This can be seen to be largely motivated by the insecurity many civilian governments in Africa were experiencing and was to some considerable extent intended to be an object lesson to aspiring military commanders. At the same time the Organisation for African Unity discussed proposals covering ...
The governments of many developing countries face a risk of a coup d'état perpetrated by their own military establishment. The phenomenon is especially acute in Africa. We decompose the risk into its component parts: the risk of a plot; the risk that a plot will mature into an attempt; an...
revised estimates, and are revised, more often than not, in subsequent years; and (b) the deflator used for the latest year in the series is an estimate. SIPRI's primary source of military expenditure data is official data provided by national governments. These data are derived from budget...
Munck, R. (1989)Latin America: The Transition to Democracy, (London: Zed). Analyses how and why military regimes have given way to civilian governments in Latin America. Google Scholar Brewer, J.et al. (1988)The Police, Public Order and the State(Basingstoke: Macmillan). A comparative stud...
The Party seeks to implement the MCF Development Strategy across every level of the PRC from the highest national-level organs down to provinces and township, and creates top-down financing and regulatory mechanisms that incentivize civilian and military stakeholders—such as local governments, academia...
While supporting the ECOWAS to reverse the coup, France, which has about 1,500 troops in Niger, intends not to intervene militarily. Meanwhile, Burkina Faso and Mali, two ECOWAS members, voiced their "solidarity" with Niger's junta. The two transitional governments, established after the milit...
In Latin America, the rule of more conservative, neoliberal governments in countries like Argentina and Brazil has somewhat dampened the resistance against military bases, Platero noted. He added the proliferation of U.S. military bases in Latin America represents a modern-day form of colonialism. ...
responds rapidly, in conjunction with national and regional governments and non-governmental agencies, to stabilize the primary effects of an emergency or disaster; • provides purified drinking water and medical aid to help prevent the rapid onset of secondary effects of a disaster; and ...
The review, therefore, has highlighted the severe dearth of evidence of psychiatric disorders in this population and therefore a call for West African governments and research funding organizations to invest in original research in the region to inform policy and intervention strategies. Again, the ...
being freed from Spanish colonial rule, allowed military dictators to take power. These charismatic self-proclaimed leaders, known as “caudillos,” usually led privateguerilla armiesthat had won control of former Spanish-held territories before setting their sights on vulnerable national governments. ...