Colombia: Security as the Road to Peace?
Colombia: Security as the Road to Peace?

Author: Günther Maihold

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The controversial Colombian program of "democratic security" appears to be working. And because Colombia's population is also giving the government of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez good marks halfway through its term, the president's efforts to win reelection are gaining new momentum. The number of kidnappings and terrorist attacks in the country fell significantly last year, and the first steps toward solving the decades-long conflict that has rippled throughout the Andes region have been made. Now it is up to the international community. New opportunities are now available for giving the peace process a push by providing it with the kind of support it needs. Europe, with its policy of engagement on behalf of the peace process, has an important role to play in bringing together national and international efforts to resolve Colombia's conflict. However, central questions remain to be clarified with the Colombian government. (SWP Comments / SWP).

The Colombian Peace Agreement
The Colombian Peace Agreement

Author: Jorge Luis Fabra-Zamora

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-04-28

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 100037520X

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This book is the first systematic, interdisciplinary examination of the peace agreement signed between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to end one of the largest and most violent conflicts in the Western Hemisphere. It discusses the achievements, failures, and challenges of this innovative peace agreement and its implications for Colombia’s future. Contributors include negotiators of the Agreement, judges of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, representatives of the civil society, and leading academic experts in peace studies, human rights, international law, criminal law, transitional justice, political science, and philosophy. Based on the premise that peace is a form of transferable social knowledge, and therefore necessitates transformative social learning, the volume also discusses what other countries can learn from the Colombian experience. This book will be of much interest to students of peace and conflict studies, transitional justice, Latin American politics, human rights, civil wars and International Relations.

Toward Greater Peace and Security in Colombia
Toward Greater Peace and Security in Colombia

Author: Bob Graham

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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This report proposes where U.S. policy toward Colombia is misguided, and explains how security assistance aimed at reducing drug production and trafficking is only one piece of a broader effort needed to extend legitimate authority in the country.

In/security in Colombia
In/security in Colombia

Author: Josefina A. Echavarría

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2013-07-19

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1847797504

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Based on geo- and biopolitical analyses, this book reconsiders how security policies and practices legitimate state and non-state violence in the Colombian conflict. Using the case study of the official Democratic Security Policy (DSP), Echavarría examines how security discourses write the political identities of state, self and others. She claims that the DSP delimits politics, the political, and the imaginaries of peace and war through conditioning the possibilities for identity formation. In/security in Colombia offers an innovative application of a large theoretical framework on the performative character of security discourses and furthers a nuanced understanding of the security problematique in a postcolonial setting. This wide-reaching study will benefit students, scholars and policy-makers in the fields of security, peace and conflict, and Latin American issues.

Colombia's Road to Recovery: Security and Governance 1982-2010
Colombia's Road to Recovery: Security and Governance 1982-2010

Author: David Spencer

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2012-06-25

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781478130864

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Between 2002 and 2010, Colombia made remarkable progress toward establishing security and governance in the face of multiple threats: insurgents, paramilitaries, and organized crime, all supported by illicit markets (most notably drug trafficking). In 1998, US intelligence analysts were predicting the overthrow of the Colombian government by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) insurgency. However, the Colombian government and society rallied to develop new strategies to confront the threats. The United States also provided significant, sustained assistance. By 2005, the government had seized the strategic offensive. In 2008, government forces began to regularly kill or capture FARC senior leaders. Although the conflict is not over, prospects for terminating the conflict look promising. This study set out to determine and describe how Colombia went from near failure to palpable success.

Colombia
Colombia

Author: Virginia Marie Bouvier

Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 1601270380

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Documents and analyzes the vast array of peace initiatives that have emerged in Colombia. This title explores how local and regional initiatives relate to national efforts and identifies possible synergies. It examines the multiple roles of civil society and the international community in the country's complex search for peace.

Colombia
Colombia

Author: Carl Meacham

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-03-25

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 1442228121

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This report from the CSIS Americas Program provides a detailed look at the challenges the Colombian government confronts as it moves from providing security to developing rural areas that were previously conflict zones. In particular, the report examines such issues as remaining security needs; land tenure; needed infrastructure improvements; and better governance. In addition, the report offers recommendations on how the Colombian government can move forward in consolidating gains in its countryside—and how the United States can help.