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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the inaugural edition of the Ecological Threat Register (ETR), which covers 157 independent states and territories. Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP),...
Key Points • Existing norms, institutions and practices supporting global peace and security are struggling to adapt to the geopolitical realities of the 21st century. • Complex conflict dynamics...
Key Points Evolving threats are gradual and continuously developing situations that threaten or cause disruptions and harm to interests across an expansive landscape by manifesting and augmenting a...
DPRK + 1 more
The Korean Peninsula is divided by a strip of land, the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which represents the de facto border between North Korea, and South Korea. Contrary to its name, the DMZ is the most...
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The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) presents its 2019 Annual Report. For nearly 25 years, the GCSP has been equipping policymakers and executives with the skills to develop forward-thinking...
By Ms Emily Munro, Deputy Head, Emerging Security Challenges, Geneva Centre for Security Policy Key points Prevention strategies warrant more attention and can be a framework to apply to situations...
By Ms Emily Munro, Deputy Head, Emerging Security Challenges, Geneva Centre for Security Policy Key points Prevention strategies warrant more attention and can be a framework to apply to situations...
By Tobias Vestner, Head of Security and Law Key Points Human shields are increasingly used in modern conflicts, exposing civilians and other protected persons to high risk of death and injuries...
World + 1 more
Message from the Director In this report we have highlighted many – although certainly not all – of the GCSP’s accomplishments and activities that helped to advance our vision of a safer world...
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The ‘Barn Owls Know No Boundaries’ project brings people from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority to work together on solving environmental challenges. Nature conservation efforts, such as...
Innovation in Peacebuilding: Leveraging Polarities There are at least two critical tensions in peace-operations: achieving peace and justice and advancing executive and advisory functions in...
Let’s do a mental exercise. Close your eyes, and think of your immediate geographic area – whether you live in a bustling, coastal megalopolis; an idyllic, isolated farm; or the mountaintops or...
by Tarcisio Gazzini Key Points: The United Nations (UN) Advisory Group of Experts considers the progress made by the Peacebuilding Commission established by the UN in 2005 to be unsatisfactory. The...
Sierra Leone + 2 more
On 10 November 2016, as a side event to the 8th Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention (BWTC), the GCSP co-organised a panel discussion jointly with VERTIC and the Global...
Iraq + 1 more
Key Points •Within a year of its formation, the Islamic State in Iraq and al Shaam (ISIS) has come to represent the primary radical Islamist Salafi group worldwide. Exceeding the reach of the main Al...
Key Points The circulation of military equipment in areas where security is failing creates conditions for some of this materiel to be diverted to non-state armed groups. This risk becomes more...
GCSP Policy Paper 2013/4 Points clés Au Mali, l’insécurité sera toujours de mise au moins dans un avenir proche. Des solutions politiques ne peuvent être attendues tant qu’un gouvernement élu ne sera...
GCSP Policy Paper 2013/4 Key Points: •In Mali, insecurity is likely to play out well into the foreseeable future. Political solutions cannot be expected until an elected government takes over in...
by Benjamin P. Nickels Key Points • The demise of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi unleashed weapons and warriors into the Sahel, where they mixed with terrorists and rebels who seized Mali’s North by routing...
Executive Summary Since the summer of 2011, the country of Myanmar has been experiencing rapid democratic reform. Headlines lauding these positive changes have become commonplace in the international...