Climate change is profoundly affecting the day-to-day work of peace operations. More funding is needed for training that can help mission personnel to understand and manage climate-related security risks.
This blog from the Challenges Forum International Secretariat explores the challenges posed by mis- and disinformation for multilateral peace operations and some ways to address them.
The nature of conflict is changing, and with it the challenges of protecting civilians from harm. In this blog, Dan Mahanty of Stockholm Forum partner CIVIC offers some insights on how to improve civilian protection in this new context.
Observers have voiced concern about what they perceive as a disconnect between the foreign policy rhetoric of the Biden administration and its foreign policy practice. This WritePeace blog explores what light SIPRI data on arms transfers can cast on the discussion.
The next two decades will bring a more complex, multipolar and less Western world, one in which regional rather than global connectedness is growing. What does this mean for Africa? This blog from Jakkie Cilliers, the founder and former executive director of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), explores this question.
This blog explores how Poland is using Ukraine war-linked arms and ammunition contracts in a bid to accelerate the modernization and expansion of its arms industry.
The Iran–Saudi détente could ease Yemen’s troubles, but lasting peace will require local solutions. Emelie Poignant Khafagi and Dr Ahmed Morsy explore more in this SIPRI WritePeace blog.
Poor and conflict-affected rural settings are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. To achieve the best outcomes for communities, peacebuilding and resilience-building should go hand in hand.
In the latest ranking of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100), published in December 2022, two firms based in the United States—Peraton and Amentum—had recently been acquired by private equity firms. Both their arms sales were considered to have a high degree of uncertainty.
Training on climate security is crucial for the future of peace operations
Climate change is profoundly affecting the day-to-day work of peace operations. More funding is needed for training that can help mission personnel to understand and manage climate-related security risks.
Tackling mis- and disinformation: Seven insights for UN peace operations
This blog from the Challenges Forum International Secretariat explores the challenges posed by mis- and disinformation for multilateral peace operations and some ways to address them.
Five ways to protect civilians in contemporary armed conflict
The nature of conflict is changing, and with it the challenges of protecting civilians from harm. In this blog, Dan Mahanty of Stockholm Forum partner CIVIC offers some insights on how to improve civilian protection in this new context.
Arming autocracies: Arms transfers and the emerging Biden doctrine
Observers have voiced concern about what they perceive as a disconnect between the foreign policy rhetoric of the Biden administration and its foreign policy practice. This WritePeace blog explores what light SIPRI data on arms transfers can cast on the discussion.
Peak China, a declining USA and the future of Africa
The next two decades will bring a more complex, multipolar and less Western world, one in which regional rather than global connectedness is growing. What does this mean for Africa? This blog from Jakkie Cilliers, the founder and former executive director of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), explores this question.
Non-violent movements could be key to better people-centred peacebuilding
Throughout this year’s Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, we heard about a multiplicity of crises afflicting the world.
The impact of the war in Ukraine on Polish arms industrial policy
This blog explores how Poland is using Ukraine war-linked arms and ammunition contracts in a bid to accelerate the modernization and expansion of its arms industry.
Yemen: Local grievances call for internationally supported local solutions
The Iran–Saudi détente could ease Yemen’s troubles, but lasting peace will require local solutions. Emelie Poignant Khafagi and Dr Ahmed Morsy explore more in this SIPRI WritePeace blog.
Lessons on climate resilience and peacebuilding from Ethiopia and the Dry Corridor
Poor and conflict-affected rural settings are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. To achieve the best outcomes for communities, peacebuilding and resilience-building should go hand in hand.
Going private (equity): A new challenge to transparency in the arms industry
In the latest ranking of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100), published in December 2022, two firms based in the United States—Peraton and Amentum—had recently been acquired by private equity firms. Both their arms sales were considered to have a high degree of uncertainty.