Civil-military relations in a 3D world

A new article by the Ploughshares-funded 3D Security Initiative, Quantum Blur, lays out what can be done to bring clarity to the relationship between civilian NGOs and military personnel in conflict regions. The article provides an agenda for civil-military relations to support conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Lisa Schirch, executive director, writes, “Every humanitarian or development project or transfer of resources can be done in a way that exacerbates political conflicts between groups or helps to ease the divisions and build consensus and stability between groups.” The article explains reasons for the “civil-military blur” and suggests ways to improve the civil-military balance.

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