During the 4th MENA Pensions Conference organized by Fintech Robos held on November 16th, IPI MENA Director Nejib Friji joined a chorus of pension funds officials, actuaries, and finance experts calling for a global multilateral response to address the…
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The 2016 IPI Salzburg Forum focused on the theme of “Open Societies Under Attack: the return of ideology.” The event took place at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg between September 4-6.Participants, including diplomats, journalists, academics, artists, and representatives of civil society, discussed how open societies are vulnerable to threats like terrorist and cyber attacks, large flows […]
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The International Peace Institute Middle East and North Africa (IPI MENA) hosted a presentation on the “Peace Readers Forum” with Sultan Buti Bin Mejren Al Marri, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for World Peace (MRAWP).“Reading Forums” are MRAWP UAE Cabinet’s initiative following Abu Dhabi’s declaration […]
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On July 5th, the International Peace Institute, together with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, held a seminar in Vienna on the North Asia Peace Cooperation Initiative (NAPCI). The event was designed to increase awareness of NAPCI among Vienna-based institutions, and to enable NAPCI to learn from such institutions like the […]
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Policies to combat terrorism cannot take an exclusively security-based focus, experts at a recent IPI conference agreed. This is the approach efforts made to solve the problem of violent extremism have taken for nearly a decade, and as continued violence illustrates, these policies have been insufficient.Recognizing that violent extremism manifests itself differently in different contexts, 60 […]
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A group of interfaith leaders shared the mid-Ramadan observance with members of the Muslim faith by marking the occasion with advocacy for peace, moderation, and mutual understanding. The June 20, 2016 meeting, “Fast For Peace,” was held at the International Peace Institute Middle East and North Africa (IPI-MENA) office in Manama.Imams, reverends, priests, pastors, scholars […]
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