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Mediation Perspectives: Peace Agreement Provisions and the Durability of Peace

Posted Oct 06, 2019 | by Center for Security Studies ETH Zurich, Sean Kane

The professionalisation of mediation has focused on collecting lessons learned to inform better mediation strategies. In this report for the Center for Security Studies ETH Zurich, Sean Kane analyzes the empirical relationship between civil war peace agreements and the subsequent duration of peace. He discusses provisions that have a... Read More

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Plastic Pollution – A New Way of Measuring Hope on the Path to net Zero

Posted on Aug 14, 2023 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by OECD – Credit Suisse

Mismanaged plastic waste becomes plastic pollution. Each year more than 350 million metric tons of plastic become plastic waste, of which approximately 80 million metric tons (22 percent) is... Read More

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Rising to the Challenge: Building Peaceful, Just, Equal and Inclusive Societies in a Divided World

Posted on Jul 26, 2023 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

The vast majority of global violent deaths do not take place in conflict zones but are intentional homicides, mostly occurring in urban contexts. According to the Institute of Economics and... Read More

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Cognitive Warfare as Part of Society: Never-Ending Battle for Minds

Posted on Jun 29, 2023 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

In this paper for the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, Robin Burda examines the experiences of Czechia and Ukraine... Read More

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Instead of Politicizing Afghanistan, Stand Up for Women and Girls

Posted on Jul 28, 2023 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Center for a New American Society

In its latest move to repress half of the country’s population, the Taliban mandated that Afghan women can no longer work in beauty salons or for the United Nations Assistance Mission in... Read More

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How Putin’s Regime Survivalism Drives Russian Aggression

Posted on Jul 20, 2023 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Washington Quarterly

Geopolitical and ideological motivations cannot explain the timing of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Instead, regime preservation is both often overlooked in Western debates and has... Read More