Category: News

SaferGlobe hosts Nicolai Due-Gundersen’s lecture on the privatization of warfare in Iraq and Syria

SaferGlobe has the pleasure of hosting a lecture by political commentator and analyst Nicolai Due-Gundersen on the Friday 20th September, at 13.00–14.15. The event takes place at Globaalikeskus (Siltasaarenkatu 4, 7th floor), Helsinki. Please see the more detailed invitation below. Programme – Welcoming words, Kari Paasonen, SaferGlobe – Presentation: The Privatization of Warfare in Iraq […]

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President Halonen and UN Assistant Secretary-General Hochschild to Discuss Peace Technologies on 3.12.

Further information about the event: https://peacetech.fi/ The event will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppd7iq1cEOk

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Memorandum of Understaning between SaferGloben and Institute for Economics and Peace

SaferGlobe has sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute for Economics and Peace. Our common goal is to create or at least map the possibility of creating a Finnish peace index. Institute for Economics and Peace is a Sydney-headquartered think tank, whose projects include developing the Global Peace Index.  

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SaferGlobe’s Arms Control Report provides information on export licences of dual-use goods

Following the traditions of the UN Disarmament Week, SaferGlobe has today published new information about Finnish arms exports. The newly updated data set includes for the first time information of close to 4.000 export licences granted to dual-use goods in Finland. For the first time, the data set also includes now graphs visualising Finnish arms […]

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The IECEU Policy Brief: Developing EU’s Crisis Management: Focus on Personnel

Newly released Policy Brief by SaferGlobe assesses the current situation regarding staffing, and gives policy recommendations related to personnel to further increase effectiveness of EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions and operations. The Policy Brief is published as a part of the IECEU project funded by the EU Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020. The Policy Brief […]

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Developing EU’s Crisis Management: Focus on Personnel

The IECEU (Improving the Effectiveness of Capabilities in EU Conflict Prevention) is a project aspiring to enhance the conflict prevention capabilities of the EU. The findings of the IECEU-project show that mandate creation and coordination with local and international actors have significant influence on the effectiveness of the missions and operations. In addition to these […]

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IECEU’s Five Findings from the Comparative Analysis of EU’s Crisis Management

The IECEU (Improving the Effectiveness of Capabilities in EU Conflict Prevention) is a project aspiring to enhance the conflict prevention capabilities of the EU. In the analysis of some 1000 pages of study reports including over 200 interviews and a quantitative survey to identify lessons, five central findings on EU’s crisis management were made. They are briefly […]

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IECEU Policy Brief Presents Five Central Findings on EU’s Crisis Management

Newly released Policy Brief by SaferGlobe presents some key findings about the current strengths and weaknesses of the EU’s crisis management operations and missions. The Policy Brief is published as a part of the IECEU project funded by the EU Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020. The Policy Brief is available here.

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Digitalised Finnish Arms Control Report Published

Today SaferGlobe has published its ninth annual report on arms trade and arms control. This year the report has been digitalised together with Chilicorn Fund project of Futurice. It is now possible to examine Finnish arms exports using an interactive map. In addition, one can download a data set including information of more than 4000 individual Finnish arms exports between 2002 […]

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European Union Arms Exports, Long-term Growth and Political Challenges

The long-term average shows that arms exports of the EU have increased in 2016. This observation is based on data from five major EU arms exporters. These five countries under scrutiny are Spain, Sweden, France, Germany and United Kingdom. The most significant destination countries in 2016 were United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and India. During 2016 […]

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