Development partners The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel ...

As armed groups shift away from direct confrontations with the military, commercial drones are increasingly used to carry out attacks.

This seminar launches new ISS research into the SIU's achievements and challenges, and how to secure its future success.

United States (US) President Donald Trump’s attack on the global climate agenda is a risk in a world that increasingly suffers more intense extreme weather events and negative climate impacts. But as ...

The National Dialogue announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa two weeks ago aims to foster unity in South Africa and find collective solutions to the country’s multifaceted challenges. The initiative, ...

Diplomatic relations between Algeria and Mali, dating back to the 1960s, have deteriorated sharply since April, following the downing of a Malian drone by the Algerian army near the Tinzaouaten border ...

Many police members do good work and many criminals end up in prisons as a result. We applaud these successes. Nevertheless, since 2012, we have become increasingly concerned by evidence that the ...

Community-wide change towards positive parenting To build safer communities, integrated interventions are needed to address factors promoting family violence. Positive parenting leads to happier, ...

In July 2021, around 1 000 personnel from the Rwanda Defence Force and Rwanda National Police arrived in the terrorist-hit Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado. The province faced a severe threat from ...

In recent years, laudable efforts have been made to meet the AU Peace Fund’s endowment target of US$400 million, but using the income for PSOs such as AUSSOM would deplete it. Despite some Western ...

Links between violent extremism and illicit activities in Benin This report explores how violent extremists in northern Benin use illicit activities to finance and grow their operations. The first ...

National dialogue could transform cleavages in Ethiopia’s divided society if processes are navigated well. Convening a national dialogue in a highly volatile political environment will impact its ...