The Rapoport peace price annually awards a prize to an MA thesis or the equivalent, which aims to build peace. The applications will be assessed on the basis of the scientific merit of the work, its multidisciplinary research approach, its applicability to practical work and its forward-looking, peace-building vision. The thesis must have been finished […]
SaferGlobe’s Finnish Arms Control Report has today been updated with information on Finnish exports of military material and civilian arms and export licenses granted for dual-use items in 2019. In addition, SaferGlobe has published an article in Finnsih examining the exceptional export licenses to UAE for military material Finland granted last year. In 2020 SaferGlobe […]
The Anatol Rapoport- peace research fund has opened the nomination period for its Rapoport Peace Prize. The nomination period is open until the 27th of August, 2021. The prize is for a master´s thesis from a university or a university of applied sciences, which find cross- or multidisciplinary potentials to support peace. The prize will […]
Sannimari Veini, a law student who started at SaferGlobe on Feb. 1, introduces herself as follows: “My name is Sannimari and I am a new arms control intern at SaferGlobe! I am studying law at the University of Turku and currently I am writing my master’s thesis about the international regulation of chemical weapons, and […]
SaferGlobe’s Finnish Arms Control Report at www.armscontrol.saferglobe.fi has today been updated with information on Finnish exports of military material and civilian arms and export licences granted for dual-use items in 2019. In addition, SaferGlobe has published an article which examines what information about arms exports the Finnish authorities provide and what information is not available. […]
In the end of December, international scientific journal Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy published article Are the unhappy unemployed to blame for unrest? Scrutinising participation in the Arab Spring uprisings authored by Kari Paasonen, SaferGlobe’s Acting Executive Director. Based on Paasonen’s research, the role of unemployment behind the Arab Spring appears to be […]
Unemployment is considered a significant driver behind the so-called Arab Spring, and more generally behind protests, rebellions, and civil wars. However, the empirical evidence of this hypothesised link between unemployment and political instability is scant and contradictory. This article contributes to filling this gap. In addition, this is the first study which will concentrate on […]
SaferGlobe has updated the latest data about Finnish arms exports to the Finnish Arms Control Report. The added data covers the actual exports of military material and civilian arms in 2018 and statistics about export licences to military material and dual-use goods granted in 2018. SaferGlbe’s Arms Control Report is available at www.armscontrol.saferglobe.fi. You can find the […]
SaferGlobe’s new background paper examines borders, especially in the context of the European Union and the implementation of the principle of free movement in the EU.Borders are vital for existence of modern states. On the other hand, borders hamper the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital. The background paper is part of the […]
