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The CCDP is the Graduate Institute’s focal point for research in the areas of conflict analysis, peacebuilding and the complex relationships between security and development.

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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The only option to make a living for Karen people after fighting the Myanmar military for seventy years,” a young Karen man said, is to “work on those businesses for the very people who took our land away.” Reposted to correct Dr. Loong's name. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🎙️ CCDP in the media: New CCDP Researcher and International Geneva Peace Fellow Nan Hao joins BBC World Service’s The Inquiry to discuss China’s Northern Sea Route and what growing Arctic shipping could mean for global trade. Listen on BBC www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
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BBC Audio | The Inquiry | Can China’s polar silk road change global trade?
Arctic waters are being commercialised as the first regular ships take to the sea.
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW REPORT What should U.S. nuclear deterrence and arms control look like amid strategic competition with China and Russia? A new report from the CCDP and MIT’s Center for Nuclear Security Policy examines the assumptions shaping the debate. 📄 Read the report tinyurl.com/3cfucpmj
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
'The only option to make a living for Karen people after fighting the Myanmar military for seventy years,’ a young Karen man said, is to ‘work on those businesses for the very people who took our land away.’ New article by Shona Long and Laure Siegel www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"AI does not wait to be governed at the pace of UN diplomacy. Timely decisions are essential to prevent loss of control of AI systems and extreme concentrations of power." Read Augusta Nannerini's comments on the 'UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance'. graduateinstitute.pulse.ly/axxoedxm…
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The design of the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance: a feminist perspective
A commentary on the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, held in Geneva on 6 and 7 July 2026.
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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Marking the launch of Season of Wolves, the final book by Professor Mohamedou, completed posthumously through a remarkable collaborative effort, Bahiya and Kemal Mohamedou reflect on their father’s intellectual legacy and bringing this work to publication. www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
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MINT | Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad-mint.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
From Research to Practice: @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social Researchers Join MINT Students for Conversations on Applied Research. Read more about the ARP Drop-In-Clinic and the programme. 🔗https://shorturl.at/l5m2U
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Some research projects don't end. They grow into new questions, new partnerships, and new tools. In this CCDP Spotlight Podcast, Sara Hellmüller, Fanny Badache, Bilal Salaymeh, and Margaux Pinaud reflect on five years of research on UN peace missions. bsky.app/profile/gvag...
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
How can some states survive without armed forces? A new book by Zoltan Barany examines countries that exist without standing militaries, drawing on global field research to rethink assumptions about security and state survival. academic.oup.com/book/61886
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States without Armies: Why They Exist and How They Survive
Abstract. Is it possible for a state to exist without a military in an increasingly divided and heavily militarized world? The answer is “yes.” Twenty-one
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Eliza Urwin attended the recent #OSCE Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Conflict Prevention at the invitation of the Swiss FDFA, joining discussions on AI and conflict prevention. Great to also see friends of CCDP on the panel, -- Hiba Qasas and Evelyne Tauchnitz. @gvagrad.bsky.social
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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Join @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social's unique event to discuss China & drug policy with 3 key academics: 📌The reported decline in China's illegal drug market 📌How China deals with the sharp increase of synthetic drug consumption 📌Tensions around chemical precursors for synthetic opioids shorturl.at/5UJ52
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MINT | Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad-mint.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Join the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social for seminar on "Islamic Jurists in Conflict: From Warfare to Governance and Mediation" led by Emanuel Schäublin (ETH Zurich). 🗓️Tuesday, 12 May at 3 PM at the Institute (P1-547) or online 🔗https://shorturl.at/5BANj
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What if funding shifted from compliance to curiosity? A new piece in CDA Collaborative Learning Projects highlights the ECCP Community Fund explores how participatory grants can reshape how resources and responsibility circulate in climate and peacebuilding work. 📖 tinyurl.com/ynjnbwxe
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Rebuilding the Anthills: Transformation Prototypes for the Post-Aid World - CDA Collaborative Learning
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
📅 21 April | Geneva Join us for Neutrality in Cyberspace: International Humanitarian Law at the Digital Battlefield, an in-person conference on the relevance of neutrality in cyberspace and IHL. Register: www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio... @gvagrad-law.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The CCDP and DCAF joined institutional partners for a timely expert briefing on the evolving security situation in the Middle East. As one of the contributors , Julia Pickhardt reflects from a mediation and conflict prevention standpoint. Read her article 🔗 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
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Seven Years in the Making: Reflections on the Role of Diplomacy and Mediation in the Iran-war
The CCDP and DCAF joined institutional partners for a timely expert briefing on the evolving security situation in the Middle East. As one of the contributing speakers, Julia Pickhardt offered reflect...
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🌐 Khalid Tinasti, CCDP Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer at the Graduate Institute, has been appointed to a UN Expert Panel preparing recommendations for the 2029 global drug policy review. www.unodc.org/unodc/en/pre...
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Commission on Narcotic Drugs establishes Expert Panel to contribute to the 2029 global drug policy review
Commission on Narcotic Drugs establishes Expert Panel to contribute to the 2029 global drug policy review
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Faculti @faculti.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Is Switzerland strengthening its defence industry — or quietly redrawing the boundaries of neutrality in a more polarized security landscape? Keith Krause @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social discusses: faculti.net/switzerland-... #defense #security
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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The International Law Colloquium presents: Warfare in the Digital Age: Cyber Operations as Means of Modern Armed Conflict with Daryna Abbakumova, Visiting Professor, Department of International Law & @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social Postdoctoral fellow. 📅 5th March Join online: shorturl.at/sOZpP
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Research Professor Sara Hellmüller [@sarahellmuller.bsky.social] speaks at Doha Launch of World Mediation Report 2026 🔗 Watch the recording www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio... @gvagrad.bsky.social
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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US Response to China’s Nuclear Buildup: Four Schools of Thought | Toda Peace Institute
China’s rising economic and conventional capabilities are now paired with expanding nuclear forces. Strategically, Washington must decide whether it is possible to avoid confronting China and Russia t...
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
📌 How do institutions keep longterm priorities alive amid crisis? In #GPO2026, the authors reveal how agendakeeping has become a strategic tool for relevance in International Geneva. 👉 Read more: www.genevapolicyoutlook.ch/agenda-keepi... @GePolOutlook #GlobalGovernance
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Agenda-Keeping in International Geneva
As crises multiply, institutions in Geneva race to keep long-term priorities alive. Lucile Maertens and colleagues reveal how UN Agencies keep vital issues on the world’s agenda through agenda-keeping...
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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
@gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social Spotlight Podcast: UN Peace Missions in a Changing World Margaux Pinaud speaks with IR Reesearch Professor Sara Hellmüller, Fanny BADACHE & Bilal Salaymeh about how shifts in global politics are reshaping UN peace missions and their mandates. Listen👉 shorturl.at/PGu5j
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
New CCDP Spotlight 🎙️ How does global drug policy shape security, power, and multilateralism? Jennifer Thornquest speaks with Dr. Khalid Tinasti on governing international drug control in an era of geopolitical change. @gvagrad.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6oNo...
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S3E1 Drug Policy and Global Power: Rethinking Governance, Security, and Multilateralism
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The CCDP has received a 2025 SNSF AGORA grant to share 17,000+ Everyday Peace Indicators. Follow the Project Blog Series by Apolline Foedit. www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio... gvagrad.bsky.social
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The ECCP Community Fund piloted its first funding cycle in 2025, supporting six community led activities across countries. Explore what we learned in the new ECCP Community Fund Learning Brief 🔗 eccp.substack.com/p/eccp-what-...
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ECCP: What did we learn from our Community Fund pilot in 2025?
And, of course, upcoming meetings!
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
📚 New Publication | Research Article by Emilian Berutti 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @gvagradlibrary.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
📣 Call for abstracts | Rethinking SSR The workshop invites critical perspectives on #SSR and international security assistance amid shifting global orders, new security providers, and evolving threats. 🗓 Deadline: 11 Feb 2026 Submit here 🔗 eisa-net.org/ewis-2026/ab... @gvagrad.bsky.social
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Miss this week's e-news? Read it 🔗 lnkd.in/ek6Rk8Wj 💡 Stay informed about CCDP research, events, online conversations and more here on Linkedin or by signing up to receive the weekly news: 1️⃣ go to our website: lnkd.in/e23NyBhj 2️⃣ scroll to the bottom of the page 3️⃣ enter your contact information
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📻 CCDP in the Media | Research Fellow Caitlin Procter one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...
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🔊 Listen Now: Gaza students killed while waiting for visas to study abroad
All Things Considered on NPR One | 5:03
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
CCDP Incoming Research Associate, Dr Shona Loong, receives the Ambizione career grant by the SNSF for her four year project “Governing the Revolution” on foreign aid, rebel governance, and the Spring Revolution in #Myanmar. www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
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New SNSF Ambizione grant to be hosted by the CCDP
Incoming Research Associate, Dr Shona Loong, receives the Ambizione career grant by the SNSF for her four year project “Governing the Revolution” on foreign aid, rebel governance, and the Spring Revol...
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Stay up to date on the latest CCDP News! www.graduateinstitute.ch/research-cen...
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Our seminar Hospitals Under Fire, co hosted with the Global Health Centre @gvagrad-ghc.bsky.social, brought together experts to examine rising attacks on health care in conflict. Health Policy Watch covered the event 🗣️ healthpolicy-watch.news/ban-all-atta... @gvagrad.bsky.social
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'Ban All Attacks On Hospitals As Shielding Has Become A Tool Of Genocide' - Health Policy Watch
All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by,
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🎉 Sara Hellmüller and Bilal Salaymeh are shortlisted for the 2026 Bernard Brodie Prize for their article in Contemporary Security Policy. Their work on transactional peacemaking brings new clarity to how states shape peace processes in Libya, Syria, and Yemen. doi.org/10.1080/1352...
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Transactional peacemaking: Warmakers as peacemakers in the political marketplace of peace processes
World politics are changing with important implications for international peace processes. We argue that recent changes in world order have led to transactionalism becoming more pronounced in peace...
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🎙️ New Podcast Episode In this episode, Jennifer Thornquest speaks with Nicolas Florquin, Head of Data and Analytics at the Small Arms Survey, about the transnational circulation and control of small arms in Latin America. open.spotify.com/episode/2YUH...
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S2E5 Tracing the Flow of Firearms: Understanding the Circulation and Control of Small Arms in Latin America
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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
@gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social presents “Ecos de Realidad", a tribute to activists who gave their lives defending justice, equity & human rights, by leading Mexican painter and activist Álvaro Sebastián Quiroz Bolaños. 📅14-16 Oct - The Fab, in the context of Geneva Peace Week 👉 shorturl.at/WlJOM
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Small Arms Survey @smallarmssurvey.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Launched today, our new Situation Update, part of a collaborative project with @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social, PUC Rio, & Instituto Sou da Paz & supported by SNIS, examines the global authorized trade in small arms, with a focus on Latin America, from 2019-24: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/aut...
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The Authorized Trade in Small Arms: Latin America from a Global Perspective
Situation Update: Latin AmericaBased on UN Comtrade data, reported global small arms and light weapons (hereafter ‘small arms’) exports rose sharply from USD 5 billion in 2019 to USD 9.2 billion in…
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Find CCDP community associates in the latest research bulletin: ❇️ @jeromed.bsky.social ❇️ @jenniferthornquest.bsky.social ❇️ @elenabutti.bsky.social ❇️ @sarahellmuller.bsky.social ❇️ Reza Mehraeen ❇️ Khalid Tinasti ❇️ Robert Watkins
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Research Office @gvagrad-research.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🆕 Discover our new Publications Gateway ! To facilitate access to the Institute’s publications and all related materials 📚 Full catalogue; journals and series produced by @gvagrad.bsky.social; faculty members serving on editorial committees... and much more ! 👉 shorturl.at/cWGpw
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Geneva Peace Week 2025 is coming! @gvagrad.bsky.social
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
CCDP community at #GPW2025 🔹 K. Krause on UN multilateralism & AI for peace 🔹 E.Urwin on climate action for conflict prevention 🔹 A.Bellal on displacement, human rights & closing reflections 🔹 A.Erickson-Pearson on locally led climate-peace action 🔹 F.Weigand on civilian protection in armed conflict
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
New report by Nigel Roberts & CCDP Research Associates Ashley Jackson & Florian Weigand: Armed Group Economic Policy. Armed groups don’t just profit — they govern economies. From Myanmar to Somalia, they regulate trade, markets & livelihoods. 👉 Read: www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...
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Centre on Armed Groups — Armed Group Economic Policy: Towards a New Research Agenda
From Myanmar to Somalia, armed groups are shaping markets, setting economic rules, and pursuing international economic relations. This report challenges the narrow focus on illicit finance, showing ho...
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Elena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We had a most insightful workshop last week in Geneva, discussing the intersection between housing struggles and "illegality". Thanks to my co-organizer Guillaume Dumont, our discussants @hanna-hilbrandt.bsky.social, Matthew Richmond, Miguel Martínez, Martijn Koster & the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social!
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Small Arms Survey @smallarmssurvey.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Today our project partners at Sou da Paz release a research paper on military-style #firearms in #Brazil, funded by SNIS, which examines the illegal market for these weapons & highlights what hinders the development of effective policies: jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.... @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social
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Blind Fire: The Rise of Military-Style Firearms amid Regulatory Failures and Data Deficiency in Brazil | Journal of Illicit Economies and Development
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Read what CCDP Research Associate Khalid Tinasti writes in The Conversation on fentanyl, US policy toward Mexico, and the implications for security, diplomacy, and human rights.
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
On 4–5 Sept, CCDP & @SmallArmsSurvey co-hosted the SNIS-funded workshop Small Arms in Latin America 🇧🇷🇨🇴🇲🇽🇨🇭 Sessions explored: 🔹 Regional norms 🔹 Arms flows 🔹 Socio-cultural dimensions 🔹 Trade data trends #Peacebuilding #LatinAmerica @gvagrad.bsky.social
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
🌍 WHO at a crossroads. At the 78th World Health Assembly the CCDP & the Global Health Centre co-hosted Soft War: Geopolitics and Financing at the WHO. CCDP Director Keith Krause shared insights on security & institutional change. Watch the discussion.
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
🌍 Opportunities in Peace & Research 📚 Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships 2026/27 Applications are open. shorturl.at/Xg1t9
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Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships 2025–2026: Fully Funded Opportunities for Foreign Scholars and Artists in Switzerland - Opportunities for Youth
The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships 2025-26 offer a prestigious opportunity for international students to pursue higher education and research in
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CCDP | Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
What’s next for peace operations? Sara Hellmüller (@sarahellmuller.bsky.social) shared insights at swisspeace & SWISSINT’s course on bridging civilian-military efforts in peacebuilding. 📚 More: swisspeace.ch/courses 🌐 Explore: peacemissions.info
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swisspeace offers high-quality peacebuilding courses for practitioners at different stages in their careers in collaboration with the University of Basel. We provide courses in Switzerland, conflict-a...
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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"The legitimacy #Trump has given to Israeli plans poses a threat in the here and now, but it could also outlast his presidency." Opinion by Trude Strand, researcher at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, @aljazeera.com: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social
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The Hawaii of Israel: How Trump legitimised a longstanding Israeli vision
Israel has long envisoned the transfer of Gaza’s Palestinians. Now this dangerous idea has gained legitimacy.
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