This book examines links between post-conflict security, peace and development in Africa, Latin America, Europe and New Zealand. Young peace researchers from the Global South (Uganda, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Brazil, Colombia) as well as from Italy and New Zealand address in case studies traumas in Northern Uganda, demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants in the Ivory Coast, economic and financial management of terrorism in Kenya, organised crime in Brazil, mental health issues in Colombia, macro realism in Europe and global defence reforms within the military apparatus since 1990. The book reviews linkages between regional stability, development and peace in post-conflict societies while adding on to the post 2015 international agenda and discusses linkages between peace, security and development.

Offers a new understanding of the linkages between peace, security and development by addressing practical pragmatic aspects Reviews cross-continental comparisons in defence reforms in Europe, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America Assesses obligations of combating transnational organised crime networks and managing violence

Inhalt
1.Introduction.- 2.Peace and Security in Northern Uganda.- 3.Transnational Organized Crime and Structural Violence in Brazil.- 4.The Multi-Level Dimensions of Peace: The New Macro Regionalism in Europe.- 5.Mental Health, Trajectories and Quality of Life: A Proposal for New Understandings of DDR Processes in Colombia.- 6.Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration in the Ivory Coast.- 7.Assessing the Future of Managing Economic and Financial Terrorism Risks in Kenya.- 8.Assessing Defence Reform Since 1990.