Dan Smith is Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. He is also a part-time Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester, affiliated with the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. Until August, 2015, he was Secretary General of International Alert, the London-based international peacebuilding organisation.
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Published in: HomeCovid, conflict, climate – and our crying need to be more resilientAs we look to the future and come out of lockdown and other restrictions, we have to act.
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Published in: HomeThe crumbling architecture of arms controlGiven US and Russian presidential capacity for springing surprises, we risk losing the degree of safety we gained...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?European security. Crisis? What crisis?At the Munich Security Conference, there is more agreement that current situations are tragic and risky, than accord...
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Published in: HomeGender, peace, security, slavery and cigarettesProgress against gender-based violence means thinking about models of masculinity and femininity, and how these may...
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Published in: HomeClimate change and security: here’s the analysis, when’s the action?We have moved beyond the tired old controversy about whether climate change causes armed conflict. The new...
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Published in: openSecurityBombing in the Middle East again: three easy questionsThe last one being, "what is the definition of madness?"