In collaboration with theHive and the World Bank’s Global Center on Conflict, Security, and Development, Canada’s International Development Research Centre is hosting the Global Resilience Innovation Platform (GRIP) Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, May...
Social media is changing the nature of state-society relations in dramatic ways. This is particularly evident in Latin America where an emerging middle class with access to social media tools are redefining how democracy is conceptualized and...
Over the past 40 years, views of security threats and conflict management needs have changed. The end of the Cold War has shifted attention from tracking superpower rivalry to civil wars and other forms of internal upheaval on nearly every...
Donor Roundtable Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, September 22, 2011On September 22, 2011, the UK’s Department of International Development (DFID) and Canada’s International Development Research Centre, in collaboration with the Agence Française de...
1) Security and Humanitarian Action in Situations Other Than War from 10 a.m. to 12:00 noonA number of countries are exploring new approaches to securing areas affected by chronic insecurity and organized violence. While global attention has...