BACKGROUND The Myanmar army and ethnic armed groups agreed to a preliminary ceasefire in 2012, but a heavy military presence remains in southeastern Myanmar. Qualitative data suggested this militarization can result in human rights abuses in the absence of armed engagements between the parties, and that rural ethnic civilians use a variety of self-protection strategies to avoid these abuses or ...

The article analyses the employment of words, images and rituals, in early years Italian Republic, to reinforce militarization Public Security Guard (Corpo delle Guardie di Pubblica Sicurezza) engender public support for hard-line military-type solutions law-and-order difficulties. Drawing on police literature (especially magazine Guard, Polizia Moderna), newspapers cinema newsreels, it commemo...

Is the increased use in wildlife conservation of techniques derived from military and security services appropriate? One aspect this issue that remains poorly considered is whether all actors engaged projects have a orientation are primarily conservation. Western intelligence agencies known to used non-government aid organizations (NGOs) as cover for clandestine operations. Does happen conserva...