The authors discuss the mechanism through which terrorist organizations acquire the funds they need to conduct their operations. They focus on levers of control, advocating the identification of practices that may be disrupted and context that may be changed so that financing terrorism becomes progressively …

International joint ventures (IJVs) are frequently stated to be increasingly popular but with significant managerial dissatisfaction in their operations (Madhok, 1995a). Therefore, a great deal of attention has been paid to the performance of IJVs (e.g. Contractor and Lorange, 1988; special issue of …

Since the nineties the Netherlands armed forces have become increasingly active in humanitarian aid and reconstruction in countries where they have carried out peaceoperations. This activity implies close cooperation with civilian institutions, for which the concept of civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) …

In 1999 the Gele Rijders (Yellow Riders), the traditional name for the soldiers of 11 Battalion Horse Artillery, and with them soldiers, hussars, and gunners of numerous other units, were deployed to the municipality of Orahovac in Kosovo. In the evaluation report the Secretary of Defence sent to Parliament …

Some four years ago, the increased attention for civil military cooperation (CIMIC) led to a situation in which the Netherlands Chief of Defence Staff requested the Services to develop a CIMIC Policy, which would give him sufficient information about the CIMIC capacities needed for the Netherlands Armed …

While NATOs definition of CIMIC would suggest an unambiguous concept, the essays in this volume make clear how complicated it can be and how it defies simple categorization. CIMIC takes place both during disaster relief and during peacekeeping operations. It takes place after military conflicts as well …

The decrease of the number of personnel employed in the western defence sector since 1990 can truly be called spectacular. But even before that year there was an unmistakably downward trend. Cooperation, therefore, is the buzz word for the military. This cooperation in the defence sector happens jointly …

Ten years into the post Cold War era have shown many humanitarian disasters caused by war. In the wake of these disasters many relief organizations emerged to give humanitarian aid. Nowadays, there is a great variety of actors working in the field of humanitarian operations in order to cope with the …