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Crisis Group in Colombia: A Partner for Sustainable Peace
Crisis Group in Colombia: A Partner for Sustainable Peace
Trapped in Conflict: Reforming Military Strategy to Save Lives in Colombia
Trapped in Conflict: Reforming Military Strategy to Save Lives in Colombia
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. Colombia’s New Battlefields
    1. A New Cast of Armed Groups
    2. Behaviour toward Civilians
    3. Approach to Security Forces
  4. Security Goals in Theory and Practice
    1. The Origins of the Military’s Role
    2. Continuing Onus on the Military
    3. The Official Approach
    4. Political Targets, Distorted Indicators
    5. Operations from the Commanders’ Perspective
  5. Institutional Constraints and Challenges Facing Colombia’s Military
    1. Personnel and Resources
    2. Corruption
    3. Human Rights Abuses
  6. Community Perspectives
    1. Fleeting Presence
    2. Enemies Everywhere
    3. Bearing the Costs
  7. A Way Forward
    1. Goals and Indicators
    2. Defining the Enemy
    3. Operations
    4. Planning for Consolidating Control
    5. Accountability and Integrity
    6. Aligning the Military with the Peace Process, the Petro Government and Rural Communities
  8. Conclusion
  9. Appendix A: Map of Colombia
Colombian Army troops during an operation in 2002.
Colombian Army troops during an operation in 2002. CRISIS GROUP/Teun Voeten
Impact Note / Latin America & Caribbean

Crisis Group in Colombia: A Partner for Sustainable Peace

In this video, Crisis Group's former Colombia Senior Analyst Christian Voelkel explains Crisis Group's 14-year-long engagement in ending a half century of deadly conflict.

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Crisis Group in Colombia: A Partner for Sustainable Peace

After four years of negotiations in Havana, Cuba, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hope to sign a final peace agreement in 2016. In this video, Crisis Group's former Colombia Senior Analyst Christian Voelkel e

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