Hidden Dangers: The Implications of the Global Health Security Agenda
This article was originally published by the Harvard International Review on 15 April 2016. On the heels of the annual International Monetary Fund/World Bank conference and an Ebola-ridden year, the...
View ArticleClausewitz and the Crackhouse
This article was originally published by War On The Rocks on 5 May 2016. In 1834, the British Government could not have sent a worse person with the worst set of instructions to China. The British...
View ArticleBack to the Future of Global Health Security
This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on 31 May 2016. Growing populations, rising global temperatures, urbanization, and easier trade and travel are all...
View ArticleSexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers: Zero Tolerance is a...
In recent years, cases of alleged sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of vulnerable individuals by UN peacekeepers and police have been surfacing with alarming regularity. The extent of the crisis was...
View ArticleSecurity Council Can Do More to Protect Health Care in Conflict
This article was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 27 September 2016. In May the UN Security Council adopted a wide-ranging resolution designed to protect health care in conflict. On...
View ArticleWHO Decision Instrument for the Assessment of Events
This graphic maps the World Health Organization’s decision instrument for the assessment and notification of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern. For more on...
View ArticleConflicting Goals
This article was originally published by ETH Zurich’s Zukunftsblog on 11 May 2018. It is also available in German. Safeguarding both humanitarian traditions and the interests of the domestic...
View ArticleCommunicating Effectively in Crises
This article was originally published in the ETH Zukunftsblog on 15 January 2019. To combat epidemics, the local population must be more involved and respected, says Ursula Jasper. This is one of the...
View ArticleMeasles, Ukraine, and Civil War: The Missing Links
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 22 July 2019. In 2018, the global measles outbreak claimed 109,000 lives and sickened 200,000 more across 126 countries. And...
View ArticleHotspots for Outbreaks of New and Recurring Diseases
Why is the coronavirus affecting some territories more than others? This week’s featured graphic illustrates the hotspots for outbreaks of new and recurring diseases. For more on global health security...
View ArticleInformation Control and the Covid-19 Crisis
This article was originally published by Political Violence at a Glance on 4 March 2020. Many states have long relied on various forms of information control, such as surveillance and censorship, as...
View ArticleAddressing the Coronavirus Infodemic
This article was originally published by the Atlantic Council on 16 March 2020. As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) has...
View ArticleCoordination of Volunteer Efforts in Post Disaster Stage
Large scale events like the coronavirus (COVID-19) and other factors are changing how we volunteer during disasters. This week’s featured graphic points out objectives, principles and suggested actions...
View ArticleWHO Funding
This graphic outlines the World Health Organization’s funding by donor groups, as well as assessed and voluntary contributions. Countries are still the most important sources of funding, contributing...
View ArticleHotspots for Outbreaks of New and Recurring Diseases
Why has the coronavirus affected some territories more than others? This week’s featured graphic illustrates the hotspots for outbreaks of new and recurring diseases. For more on global health security...
View ArticleConsequences of Climate Change in Switzerland
This week’s featured graphic illustrates the consequences of climate change in Switzerland. For more on Climate Change in the Swiss Alps, read Christine Eriksen and Andrin Hauri’s CSS Analysis in...
View ArticleEurope’s Pariah People
With over 10 million members, the Roma (also called Romani) constitute today’s largest EU minority group. Scattered across a dozen countries, with their largest concentrated populations in Central and...
View ArticlePolio is Back
A mere two weeks after World Polio Day, a fast moving polio outbreak has struck three central African countries. The first confirmed re-appearance of the disease was reported on 4 November in the...
View ArticleISN Insights: Look Back, Week Ahead
Last week, ISN Insights looked at: Japanese defense policy in a piece by Axel Berkofsky NATO’s new strategic concept in an article by Timo Noetzel and Adrian Oroz Egypt’s elections, held yesterday,...
View ArticleWhy Should Distributing the Polio Vaccine in Pakistan lead to Death?
The huge rise in militancy across Pakistan (pdf) is also creating a number of hazards for aid workers. On New Year’s Day gunmen on motorbikes ambushed and killed six female aid workers and a doctor in...
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