The decisions we make and actions we engage in today will shape our future. Are you prepared?
25 January 2021
Workshop Peace and Security 2025
Challenging Assumptions, Thinking Ahead, and Managing Surprise
11 February 2021
Lead Strategically in Turbulent Times: Sense-making retreats
Decisions you make today will determine your legacy for years to come.
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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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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.
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13 April 2021
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Lead and Influence with Impact - #LIMPACT: A Virtual Learning Journey - April Edition 2021
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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Trending
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)
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9 December 2019
7 ways women can succeed
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1 March 2021
Online,
Leverage Diversity to Increase Performance - A Virtual Learning Journey
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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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30 November 2020
David Horobin: “In today’s world a major crisis cannot be handled by one individual.”
Digital Hub
10 February 2020
Crisis response and other stories
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8 March 2021
Online,
Crisis Management: Navigating the Storm - A Virtual Learning Journey
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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5 November 2019
From climate change to cyber attacks – our world’s 10 most urgent risks
The world is facing a period of unprecedented crisis. From the natural to the digital environment, humanity is making our own living spaces increasingly hostile.
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5 April 2021
Online,
Addressing Challenges in Global Health Security 2021 - A Virtual Learning Journey
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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3 April 2020
Five reasons why the COVID-19 crisis is related to arms control
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14 April 2021
Online,
Building Capacities for Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) - Online Edition 2021
Digital Hub
10 February 2020
Crisis response and other stories
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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27 April 2021
Online,
Looking at the Edge: Understanding the Frontiers of Geopolitical Risk - A Virtual Learning Journey
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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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:
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3 May 2021
Online,
Diplomatic Tradecraft for Non-diplomats 2021 - A Virtual Learning Journey
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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19 October 2020
Geneva Peace Week 2020
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6 July 2021
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Making the Difference in Peacebuilding, Security and Development - RBM and Beyond 2021
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Digital Hub
30 November 2020
Webinar: The New Normal? Imagining Peace Operations 2030
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
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
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18 December 2018
Maj Gen (Retd) Blaise Cathcart and Tobias Vestner Discuss the Role of the Legal Advisor
Publications
19 January 2021
Trends in Global Disarmament Treaties
Publications
16 December 2020
Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space: Multilateral Negotiations’ Effects on International Law
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
Digital Hub
8 January 2021
Global Terrorism Index Launch 2020
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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18 March 2020
Why cybersecurity matters more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic?
Digital Hub
11 May 2020
Leadership and other stories
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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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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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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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Topics
14 February 2019
Strategic Anticipation
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.