WritePeace blog

Japanese military base, Japan Self-Defense Forces. Photo: Shutterstock

2 February 2023

Japan’s new military policies: Origins and implications

Japan is undergoing the most significant changes to its security strategy since the end of World War II. What is behind these changers, what do they mean for Indo-Pacific security, and what challenges lie ahead for their implementation?

7 December 2022

Language on Indigenous Peoples’ rights should stay in the new global biodiversity framework—for communities, nature and peace

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Jürg A. Staudenmann and Dr Geoffrey D. Dabelko

Keeping the role and rights of IPLCs prominent in the new Global Biodiversity Framework could help to ensure that large-scale nature conservation is just, peaceful and effective.

Participatory mapping as part of a project for sustainable resource management, food security and livelihoods in Kassena-Nankana district, Ghana

3 November 2022

Reducing climate-related security risks and building peace through adaptation

Katongo Seyuba and Dr Farah Hegazi

Climate adaptation can reduce conflict risks and support peacebuilding. But this will only work if social factors are given as much attention as the technologies.

Flooding at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Christian Aid

21 October 2022

Information challenges for humanitarian response to climate shocks in fragile settings

Anniek Barnhoorn and Dr Karen Meijer

As climate change intensifies, humanitarians working in fragile settings need timely, reliable information in order to mitigate the impacts of extreme weather and longer-term climatic trends on conflict dynamics. They should consider forging long-term partnerships with information providers.

A Chinese aircraft carrier on exercises in the western Pacific

20 June 2022

What can we learn from China’s military aid to the Pacific?

Xiao Liang

The Pacific islands have become the latest front in the geopolitical rivalry between China and the West. This blog explores data and trends in China’s military aid to Pacific island countries over the past two decades, and its possible implications for regional geopolitics.

A line of OSCE participating state flags

15 June 2022

Taking climate security forward in the OSCE

Anniek Barnhoorn

A Ministerial Decision of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) last year opened the door for closer cooperation on climate-change related risks. How could the OSCE and its participating states build on this opportunity?

24 May 2022

Gender equality for resilience and peacebuilding

Dr Vongai Murugani

The topic of gender equality, resilience and peacebuilding will be explored in more detail at the Stockholm Forum panel ‘Applying gender inclusive approaches to improve livelihoods and contribute to women’s and girls’ agency in a changing climate’.