Hiroshima Prefecture and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (“ICAN”), the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Award-winning organization, will hold the Hiroshima-ICAN Academy on Nuclear Weapons and Global Security 2020 (hereafter “the Academy”). Through this training program, we aim to nurture global leaders to make concrete and peaceful contributions to the world.

The imminent entry-into-force of the United Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) allows for a unique opportunity to hit the nuclear weapons producers where it hurts – their wallets. Through public pressure, we can make financial institutions respond to a new climate in which these weapons of mass destruction are recognised to be incompatible with sustainable, responsible and smart investment practices and pull their investments from companies that make nuclear weapons.

The Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) invites you to participate in a web-based online survey on the impact of Covid-19 and related policy-responses on the occupational field of peacebuilding and peacekeeping. The purpose of this survey is to gain first insights into the perceptions of peacebuilders/peacekeeping on how the current crisis will impact their work.

Are you under 35 years old and interested in military security in Europe? Do you want to win up to EUR 3,000 and present your work to diplomats in Vienna?

The OSCE and the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, together with Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO University), Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and Vienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), are launching an essay competition to encourage innovative thinking and help create a new generation of professionals studying challenges and opportunities related to conventional arms control and confidence- and security- building measures.