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Author Maximilian Meduna

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  • Meeting Notes 12-08-2016by Maximilian Meduna, rapporteur

    IPI Salzburg Forum 2016: Open Societies under Attack

    How can open societies cope with threats that do not respect borders, from terrorist attacks, to cyber threats, to pandemics, to refugees and migrants? Is the fear caused by their “openness” fueling a rise in ideology and intolerance, and will this cause open societies to become more closed? And with open societies under attack, what […]

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    Governance, Multilateral System
  • Meeting Notes 03-15-2016by Maximilian Meduna, rapporteur

    IPI Salzburg Forum 2015: The Rule of Law and the Laws of War

    One of the main threats to the current world order is the erosion of the rule-of-law based international system. Due to the advent of new technologies and hybrid warfare, the laws of war have also become blurred. A major cause of both of these trends is the emergence of armed non-state actors. This meeting note […]

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    Humanitarian Affairs, Responsibility to Protect, Rule of Law
  • Meeting Notes 11-27-2013Mara Pfneisl, Walter Kemp, and Maximilian Meduna, rapporteurs

    A Dangerous Nexus: Crime, Conflict, and Terrorism in Failing States

    When the United Nations was established after the Second World War, organized crime and terrorism had almost nothing to do with international peace and security. Yet the collapse of Communism, the opening of illicit markets through globalization, and the proliferation of underdeveloped and weakly governed states has given rise to a new era of global […]

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    Violent Extremism
  • Meeting Notes 10-31-2013Maximilian Meduna, rapporteur

    Regional Civil-Military Coordination in Disasters: Central Asia Within a Global Network

    This meeting note summarizes the key themes of a July 3, 2013 meeting on regional civil-military coordination during disasters in Central Asia. The meeting was called because the countries of Central Asia are highly susceptible to large-scale natural disasters—in particular, earthquakes and floods—yet there is very little regional cooperation in terms of disaster preparedness and […]

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    Multilateral System, Regional Organizations

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About the International Peace Institute

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