Four years after the first women’s leadership course at the GCSP, initiated by Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto (U.S.) and Ambassador Kok Jwee Foo (Singapore), the Inspiring Women Leaders course has developed in Geneva and expanded to Ghana and Kosovo.
The popular notion of war is that it is fought en masse by the people of one side versus the other. But the reality today is that both state and non-state actors are increasingly looking to shift the burdens of war to surrogates. 
The new world order, geopolitical disruption and unlocking a creative vision for the future were major themes discussed as the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) welcomed its new Foundation Council President, Ambassador Jean-David Levitte.
On 27 August, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) hosted 30 staff members from the Finnish National Defence University Postgraduate Programme (FNDU).
Experts in the cyber community are grappling with two important challenges: the potential militarisation of the cyber domain; and the “cyberisation” of the military domain.
Hackers have been targeting critical infrastructure, technological devices, power grids, multinational companies and even water purification systems for years.
The NotPetya malware primarily targeted Ukraine, but infected computers in countries around the world.
Billions of people worldwide have had their personal data stolen by cyber criminals – names, passwords, credit card information, passport numbers, bank account numbers... the list goes on and on.
In a world where unconventional threats are not only more diverse than ever before but also made more pernicious by new technologies and globalisation, crisis situations have become major challenges for governments and organisations alike.