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A High-level View on Reform Needs for Peace Operations
This article combines an analysis of current reform efforts, and reform needs that I see following my four previous posts on the impact of trauma on sustainable peace and reconciliation. So, partly, you will see language coming from there. Opposed to these four pieces, this one does not make reference to external sources through footnotes. Read more
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A new approach – Part Four in a series on Trauma and Conflict
In Part I I have shown that pro-longed and intense trauma creates dysfunctionality in many forms, and that the impact of trauma during formative periods of brain development goes even deeper1. (Picture taken from: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/about.html, retrieved June 27, 2018) The longer a young child exposed to repeating trauma through forms of childhood abuse, the higher Read more
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The impact of trauma on communities and societies ravaged by conflict and war – Part Three in a series on Trauma and Conflict
How trauma and reconciliation are linked needs to be examined from the perspective of an individual, a community, and a society. Reconciling1 means to restore to friendship or harmony, or to settle or solve conflicts. Thus, an individual may heal from consequences of a traumatic event by restoring inner harmony, integrating memory and behavioral impact Read more
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The Trauma of Children in Conflict and War – Part Two in a series on Trauma and Conflict
The stories about pillaging and raping soldiers and marauding militias are part of the entire history of mankind. There is no doubt that this shameful aspect of human cruelty haunts us since our earliest pre-historical times. In narratives it plays a side role at best. The heroism and the suffering of the soldier comes first. Read more
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The Impact of Trauma on Individuals – Part One in a series on Trauma and Conflict
Trauma1 a : an injury (such as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent b : a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury c : an emotional upset Work in neurophysiology has altered traditional views on brain development and the impact of trauma. Read more
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Slaying the Hydra
This blog article for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime is the more condensed and edited version of my previous article “Why global cooperation on peace and security is needed – An argument against divisiveness from the perspective of fighting organized crime.” “UN Police – Slaying The Hydra, UN Police challenges to respond to Read more
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