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SIPRI and UNIDIR will host an online webinar to showcase SIPRI's newest data and discuss the latest trends in global military spending.

SIPRI and UNIDIR will host an online webinar to showcase SIPRI's newest data and discuss the latest trends in global military spending.

With another dry season in Somalia, the country could see famine again.

A mine in chernihiv. has mother didnt survive. he is left with a broken leg, brain injury and sleepless nights, holding his beloved guitar tight. as his fellow ukrainians hold out against a brutal russian onslaught, now into its second month. joining me now is professor mary kaldor, director of the conflict research programme at the london school of economics. thank you very much forjoining us. how great do you believe the threat is that president putin will resort to chemical weapons of some so...

With another dry season in Somalia, the country could see famine again.

In December, the Home Office sent a rejection letter to a Syrian asylum seeker, saying it was safe for him to return. That would have been first case of its kind in the UK. Now, authorities appear to have backtracked.

In December, the Home Office sent a rejection letter to a Syrian asylum-seeker, saying it was safe for him to return. That would have been first case of its kind in the UK. Now, authorities appear to have backtracked.

In-depth: After an agreement with the Italian government, Somalia's state radio station will resume Italian broadcasts. But a lot of Somalis are unimpressed by the decision to reintroduce the language of its former colonial power on national radio.

Profile Dr Zeynep Kaya joined the Department in May 2021, having previously worked at SOAS and the LSE. She holds a PhD in International Relations from the LSE. Her main research areas involve borderlands, territoriality, conflict, peace, political legitimacy and gender. She has recently published a monograph entitled Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism with Cambridge University Press.  Zeynep is co-editor of I.B. Tauris-Bloomsbury’s book series on Kurdish studie...

Human Development Report Office to revisit the Human Security concept in 2021 In volatile world, where risks associated with planetary pressures – such as climate change and biodiversity loss – are overlayed on inequalities in human development, our societies are being put the test. The Covid-19 pandemic is the most recent manifestation of this. This year the Human Development Report Office will consider how the concept of Human Security can help to understand these challenges and frame res...