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The fundamental issue in relations between people is how to manage conflict. That’s true for relations between individuals, between states, and at every level in between.

Whether people can manage their disputes productively and caringly will decide whether or their relationship – whether as friends, partners, colleagues, whatever – will continue.

International Alert's Climate Change and Conflict Adviser, Janani Vivekananda, speaks about climate change and stability in conflict-affected and fragile states at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

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We are pleased to launch a new practice note in the Peacebuilding Essentials for Economic Development Practitioners series.

Alert recently convened a meeting of security experts to look at the likelihood of increased conflict arising from changes to our climate already underway. The newswire Reuters Foundation AlertNet has reported the story here, or you can read the article below:

International Alert is an independent peacebuilding organisation that has worked for over 20 years to lay the foundations for lasting peace and security in communities affected by violent conflict. Our multifaceted approach focuses both in and across various regions; aiming to shape policies and practices that affect peacebuilding; and helping build skills and capacity through training.

Impact report

One of the more controversial outcomes of the UN Small Arms conference was the failure of states to explicitly commit to more effective regulation of civilian possession and use of small arms and light weapons (SALW). Despite clear evidence of the opportunities for diversion of SALW from civilian possession to illicit trade and the serious impact of this on human security, opposition from some

Briefing

International Alert's impact in 2009

Impact report 2009

International Alert and Transition International are offering a DDR advanced course on reintegration.

PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS FOR THIS COURSE ARE NOW CLOSED.

Cost: the course is free of charge

Full board accommodation for the duration of the course is included in the cost. Participants have to be able to commit to attend the course in full.

Course description:

International Alert is pleased to invite you to attend the first in a series of Peace Talks:

“EU CHALLENGES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST:
TIME FOR SOME HUMILITY?”

on Tuesday 12th April at 18.00 at Hotel Wielemans, Brussels

Dan Smith, Alert Secretary-General, was interviewed in Washington DC at the Woodrow Wilson Centre last week about the nature of our work. You can watch his thoughts, which include some observations about the challenges and opportunities of peacebuilding, below: