The Asia-Pacific region has, in recent years, been more prone to natural disasters than any other part of the world. Key factors driving the increase in frequency and scale of natural disasters include: rapid growth in population, urbanisation, globalisation and climate change. International armed forces have been increasingly used in response to these disasters. In [...]
NATO’s Operation in Libya Officially Ends United Nations Security Council, Resolution 2016 (2011), 27 October 2011 The United Nations Security Council has officially ended NATO’s protection of civilians mandate in Libya, following the death of Muammar Gaddafi, through a unanimous adoption of Resolution 2016. The Council urged Libyan authorities to ‘promote and protect human rights and [...]
Since 2010, the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence has supported a research project undertaken by Massey University on Police-Military Interaction in Peace Operations. The aim of the project is to analyse patterns of police-military relations in order to develop best practice models; identify current sites of difficultly and suggest alternative approaches and assess the [...]
From the 20th of June to the 8th of July the Centre had the pleasure of hosting three rising senior US Army Cadets – Casey Weliver, Erin Jankowski and Christopher Van Kleef – from the Systems Engineering Department at West Point, United States Military Academy. With the assistance of Lt Col. Dan McCarthy (National Reconstruction [...]
In May 2011 the Centre hosted the Civil-Military Interface for Community Engagement in Fragile States: Lessons Learned from Bougainville roundtable in conjunction with the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). This study was the first phase of a larger scale project on ‘Fragile States’, supported by the Centre, which asks how economic recovery in post-conflict communities [...]
