You can read here the article on Trump and climate change which was written by Director General of ELIAMEP Dr Thanos Dokos. This commentary was published in the Greek daily Kathimerini on 5 April 2017 [in Greek].
Los factores que previsiblemente configurarán 2017 en los ámbitos energético y climático son una volatilidad más contenida en los precios del petróleo y la implementación de políticas climáticas crecientemente ambiciosas en un contexto de incertidumbre política.
On Wednesday, April 12th, IPI together with the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, are cohosting the launch of IPI’s report on “Medical Support for UN Peace Operations in High-Risk Environments.”
Remarks will begin at 1:15pm EST.
UN peacekeepers are increasingly the targets of carjacking, kidnapping, and ambushes, and the number of those injured or killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs), suicide bombings, rocket-propelled grenades, helicopter crashes, artillery fire, and landmines, is on the rise. These new environments, where the UN sends peacekeepers without being able to guarantee their safety, challenge and question the foundational assumptions and doctrine of UN peacekeeping. Peacekeepers are becoming less impartial and are being deployed to conflict theaters where there is no political agreement and little or no peace to keep.
These environments have also created new challenges for the UN in terms of looking at safety and security concerns. This paper specifically looks at the challenges of medical support to peace operations in high-risk environments. It is concerned with the growing risks that troops, police, and civilians face when deployed to high-risk environments. While accidents and illness will remain a common cause of death in UN peace operations, medical facilities need to adapt to the operational realities of high-risk, asymmetric threat environments where peacekeepers are increasingly the direct target of attacks.
The central question this paper asks is: What are the challenges to providing medical support to UN peace operations in high-risk environments? In answering this question, the paper draws on interviews that the authors conducted in New York, Oslo, Bangui, Bamako, and Gao, with more than fifty experts working on medical support, planning, command and control, MedEvac, and other areas intrinsic to safety and security in peace operations, especially in high-risk environments. The authors conducted field research in Mali and the Central African Republic, visiting contingents and field hospitals in the UN missions in both countries. The paper also draws on insights from past research, evaluations, and reports on medical challenges in peace operations.
Opening Remarks:
Ambassador Jürgen Schulz, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
Speakers:
Ms. Lesley Connolly, Policy Analyst, International Peace Institute and co-author of the paper
Mr. Havard Johansen, Course Director at the Norwegian Defense International Centre and co-author of the paper
Major General Adrian Foster, Deputy Military Adviser, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Dr. Jillann Farmer, Director, Medical Services Division, United Nations Development Programme
Moderator:
Dr. Els Debuf, Senior Adviser, International Peace Institute
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In ELIAMEP Briefing Note 51/2017 Associate Professor at the University of Macedonia Yorgos Christidis offers a brief analysis of the Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections of 26th March 2017 and of the negotiations concerning the formation of the next government.
On Tuesday 21 March 2017, the latest research programme hosted by ELIAMEP and titled ‘Architectural replicas in the scramble for the past: Politics of identity in Istanbul, Athens, Skopje’ (REPLICIAS) was presented for the first time. This project is carried out by Kalliopi Amygdalou, a Marie Skłodowska – Curie Fellow. Dr Amygdalou presented the research objectives and first findings of the project, which explores the politicization of cultural heritage through its reproduction/reconstruction in three cities of South-eastern Europe, and the way this affects the relations between the countries involved. The presentation was followed by a discussion with participants from ELIAMEP, the academic community and the field of heritage management. The research is supervised by Professor Thanos Veremis and Associate Professor Ioannis N. Grigoriadis.
It is noteworthy that ELIAMEP has hosted in the past many fellows who were funded by researcher mobility programmes such as the Marie Skłodowska – Curie Actions, and it is the first research institution in Greece that is hosting a programme in the humanities funded by the European Research Council.
This project has received funding from the Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions [European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme]under grant agreement No [748634]