Conventional Arms Control in Europe: State of Affairs and Prospects Published: 17 December 2014 A presentation by Ulrich Kühn (The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy) at the conference "The Impact of the Crisis in Ukraine on the Future of Arms Control" held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in December 3, 2014. By Ulrich Kühn
Key Note: Financialization of nature and resource protection Published: 17 December 2014 The conference “Legal Remedies for Resource Equity”, whick took place on September 15th, focused on the use of environmental law to prevent the negative impacts of global resource extraction. A documentation of Barbara Unmüßig's keynote and presentations of the speaker's corners. By Barbara Unmüßig
COP20: Lima Published: 16 December 2014 The COP 20’s “Lima call for climate action” is no wake-up call but a worrisome sign of a feeble multilateral climate process plagued by political deafness and leaving poor and vulnerable communities alone with the impacts of climate change. By Lili Fuhr, Liane Schalatek and Maureen Santos
Hannah Arendt, Putin and Today’s Russia Published: 20 January 2015 Hannah Arendt would have found a lot to dislike about today’s Russia. But she would have loved Pussy Riot. An excerpt from the lecture of Ralf Fücks upon the occasion of the 2014 Hannah Arendt Prize. By Ralf Fücks
Lecture: Ocean of Life Published: 16 December 2014 Oceans have always played a key role for life on earth. In his lecture, marine conservation biologist and author Callum Roberts (University of York, England), describes the distressing dimension that the relatively short human rule of the seas has reached throughout the past decade. By Kristin Funke
The Myth of Net-Zero Emissions Published: 10 December 2014 Lili Fuhr and Niclas Hällström sharply criticize climate-change goals that are based on risky or underdeveloped technologies. By Lili Fuhr and Niclas Hällström
Common Sense on Conflict Minerals Published: 9 December 2014 Natural resources should be a major contributor to development in some of the countries that need it most. And yet, in some of world’s poorest and most fragile states, they bring just the opposite. By Michael Gibb
Women parliamentarians review the International Human Rights Conventions Ratified by Pakistan Published: 9 December 2014 Round table discussion Organization of women in parliamentary politics in collaboration with HBS organized a round table consultation on International Human Rights Conventions Ratified by Pakistan on 28th of October, 2014 at Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS).
The Modi Juggernaut rolls on Published: 5 December 2014 PM Modi faced its first stern test in the elections to the state assemblies of Maharashtra and Haryana. Avani Tewari explains in the India-Blog why the Modi magic works. By Avani Tewari
Lecture: Caste - The New and the Old in 21st Century India Published: 2 December 2014 What is the state of the caste monster in twentieth century India? Have the forms of discrimination and inequality altered? What is the experience of belonging to a less privileged caste?