Welcome | Geneva Centre for Security Policy

9 March 2020

COVID-19 Epidemic and Health Systems

Can countries keep up with the spread of COVID-19?

25 October 2021 Virtual,

Movement of People and Security - A Virtual Learning Journey

4 October 2021 Online,

Environment and Security 2021 - A Virtual Learning Journey

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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8 January 2021

Global Terrorism Index Launch 2020

9 October 2019

The Historian Who Risked Everything to Tell the Story of ISIS Occupation

Omar Mohammed might be the bravest historian alive today.

23 March 2020

Transnational organised crime and other stories

20 September 2021 Virtual,

Postponed - Building a National Strategy for Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) 2021 - A Virtual Learning Journey

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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2 April 2020

COVID19 Webinar Series: Global Crisis, Global Risk and Global Consequences - Session 1

6 September 2021 Virtual,

Strategic Foresight: Planning for Impact in Uncertain Times - A Virtual Learning Journey

19 March 2020

Anticipating the International Security Implications of COVID-19

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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27 March 2020

COVID-19: What does this mean for gender?

This opinion piece was co-signed by Martin Chungong, Chair of the IGC Global Board and Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International Gender Champions Secretariat (Fleur Heyworth and Tiphaine Di Ruscio)

1 November 2021 Online,

Leverage Diversity for Increased Performance: A Virtual Learning Journey November 2021

8 March 2019

Gender & Inclusive Security

Creating greater inclusion and equality within societies is now critical to build trust, resilience, peace and security.

20 September 2021 Virtual,

Inspiring Women Leaders - A Virtual Learning Journey September 2021

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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10 February 2020

Crisis response and other stories

2 March 2021

Lessons in pandemic crisis management one year on

4 October 2021 Virtual,

Crisis Management: Navigating the Storm - A Virtual Learning Journey - Fall 2021

15 February 2019

Crisis Management

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.

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?

3 April 2020

Five reasons why the COVID-19 crisis is related to arms control

10 February 2020

Crisis response and other stories

Global and Emerging Risks

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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2 November 2021 Online,

Looking at the Edge: Understanding the Frontiers of Geopolitical Risk - Virtual Learning Journey 2021

18 May 2021

Surrogate warfare and the transformation of war in the 2020s

What surrogates can provide are the means to disrupt the battlespace kinetically, the information space subversively, and the willpower of the adversary psychologically — all without a major combat operation.

9 December 2020

Neurotechnologies and Future Warfare

31 March 2021

Perspective on Global and Emerging Risk

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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25 March 2020

Five ways to remain diplomatic without shaking hands

The COVID-19 pandemic forces people in all sectors to adopt and adapt to new forms of work such as home office, digital interaction or video conference. The diplomatic world is no exception.

13 September 2021 Virtual,

Skills Enhancement for Political Advisors (POLADS) - A Virtual Learning Journey September 2021

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?

12 May 2021

Team Argonauts from ETH Zürich Wins the 7th European Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge

Team Argonauts from ETH Zürich is the winner of the 2021 “Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge”

2 October 2020

The impact of regulatory frameworks on the global digital communications industry

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8 November 2021 Virtual,

Meeting the Cyber Security Challenge - A Virtual Learning Journey 2021

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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30 November 2020

Webinar: The New Normal? Imagining Peace Operations 2030

22 March 2021

GCSP Co-hosts 1st UNPOL Women Police Command Cadre Professional Development Webinar

29 October 2021 Virtual,

Enhancing Leadership for Peacebuilding - 13th Senior-Level Course on Peacebuilding 2021

28 November 2018

Peace Operations and Peacebuilding

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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29 November 2021 Virtual,

International Disarmament Law 2021

15 July 2021

Military Operations and Artificial Intelligence

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2 November 2021 Virtual,

Legal Dimensions of Contemporary and Future Use of Force 2021

27 February 2019

Security and Law

We help global leaders navigate legal complexities in the evolving security landscape and make them more effective at mastering legal constraints and opportunities.

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

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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27 May 2021

Lessons in Leadership: Values, Cooperation, Preparation and Trust

20 October 2021 Geneva, Switzerland

International Leadership Association 23rd Annual Global Conference

22 February 2021

Leveraging the Potential of an Intergenerational Workforce

28 November 2018

Leadership

Geneva Leadership Alliance