Conflict Cycle