Papers and Publications by Libra Directors, staff and associates

Adapting Government for Stabilisation and Counter-Insurgency Operations
Libra Director Dr Andrew Rathmell writes for the bi-monthly RUSI Journal, discussing possible adaptations for successful stabilisation missions.
December 2009

Security & Justice Development – What Next?
In this paper for the Journal of Security Sector Management, Libra Director Dr Andrew Rathmell discusses the future for security and justice development.
November 2009

to Security: Choices for Defence
"The future mission of Britain's armed forces may lie in reforming multilateral institutions such as the United Nations and NATO. Britain must help build efficient international interventions to prevent and stabilise conflict; its credibility and influence rely on it." In RUSI publication ‘Future Defence Review’ Libra director Dr Andrew Rathmell discusses UK multilateral security institutions, their importance, the pressures on them, and argues for a new radical approach.
October 2009

Security Sector Evolution: Understanding & Influencing How Security Sector Institutions Change
In this paper Libra Director Peter Wilson and Volha Piotukh focus on improved design, implementation and review of SSR programmes. Borrowing theory from economic and strategic management, they consider the implications of these insights for a new "evolutionary" approach to SSR.
July 2009

The role of the private sector in Security Sector Reform
Paper prepared by Libra Directors Alex Martin and Peter Wilson for the May 2009 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) e-conference on the future of security sector reform. Read more about the conference at www.ssrfutures.org.
June 2009

The Value of Non-Governmental Intelligence: Widening the Field
In this paper for Intelligence and National Security, Libra Directors Alex Martin and Peter Wilson argue that the process of setting intelligence requirements could be opened to a wider range of actors.
December 2008

Security Sector Evolution: Which Locals? Ownership of What?
In Chapter 5 of DCAF’s 2008 Yearbook, Libra Directors Alex Martin and Peter Wilson contribute to the debate on what local ownership is and why it matters for Security Sector Reform (SSR). They argue that deep local ownership of SSR is best achieved by security sector evolution, where security agencies have the long-term capacity and incentives to change in response to signals from society.
November 2008

Reforming the Iraqi Ministry of Interior
Libra Director Andrew Rathmell's presentation to the US Institute of Peace.
2008

Challenges of Police and Justice Reform
In this paper for Police Practice and Research, Libra Associate Gordon Peake et al argue that failures in police reform have resulted mainly from the priority of donor over recipient interests, lack of knowledge about policing, non-appreciation of the complexities of local security conditions, and the inability to link conceptual advice to the practicalities of implementation.
March 2008

The Lessons of Eastern Europe for Modern Intelligence Reform
In this paper for Conflict, Security and Development, Libra Director Alex Martin argues that increases in the operational capability of Eastern European intelligence services have rarely been accompanied by increases in legitimacy and oversight.
December 2007

Fixing Iraq's Internal Security Forces
Libra Director Andrew Rathmell discusses reform of the Ministry of Interior in Iraq in this paper for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
November 2007

Security and Justice Sector Reform Programming in Africa
Libra Director Piet Biesheuvel et al have prepared a review for DFID on 'Security and Justice Sector Reform Programming in Africa'.
2007

OECD-DAC Handbook on Security System Reform
Libra Director Peter Wilson wrote the Intelligence and Security Chapter of the OECD-DAC Handbook on Security System Reform, and Libra Director Piet Biesheuvel was a major contributor to the Police chapter.
2007

U.S. Policy Options for Iraq: A Reassessment
In this Rand report, Director Andrew Rathmell et al evaluate the costs and benefits of five alternative strategies the United States could pursue in Iraq. The authors argue that, as long as the United States remains in Iraq, policy actions must focus on improving the security of Iraq’s population by reducing violence. They offer recommendations for ways in which U.S. political, security, and economic policies in Iraq could be better geared to support this goal, though they emphasize the challenges inherent in this endeavour.
2007

Make Poverty Business
In Make Poverty Business, Libra Director Peter Wilson, with co-author Craig Wilson, describes how multinational companies can contribute more to economic development and security sector reform in developing countries.
October 2006

Preparing to meet new challenges
Libra Director Peter Wilson discusses how intelligence services can respond to threats from criminal and terrorist networks, whilst meeting demands for oversight and accountability, in Intelligence and Human Rights in the Era of Global Terrorism.
2006

Private Security Actors, Donors and SSR
In this paper for the DCAF 2006 Yearbook Peter Wilson explores the role of the private sector as contributors to, and subjects of, security sector reform. 2006

Intelligence in Practice
In this paper for the Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform, Libra Director Peter Wilson discusses lessons for intelligence reform from the South African experience.
2006

Planning Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Iraq
In this paper for International Affairs Libra Director Andrew Rathmell discusses the challenges of post-conflict reconstruction planning and mission management and assesses what happened under the CPA. It draws lessons for the future international effort in Iraq and for the international community as it considers how to plan and organise future such missions.
October 2005

National Security Decision-Making Structures for Security Sector Reform
In this paper, Libra Director Andrew Rathmell et al discuss oversight and policy-making structures for intelligence and national security.
June 2005

lntelligence and Security Sector Legislation for Security Sector Reform
A paper by Libra Director Andrew Rathmell et al giving an overview of different mechanisms for intelligence legislation.
June 2005

The Contribution of Intelligence Services to Security Sector Reform
In this paper for Conflict, Security and Development, Libra Director Peter Wilson argues that reform of intelligence services can make a significant contribution to wider SSR and conflict resolution.
April 2005

The UN's role in Nation Building
Libra Director Andrew Rathmell et al review nearly 50 years of UN nation-building efforts to transform unstable countries into democratic, peaceful, and prosperous partners. In this RAND monograph the authors examine the UN’s experience in the Congo, Namibia, El Salvador, Cambodia, Mozambique, Eastern Slavonia, Sierra Leone, and East Timor, as well as the U.S. experience in Iraq.
2005

Establishing Law and Order After Conflict
Libra Director Andrew Rathmell discusses the rule of law in post-conflict countries in this RAND monograph.
2005

Developing Iraq's Security Sector - the CPA Experience
Libra Director Andrew Rathmell discusses lessons for post-conflict reform drawn from the experience of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, in this RAND monograph.
2005

A new Persian Gulf Security System
In this RAND Issue Paper, Libra Director Andrew Rathmell et al examine the options for a post-Saddam Persian Gulf security system. A fundamentally new Iraqi regime is necessary but, the authors argue, insufficient for lasting Gulf security. The authors analyze the strategic challenges of Gulf security and outline the disadvantages to the United States and to the region of today's heavy dependence on a forward U.S. military presence and readiness to fight increasingly risky expeditionary wars.
2003

America's role in nation building
In this RAND monograph Libra director Andrew Rathmell et al review seven case studies of US-led nation building — Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan — and seek lessons about what worked well and what did not. They then examine the Iraq situation in light of these lessons.
2003

Studies Conducted on behalf of the UK Stabilisation Unit

A Civilian Reserve Corps in the United Kingdom Libra Institutional Development Consultant Mayssa Daye, Libra Associate Andrew Axum and Libra Director Andrew Rathmell explore the possible establishment of a UK Civilian Reserve Corps. June 2008

Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit Facilitation Experiences
Libra Stabilisation Consultant Tania Mechlenborg analyses the experiences of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit (now Stabilisation Unit) in facilitating and implementing the comprehensive approach, from its establishment in 2004 until 2007.
June 2007

Approaches to Stabilisation Planning
This paper by Libra Director Andrew Rathmell reviews existing and emerging approaches to Stabilisation and Reconstruction mission planning amongst the USA, the EU and the UN.
October 2006

Approaches to Lessons Learning
This study by Libra Director Andrew Rathmell provides an overview of how organisations involved in post-conflict work are addressing the evaluation and measurement of stabilisation efforts, the identification of lessons and application of good practices. The paper concentrates on providing recommendations for how Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) and the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit (PCRU) can learn from these experiences.
September 2006

The Art of Stabilisation - Designing Post-Conflict Stabilisation Interventions
This report, co-authored by Director Andrew Rathmell, provides recommendations on the conceptualization and overall design of stabilisation operations, drawing on lessons from international experiences with stabilisation missions and evolving good practices in dealing with fragile states and post-conflict countries. The report was designed to help guide Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit planners and colleagues in the preparation of a stabilisation operation.
June 2005

Getting Results: How Do We Implement Post-Conflict Stabilisation?
This companion report to The Art of Stabilisation (above), co-authored by Libra Director Andrew Rathmell for the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit (PCRU), provided recommendations on how PCRU could organize and manage itself to conduct stabilisation operations and so deliver the results outlined in The Art of Stabilisation.
June 2005

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