Three ways technology can promote peace
Digital technology has the capacity to address violence and conflict in new and innovative ways. When it comes to peace, technology is a powerful magnifier. Technology can enhance and accelerate peacebuilding efforts. This year’s Geneva Peace Week events were hosted entirely
How The Private Sector Can Contribute To Peace – The Case of Benefit Companies
Benefit companies are a new legal form of business that contribute to local development and the common good in a transparent way. When great shocks are considered, for instance, wars, pandemics, and earthquakes, we all recognise the essential role of the
Female Foreign Fighters of ISIL
Since 2013, over 50,000 foreign affiliates or foreign fighters travelled to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from at least 83 countries, according to last year’s Global Terrorism Index. As the conflict
How the Shared Challenge of Climate Change Facilitates Peacebuilding
The shared challenge of climate change can open a window of opportunity to facilitate peacebuilding, as demonstrated by the Turkana and the Dodoth, an exemplary case of cross-border collaboration. To understand what happened it helps to look at the environment in
Global Number of Natural Disasters Increases Ten Times
A look at data over the last century shows a dramatic rise in the number of catastrophic natural events. The world has witnessed a tenfold increase in the number of natural disasters since the 1960s, the Ecological Threat Register (ETR) shows. Data captured
How Will The Pandemic Impact Positive Peace?
The COVID-19 pandemic will interact with Positive Peace in complex and systemic ways. The pandemic and its subsequent economic crises are likely to radically change the way some countries operate. The long-term responses of countries to COVID-19 will be shaped by
Future Trends — Extreme Poverty, Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Introducing another week of Future Trends on Oct. 14, 2020 – tracking current global news stories that provide insight into the future. This week: extreme poverty’s changing face, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict displaces thousands, EU invests in Balkans, and Japanese delivery robots. CONTINUING
COVID-19 highlights economic sovereignty in countries
A plunge in international trade during the pandemic has shown how some countries may benefit from already high levels of economic sovereignty. The pandemic has highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of relying on international trade versus fostering economic sovereignty. Economic sovereignty gauges
Ecological Threats, Conflict and Displacement Crises in Syria
The ETR finds that ecological threats in Syria have exacerbated existing social tensions and fragilities. Using IEP’s Positive Peace Index (PPI), the Ecological Threat Register (ETR) analyses the relationship between countries with high ecological threats and low levels of resilience to
Future Trends – Climate Refugees, Libya Protests, Israel Lockdown
Introducing another week of Future Trends — tracking current global news stories that provide insight into the future. This week's Future Trends: Libya protests, climate refugees, floating vegetable gardens, Israel lockdown and life on Venus. CONFLICT Islamic extremists suspected in the death of
Least Peaceful Countries Have The Most Ecological Threats
The ETR measures ecological threats that countries are currently facing and provides projections to 2050. This is the inaugural edition of the Ecological Threat Register (ETR), which covers 157 independent states and territories. The ETR measures ecological threats that countries are
COVID-19, Conflict and Ecological Threats in Yemen
The COVID-19 pandemic will intensify the impacts of ongoing conflict and ecological threats in Yemen. Yemen is considered an ecological hotspot, facing high exposure to all three resource depletion indicators measured in the Ecological Threat Register (ETR) – water stress, food