Global Security Program Overview
Since humans first began to deploy weaponry in inter-tribal warfare, our greatest danger has been, collectively, from ourselves — and at no time has the risk been greater than in the modern age, with its weapons of mass destruction. CIGI’s Global Security program focuses on a range of issues in peace, conflict and security, including nuclear-energy governance.
Researchers in this program are exploring the need for United Nations reform, strengthening and reform of the International Atomic Energy Agency and security sector reform in fragile states such as Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan. Impact in this area of international governance will help foster a more secure and peaceful world.
Projects & Activities
Since the fall of the Taliban regime in the autumn of 2001, Afghanistan has been the subject of a massive multilateral military intervention and state-building process. Researchers participating in this ongoing research project monitor and analyze developments in Afghanistan’s post-conflict transition, particularly on security issues.
CIGI is a member of an international consortium of research centres and academic institutions undertaking a multi-year, European Union-funded research project to analyze the EU's role as a global-regional actor in security and peace. CIGI will contribute its expertise in many areas, including regional conflict, conflict recovery and terrorism.
The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) will be holding its 24th annual meeting in Waterloo, Ontario from June 2-4, 2011. Sponsored by CIGI, the event theme is "Multiple Multilateralisms," and will feature a call for papers, keynote speakers, workshops and plenary sessions/roundtables.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Security sector reform (SSR), a framework of principles and practices for the reconstruction of state security, has come to be accepted as a central facet of stabilization and state-building in fragile and post-conflict states. CIGI’s Security Sector Governance project deconstructs SSR, analyzes its application and offers advice on how to increase its effectiveness.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
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Strengthening and Reform of the International Atomic Energy Agency seeks to capitalize on the success of the Nuclear Energy Futures project by advancing ideas contained in the project report "The Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030 and its Implications for Global Governance."
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Jonathan Tirone
Thursday, December 22, 2011
This project examines the continued relevance of the United Nations (UN), as well as the use of the UN as the universal forum of choice for the international community to debate and manage global governance issues. This line of inquiry leads to the ultimate question of whether the UN can evolve with the times.
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Anabelle Nicoud
Thursday, June 9, 2011
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