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HIGHLIGHT


Swiss Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter - � 2013 GCSP

On 19 February, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, attended a meeting in Geneva with the three "Geneva Centres", namely the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). The meeting, which was hosted by the GCSP, allowed the Federal Councillor to get better familiarised with the centres and their staff, to learn more about their respective ongoing and forthcoming projects, as well as to engage in a dialogue on future collaboration between the Swiss government and the Centres.

 


NEWS
Cairo Conference On 9-10 February, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), the Center on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) and the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) of the American University in Cairo (AUC) convened an international consultation on the role of civil society in the transitions in Tunisia and Egypt. Held in Cairo, Egypt, the two-day event, entitled "Civil Society in Transitions: Facing Current Challenges in Tunisia and Egypt", brought together an international group of over 50 leading experts from academia, international organizations, civil society and the media. >> More

 

 


� 2013 GCSP From 11 to 14 February, the 53 participants of the 27th International Training Course in Security Policy (ITC) and the 17th European Training Course in Security Policy (ETC), took part in a study trip to EU and NATO institutions in Brussels, Belgium. There, they received briefings from a number of high level speakers at the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the European Defence Agency, and the European Parliament.

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Vuk Jeremic � A. Tardy/GCSP On 26 February, the GCSP was pleased to take up yet again its role as convener - in collaboration with the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Ms Micheline Calmy-Rey, former President of the Swiss Confederation and Visiting professor at UNIGE - by welcoming  Mr Vuk Jeremić, President of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly, and Ms Laura Dupuy Lasserre, former President of the Human Rights Council (2011-2012), to address a distinguished group of representatives from Geneva's diplomatic and academic community. >> More

 

 

TRAINING


10 April-3 July: 14th New Issues in Security Course (NISC): "Global Peace and Security: Challenges and Responses". The NISC is designed to address the main challenges facing global peace and security, and to search for effective responses to these challenges. This course aims to prepare participants for enhanced policy planning, decision making and practical implementation in a range of complex and interlinked peace and security situations. >> More


ONGOING TRAINING COURSES:

  

09 October-07 June: 27th International Training Course in Security Policy (ITC). The ITC is designed to train participants who will serve in the broad area of security policy and will interact in some form with international agencies engaged in security-related political and military decision-making. >> More

8 January-22 March: 17th European Training Course in Security Policy (ETC): "European Security in a Global Context". The course provides comprehensive training in European security within a global context. It is designed to provide civilian and military officials from national ministries with a comprehensive and analytical overview of security trends in Europe and its neighbourhood. >> More
 

 


25-28 February: 9th Defence Attach� Orientation Module. This Annual Training Module is dedicated to training of defence officials working in a multilateral environment. The module develops a link between international security policy and the practical responsibility of a Defence Attach�. >> More

25 February-1 March: In the span of one week, five Expert Training Modules were conducted at the GCSP, namely UN Sanctions (25 February), Humanitarian Arms Control (26 February), Leadership for Peacebuilding (27 February), "Diplomacy 2.0" - The International System and the Transformation of Diplomacy (28 February) and Western Balkans (28 February-1 March). >> More
 

 

EVENTS


Book Cover - National Cyber Security Framework Manual This book launch will present the principal findings of the recently released National Cyber Security Framework Manual. Among the highlighted themes will be the key elements to consider when drafting a national cyber security strategy, the five mandates of national cyber security, and the five dilemmas policymakers face when balancing divergent cyber requirements. Speakers are: LTC Martin G�rtler, Chief of Staff, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence; Dr Katharina Ziolkowski, Senior Analyst, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence; Mr Alexander Klimburg, Scientific Researcher and Senior Advisor, Austrian Institute for International Affairs.
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6 mars : Conf�rence publique "Qu'est-ce que l'extr�misme politique ?", par Christophe Bourseiller

Graduate Institute logo Christophe Bourseiller est journaliste et Ma�tre de conf�rences � Sciences Po Paris. Historien rattach� � l'Universit� Paris 1, il est notamment sp�cialis� dans les mouvements politiques minoritaires et les contre-cultures. Cette conf�rence est organis�e en partenariat par le Centre d'�tudes sur les Conflits, le D�veloppement et la Paix (CCDP) de l'Institut de hautes �tudes internationales et du d�veloppement (IHEID) et le GCSP. >> En savoir plus


19 March: Public Discussion on "Monitoring Commitments in Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation"

UN Photo by Eskinder Debebe In view of the upcoming meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2015 Review Conference due to take place in Geneva from 22 April to 2 May 2013, three major organisations (Reaching Critical Will, the Centre on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies) will make advance presentations of their own reports. All three will comment on each other's reports. >> Register


22-24 April: 10th International Security Forum (ISF) 2013

ISF Logo The GCSP will host the 10th edition of the ISF, a conference sponsored and co-organised by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs as an official Swiss government contribution to the Partnership for Peace. The biennial conference offers the international security community high-level cutting-edge analyses, briefs, and debates on the most relevant topics of international security. >> More


22 February: Preparing the 2013 NPT Preparatory Committee: An Expert Meeting in Support of the Romanian Chair-designate, Ambassador Cornel Feruta 

 

Amb. Feruta and Amb. Tanner This Expert Meeting was organised in support of the Romanian Chair-designate of the 2013 NPT Preparatory Committee. This meeting was held in cooperation with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, with the presence of the Chair-designate of the upcoming NPT Preparatory Committee Ambassador Cornel Feruta (Director General, Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Bucharest). >> More 

 

 

 

04 February: Public Discussion on "NATO's Agenda: Selected Strategic Challenges" 

 

Public Discussion on NATO This Public Discussion focused on the topics of "NATO-Russia relations" (analysis by Professor John Kriendler) and the "Lessons Learned from NATO Operations in Afghanistan" (analysis by Professor Julian S. Lindley-French), two significant strategic challenges which will shape NATO's future.

  

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30-31 janvier : Conf�rence de Dakar sur �Les d�fis techniques, capacitaires et linguistiques�, Cycle de Conf�rences sur �Les pays francophones et le maintien de la paix. D�fis politiques et op�rationnels�

 

Conf�rence Dakar Les 30 et 31 janvier dernier, le GCSP, l' Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), la Direction de la Coop�ration de S�curit� et de D�fense (DCSD) du minist�re fran�ais des Affaires �trang�res, et la D�l�gation aux Affaires strat�giques du minist�re fran�ais de la D�fense, ont tenu � Dakar la deuxi�me de quatre conf�rences d�di�es aux pays francophones dans les op�rations de maintien de la paix de l'ONU.

  

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RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

GCSP is proud to present the following new publication:

GCSP Policy Paper 2013/2
GCSP Policy Paper

2013/2

by Karim Emile Bitar

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All GCSP publications are available for download on the GCSP website. If you would like a hardcopy of a Geneva Paper, please contact us at [email protected].

 

 

EXPERT TESTIMONIAL       


Dr Nils MELZER
Senior Programme Advisor and Senior Fellow, Emerging Security Challenges Programme

 

Dr Nils Mezler "The contemporary security environment is marked by challenges such as transnational organised crime, the introduction and proliferation of new weapons technologies, and the increasingly influential role of corporate actors. These and other trends have resulted in a growing sense of uncertainty as to the applicable legal standards which, over time, has the potential of polarizing and destabilizing the international community. My primary role within - and beyond - the GCSP's Emerging Security Challenges Programme is to work towards providing clarity and guidance in the area of security and law through research, training, and policy dialogue. One of our current focus areas is the reaffirmation of the principles of international law in relation to security operations involving cyber space and unmanned weapon systems such as drones. We also aim to contribute to the clarification of international legal standards governing counter-piracy operations, command responsibility and private security services. I feel privileged to combine my operational experience and academic expertise with the GCSP's global network and resources so as to make an effective contribution to international, national and human security."

  

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