General News
Oil, business and borders
During the past three months, International Alert has been working with local partners in Uganda to understand the challenges facing local communities in the country’s fledgling oil region.
Nagorny Karabakh
International Alert has launched a new report on the successes and challenges of 20 years of civil peacebuilding in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict context.
Community resilience and the environment
Janpeter Schilling - Programme Officer, Climate Change and Security
Solidarity among Africa's youth
Next month International Alert will co-host the second in a series of conferences on the topic of 'Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance'.
Peace and conflict in northern Uganda
Our latest research in Uganda examines the impact of the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda (PRDP) on peace and conflict in the region.
Private and public security in Nepal
We are helping businesses in Nepal to raise awareness of the security challenges they face.
Alert's Secretary General offered professorship
We are pleased to announce that our Secretary General, Dan Smith, has been offered a professorship at the University of Manchester's Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI).
How does climate change affect peace?
A study in the peer review journal Science out this week claims to show evidence of the links between a warming climate and increased violence.
Red Flags for companies
We have launched a free iPhone app to warn businesses about the risks of them being implicated in human rights abuses in high-risk areas. Download the app here.
Gender-responsive peacebuilding
Hawah Bunduka - Senior Peacebuilding Training Officer
Mining in Africa
Last month International Alert participated in the conference 'Sharing the benefits of the commodity boom', organised by Mining on Top: Africa in partnership with the Commonwealth Business Council and UK Trade and Investment.
Governance the key to climate resilience in Bangladesh?
This article first appeared on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website.
Resilience, as a concept, has re-emerged after a few decades of hibernation as the development term du jour. While not without its challenges, the approach certainly has merits.
Common principles of justice in Nepal
On 5 July International Alert, in partnership with the National Judicial Academy, Forum for Women Law and Development and Legal Aid and Consultancy Centre, launch
Corporate responsibility in Pakistan
After continued support from International Alert, the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan has joined the UN Global Compact (UNGC).
Resilience is the best defence
International Alert’s latest research, produced in collaboration with the South Asia Network for Security and Climate Change (SANSaC), looks at the relationship between the environment and security in South Asia.
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