By Ambassador Thomas Greminger and William Lunding With reconstruction efforts already under way, Ukraine and its international partners are uniting around an agenda of “building back better”. To do...
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Instruments for Sustaining Peace: The Contribution of Strategic Foresight
By Ms Emily Munro, Head of Strategic Anticipation and Senior Advisor, Research & Policy Advice The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General recently observed that “We have war reporters, but there are...
The Future of Multilateralism
By Mr Richard Gowan, UN director at the International Crisis Group There will be extensive, and potentially divisive, debates about the need to reform the multilateral system over the next eighteen...
The White Paper on the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding
The White Paper on the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding aims to deliver a strong, cogent message about the relevance, evidence, and promise of environmental peacebuilding to the Stockholm+50...
Security Scenarios for Syria in 2021-2022 (An executive summary of a longer report)
By Serhat Erkmen, Nicholas A. Heras, Kirill Semenov Introduction Syria is a geographic entity divided into three main zones of control, each ruled by local actors with the strong and seemingly...
Lebanon + 1 more
Supporting Syrian Refugees amidst Lebanon’s Crises
By Will Todman, Fellow in the Middle East Program, CSIS Executive summary Lebanon is in freefall amid numerous crises. The currency has collapsed, food prices have quadrupled in a year, and Covid-19...
World + 12 more
Ecological threat register 2020: Understanding ecological threats, resilience and peace
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),...
Strategic Security Analysis August 2020 | Issue 12: The Future of Mediation in the Post-COVID World
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...
Strategic Security Analysis August 2020 | Issue 13: Resilience and Agility - Managing and Mitigating Evolving Threats in a Hyperconnected World
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
Confidence-Building Through Mine Action on the Korean Peninsula
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...
World + 3 more
Annual Report 2019: Transformative Journeys to Create a Safer World
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...
Strengthening Prevention with Better Anticipation: COVID-19 and Beyond
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...
Strategic Security Analysis March 2020 | Issue 9: Strengthening Prevention with Better Anticipation: COVID-19 and Beyond
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...
Strategic Security Analysis Issue 8, December 2019 : Addressing the Use of Human Shields
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
Annual Report 2018: Transformative Journeys to Create a Safer World
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...
World + 3 more
Birds as Peacemakers in Conflict Areas: - Barn Owls in Jordan - Israeli Peace Process
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...
Leading UN Peace Operations: Sustainable peace ‘is not a problem’
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...
Climate Change and Security
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...
The Economic Dimension of Peacebuilding:The UN Peacebuilding Commission in Search of Its Identity
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
Addressing the Biosecurity Governance Challenges Posed by the Ebola Epidemic
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...