PhD Candidate, King's College London | Sessional Lecturer, University of South Australia
Francisco Mazzola is a doctoral candidate in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London (University of London) and currently a Sessional Lecturer at the University of South Australia.
This article discusses the fundamental shortcomings of US and UK-promoted police reform in Lebanon. First, it presents two separate community policing projects implemented in Lebanon supported by the United States and Britain. Then, drawing on recent experiences with community policing in the United States, it argues how, why and to what extent these projects in Lebanon are not contributing to human security, but rather increasing the insecurity of local communities.
