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Leadership
Theme: Preparing leaders to create a safer world
We are facing a global leadership crisis today. There is urgent need for a radically expanded understanding of what leadership means and who can lead.
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15 September 2020
Online
Lead and Influence with Impact - #LIMPACT: A Virtual Learning Journey
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17 July 2020
Hills to climb, views to explore, bridges to build
Leadership reflections on Nelson Mandela International Day
Digital Hub
11 May 2020
Leadership and other stories
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24 April 2020
Leading and influencing through uncertainty – Part 1 of 4
What do you do when no one can tell you what to do.
Cyber Security
Theme: Anticipating Emerging Challenges
Our “wired” world is opening up new, exciting opportunities and complex security challenges. Successfully navigating today’s digital landscape will help us build a more secure tomorrow.
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8 April 2020
These 4 tips guarantee good cyber hygiene
As we move into a time of greater tele- and video-working, what does this mean for cyber risks?
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18 March 2020
Why cybersecurity matters more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic?
Digital Hub
26 February 2020
Cyber security, Strategic anticipation and other stories
Digital Hub
11 May 2020
Leadership and other stories
Geopolitics and Global Futures
Theme: Rethinking Geopolitics and Global Futures
In today’s fast-evolving globalised world, it is important to analyse both present challenges and those issues poised to become future challenges.
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15 May 2020
Meta-Geopolitics of Pandemics: The Case of Covid-19
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8 May 2020
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Strategic Anticipation
Theme: Anticipating Emerging Challenges
The global security environment is changing at a fast pace. Actors need to move from spending too much time reacting, to more proactively identifying the emerging security issues that may affect them.
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Digital Hub
6 May 2020
COVID19 Webinar Series: Global Crisis, Global Risk and Global Consequences - Session 6
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19 March 2020
Anticipating the International Security Implications of COVID-19
Digital Hub
26 February 2020
Cyber security, Strategic anticipation and other stories
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Arms proliferation
Theme: Building a Resilient and Peaceful World
The uncontrolled accumulation and spread of all categories of weapons have a devastating humanitarian impact and strategically destabilising consequences.
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29 May 2020
How does COVID-19 relate to biological weapons?
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7 December 2020
Dakar, Senegal
Développement des capacités pour une mise en oeuvre efficace du Traité sur le Commerce des Armes (TCA-ATT) 2020
Digital Hub
14 January 2020
Biological Weapons Convention and other stories
Diplomatic Tradecraft
Theme: Anticipating Emerging Challenges
In an age of geopolitical disruption, diplomacy is fast changing and increasingly digital, within an environment of complex interconnected challenges.
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Trending
1 March 2019
Key skills for the five main diplomatic functions
Diplomats represent their governments in fulfilling a number of professional tasks that can be best performed if they possess or are trained to develop key sets of skills corresponding to the five recognised functions of diplomats:
Human Security, Climate and Health
Theme: Anticipating Emerging Challenges
The human security dimension is an essential part of contemporary policymaking if we wish to achieve sustainable peace.
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9 March 2020
COVID-19 Epidemic and Health Systems
Can countries keep up with the spread of COVID-19?
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Digital Hub
20 January 2020
Climate action and other stories
Security and Law
Theme: Building a Resilient and Peaceful World
We help global leaders navigate legal complexities in the evolving security landscape and make them more effective at mastering legal constraints and opportunities.
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17 April 2020
COVID-19: the ‘fine balance’ under human rights law
Publications
16 December 2019
Addressing the Use of Human Shields
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Digital Hub
20 January 2020
Climate action and other stories
Peace Operations and Peacebuilding
Theme: Building a Resilient and Peaceful World
In an increasingly challenging world, we need to strengthen our capabilities for impactful prevention, peacemaking, peacebuilding and peace operations. It’s time to focus and deliver.
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11 August 2020
Design, Monitoring and Evaluation for Programming in Fragile Environments
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7 July 2020
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Making the Difference in Peacebuilding, Security and Development - RBM and Beyond 2020
Global Risks and Resilience
Theme: Anticipating Emerging Challenges
Global risks at the nexus of geopolitics and technology are increasingly disruptive as they exhibit rapid growth, unpredictability, diffusions from state to non-state actors and require a security policy paradigm shift from defence to resilience.
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Crisis Management
Theme: Preparing Leaders to Shape a changing world
When a crisis hits, how will you manage? We cannot predict when the next crisis event might occur. But we can be better prepared... and mitigate the risk of failure.
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19 September 2019
Crisis Management Navigating the Storm course: Equipping future leaders
“We need to equip our future leaders with the necessary toolbox to manage these extraordinary situations, and the GCSP Crisis Management course has certainly added some tools to my personal toolbox”.
Digital Hub
10 February 2020
Crisis response and other stories
Terrorism and Preventing Violent Extremism
Theme: Building a Resilient and Peaceful World
Criminal and terrorist groups are threatening cities and prolonging conflicts challenging human security worldwide. Weak states, technology, media, ideology, and exclusion advance their power.
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Digital Hub
23 March 2020
Transnational organised crime and other stories
Gender and Inclusive Security
Theme: Preparing Leaders to Shape a Changing World
In an unequal gendered world, the challenge of creating greater inclusion and equality transcends governments, organisations and society. It is personal, political and cultural.
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Publications
1 March 2019
Advancing Inclusive Mediation Through the Lens of Leadership
The number of civil wars tripled in the decade to 2015. In this context, mediation is widely recognised as a critical tool for promoting the peaceful settlement of disputes, and for conflict prevention and resolution.
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9 December 2019
7 ways women can succeed
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Topics
8 March 2019
Gender & Inclusive Security
Creating greater inclusion and equality within societies is now critical to build trust, resilience, peace and security.