Interviews How does Privilege Violence explain the world we live in: a conversation with Rachel Kleinfeld In 2019 we read A Savage Order: How the World's Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to Security, a book that changed our view on violence and conflict ⋙
security sector reform Reclaiming security: Civil society activism, expertise, and knowledge production in police reform (C) Christopher Herwig. The police in Kyrgyzstan needs to be reformed in a fundamental and consequent manner to start functioning according to legal provisions and statutes, and to carry out ⋙
Central America Nicaragua's community-based, pro-active police: an exportable model? The Central American states of the so-called Northern Triangle – Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador – have some of the highest homicide rates of the world. A land bridge between the coca producing ⋙
borders Algorithmic Sovereignty in a Post-Preemptive World Private consultancies, risky individuals and low-probability-high-consequences scenarios. Contracting security governmental functions and services to private consultancies is not (only) putting old wine in new bottles: it paves the way to ⋙
law enforcement Police Civilization How different countries call law enforcement and why it matters. To many people of liberal persuasion, the norm of our times, a ‘police state’ is one of the worst nightmares ⋙
