Compound risk, response and prevention: learning to act where problems intersect

May 31, 2021May 30, 2021 / Dan Smith / Leave a comment

The Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development is co-convened annually by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which I have the honour to lead, and Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This year ‘s Forum was held in early May. Like the 2020 edition, it was online. The theme was Promoting Peace in the Age of Compound Risk.

The Forum was big. This post offers some summary reflections about what was discussed and what those discussions tell us about the way ahead.

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Gender, peace, security, slavery and cigarettes

June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 / Dan Smith / 1 Comment

One year on from the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, the senior UN official on the issue, Zainab Bangura, has said in an interview with AFP that Yazidi and other young women abducted by ISIS in Syria and Iraq are being traded “for as little as a pack of cigarettes.” Continue reading →

The conflict horizon 3: Only connect

April 25, 2014July 12, 2014 / Dan Smith / 1 Comment

Scanning forward across the conflict horizon reveals looming risks after two decades of growing peace. Connecting people and connecting issues, drawing on what we have learned over the past 20 years or so of peacebuilding, can renew the growth of peace. Continue reading →

Iceland’s economic implosion, masculinity and the credit crunch

March 9, 2009March 9, 2009 / Dan Smith / Leave a comment

There are many analyses around about the credit crunch and how it originated. One of the best, most insightful and innovative gives an anthropological angle on how one part of the story unfolded. It looks at what happened in Iceland that let a small group of over-confident manly men turn a small country into a major player in world finance so fast that its economy imploded. Continue reading →

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Compound risk, response and prevention: learning to act where problems intersect

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Iceland’s economic implosion, masculinity and the credit crunch

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