ABSTRACT
The tensions in the security-development nexus will be investigated by analysing how the nexus is implemented by external actors addressing organised crime in Sierra Leone and Bosnia. As discussed in previous chapters, organised crime was addressed in Sierra Leone through the West Africa Coast Initiative (WACI), which brought together in a collaborative approach the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN Peacebuilding Mission in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other bodies. In Bosnia, organised crime was addressed through the EU Police Mission (EUPM). In both case studies, initiatives to address organised crime were framed by the security-development nexus. Organised crime was also identified as a significant factor in the post-conflict period that needed to be addressed through external involvement in both Sierra Leone and Bosnia. Programmatically this provides a comparability not found across many cases of post-conflict reconstruction. As such, the two case studies provide a strong basis to investigate what in practice inhibits the integration of security and development. This chapter sets out the rationale for focusing on organised crime as a site of inquiry on the security-development nexus, and it then examines the selected case studies in more detail. The comparability of the two case studies is outlined, identifying both their similarities and differences. Each case is then explored in more depth, setting out the presence of organised crime in each country, how the security-development nexus is invoked and what this means in practice. This sets up the framework for the analysis of the tensions within the two case studies.
