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Emerging powers in a changing world
Institute of International Relations, Greece, 2014The scope of this paper goes beyond Greece’s neighbourhood and examine different countries that are collectively called as ‘Rising Powers’. Selectively, the authors pick and examine the topics considered as the most important from each of the following six countries: China, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico.DocumentThe rise of emerging Asia: regional peace and global security
Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2013The rapid economic rise of China, India, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) could have several effects on regional peace and global security. The power transition perspective overstates the risk of conflict that results from convergence between dominant and challenger states.DocumentForgiveness: unveiling an asset for peacebuilding
Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2015Within the international community – international lawyers, human rights activists, officials of international organizations, and the staff of NGOs focused on peace-building – forgiveness is little understood, widely ignored, and often overshadowed by other activities thought to be more urgent.DocumentA ‘Third Umpire’ for policing in South Africa: applying body cameras in the Western Cape
Igarape Institute, 2015Technological innovations are having a profound effect on the form and content of policing. But what are the possibilities for the use of these new technologies for improving law enforcement in the global South? A new initiative led by the Brazil-based Igarapé Institute is testing this question.DocumentRussia’s nuclear security policy: priorities and potential areas for cooperation
Stanley Foundation, 2015The crisis over Ukraine has led to a drastic reduction in regular official Russian-US contacts in most areas, including those where it is in the two countries’ mutual national security interests to work together. Bilateral cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security has been among the affected areas.DocumentEconomic drivers of mass atrocities: implications for policy and prevention
Stanley Foundation, 2015At their core, mass atrocities are a form of violence perpetrated against the “other” for a broad range of interconnected ethnic, ideological, religious, and political reasons. In many cases, these reasons have economic drivers that underlie, trigger, or sustain mass atrocities.DocumentProtection in Europe for refugees from Syria
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2014This policy note provides an executive summary of an accompanying policy briefing which considers the response of European countries to the refugee crisis in the Syrian region.DocumentNet neutrality and antitrust: options for India
Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015In India, net neutrality continues to remain at the centre of a highly complex policy debate. It defies definition and throws up difficult questions over substantive as well as implementation-related aspects of access to the internet. Until recently, the country had not had the opportunity to display public support for the principles enshrined by net neutrality.DocumentProspects for the Asia Pacific Region
Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014Proceedings of the 7th joint conference organised by ORF and Moscow's Experimental Creative Centre. This report follows the highlights of the conference that sought to examine the current challenges faced by the Asia Pacific region:DocumentRethinking security in the 21st Century: Jodhpur Security Dialogue 2014
Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015India's neighbourhood is unique: It has about 15,106 km of international border; 7,000 km of it with two nuclear powers, who share close strategic ties with each other. With most of the remaining neighbouring countries, India has long-standing bilateral security-related problems.Pages
