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22 April - 14 June 2024 / Duration: 2 MONTHS

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New Issues in Security Course (NISC) 2024

Location
Hybrid, Switzerland
Mapping and responding to today’s security environment to shape a better future

The 24th edition of the New Issues in Security Course focuses on new and re-emerging security challenges arising from a rapidly changing global environment. The course examines the evolution of security (with a special focus on human security), the interlinkages among security-related issues, and the value of adopting a more forward-looking approach to security. It will enable you to better understand, not only today’s global security landscape, but emerging dynamics in order to be able to proactively respond to new challenges and opportunities as they arise, and thus shape a better future. 

The 24th NISC will provide you with a deeper understanding of contemporary threats that will prepare and empower you to have greater strategic impact in all domains. This eight-week course also offers you a unique opportunity to interact with a diverse group of participants and experts from a wide range of sectors (government, international organisations, civil society, the private sector and academia)

 

Learning objectives

This course offers you a unique opportunity to: 

  • Strengthen your understanding of the rapidly changing global security environment 
  • Acquire tools to leverage your professional capacity 
  • Enhance your ability to respond to new challenges in order to shape a better future
  • Network with a wide community of security policy professionals 

 

Modules         

Module I: New and Re-emerging Security Challenges - Online: 22 April to 17 May 2024

The Changing Face of Security 
Human Security: the Environment, Health and Movement of People
Security Implications of Emerging Technologies 
Terrorism and Organised Crime 

Module II: Managing Current and Future Security Issues - In person in Geneva: 20 May to 14 June 2024

Law, Economy, and Security
Managing Conflict and Sustaining Peace
Global and Regional Governance 
New Issues in Security: Connecting the Dots


WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Open to mid-career professionals working in: 

  • national ministries,
  • international organisations, 
  • non-governmental organisations and, 
  • civil society organisations. 

Candidates must have had exposure to peace and security issues. Serving officers must have completed an advanced military staff course.


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Experts
Ms Anna Brach Head of Human Security, GCSP
The NISC was the perfect segue into understanding the policy and practice loop in peace and security, and the combination between academics, policymakers, and voices from the field helped me develop an interdisciplinary understanding of the issues at hand. In addition to enhancing my knowledge vis-à-vis key security challenges, the NISC also gave me the opportunity to polish a number of key skills central to my job, including the ability to communicate effectively, write comprehensive policy decision memos and develop adaptive and inclusive leadership styles.
Assal Mahmoud, Program Associate at the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, the Arab Republic of Egypt, NISC 2023

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