CSTPV is dedicated to the study of the determinants, manifestations and consequences of terrorism and other forms of political violence.
In doing so, it is committed to rigorous, evidence-based scientific analysis that is policy-relevant but not supporting any particular partisan policy.
CSTPV's research and teaching are grounded in a belief in public service, global responsibility and the desire to contribute to the enhancement of human security.
CSTPV Somalia Conference
‘The Globalization(s) of the conflict in Somalia’
24th-25th March 2010
Parliament Hall, St Andrews
This conference will explore how the plurality of transnational forces is helping to shape the conflict in Somalia – and how Somalia, in turn, is bring its internal conflicts and contradictions to the world stage: from transnational organised crime to the transnational diaspora community; from international NGOs to international terrorist movement; from neo-fundamentalist Islam to neo-liberal economics.
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24th-25th March 2010
Parliament Hall, St Andrews
This conference will explore how the plurality of transnational forces is helping to shape the conflict in Somalia – and how Somalia, in turn, is bring its internal conflicts and contradictions to the world stage: from transnational organised crime to the transnational diaspora community; from international NGOs to international terrorist movement; from neo-fundamentalist Islam to neo-liberal economics.
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