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Research Professor Sara Hellmüller [@sarahellmuller.bsky.social] speaks at Doha Launch of World Mediation Report 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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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...

📌 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.
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@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.

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S3E1 Drug Policy and Global Power: Rethinking Governance, Security, and Multilateralism

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.

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The CCDP has received a 2025 SNSF AGORA grant to share 17,000+ Everyday Peace Indicators.

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ECCP: What did we learn from our Community Fund pilot in 2025? And, of course, upcoming meetings!

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

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📚 New Publication | Research Article by Emilian Berutti

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📣 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
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🔊 Listen Now: Gaza students killed while waiting for visas to study abroad All Things Considered on NPR One | 5:03

📻 CCDP in the Media | Research Fellow Caitlin Procter

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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.

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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,

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
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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...

🎉 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.
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S2E5 Tracing the Flow of Firearms: Understanding the Circulation and Control of Small Arms in Latin America

🎙️ 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.

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@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

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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…

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...

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

🆕 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 !

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Geneva Peace Week 2025 is coming!
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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

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...

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-...

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!

Blind Fire: The Rise of Military-Style Firearms amid Regulatory Failures and Data Deficiency in Brazil | Journal of Illicit Economies and Development Research

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....
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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.

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
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🌍 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.

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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

🌍 Opportunities in Peace & Research
📚 Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships 2026/27

Applications are open.

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