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    The International Peace Institute (IPI) is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to managing risk and building resilience to promote peace, security, and sustainable development. To achieve its purpose, IPI employs a mix of policy research, strategic analysis, publishing, and convening. With staff from more than twenty countries and a broad range of academic fields, IPI has offices facing United Nations headquarters in New York and an office in Manama.

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News, Events, Publications about Energy

  • Conferences 09-04-2018

    IPI Salzburg Forum: Beyond Oil & Water

    A new geopolitics of energy is transforming the Middle East and North Africa. Energy importing countries are turning into exporters, and exporter countries are relying more on energy-related imports. Liquefied natural gas has changed the nature of the game, and investment in renewable energy is at an all-time high.Meanwhile, the flipside of energy abundance is […]

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    Energy
  • Conferences 09-09-2014

    Threats and Opportunities for Energy Sector in West Africa

    West African development depends on energy, and that energy depends on stability—this was one of the sentiments repeated during a September 9th expert roundtable held in Paris on the theme of energy and security in West Africa. As an industry representative pointed out, “stability creates the predictability that is needed to execute big projects over […]

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    Energy
  • Panel Discussions 01-20-2014

    Energy: A Source of Cooperation or Conflict in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean?

    Despite the fact that countries in the Middle East have growing energy needs that could be satisfied by their neighbors, there is a lack of cooperation due to bilateral political tensions as seen between Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as among countries in the Levant Basin (such as Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, and Syria). […]

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  • Panel Discussions 11-28-2013

    Energy and Security in the Arctic: A New “Frozen” Conflict?

    Is the Arctic a “region of cooperation,” or will competition for its potentially rich energy resources lead to conflict in the high north? This was the main question addressed during an expert workshop held in The Hague on November 28th by the International Peace Institute together with the International Gas Union and the Clingendael International […]

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    Climate Change, Energy
  • Panel Discussions 09-25-2013

    Task Force: Energy Supply is Precondition for National and International Stability

    “Being able to provide energy for people is crucial to assure stability in any country,” said Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of Masdar and co-chair of the IPI task force on energy and security, which held its second plenary meeting in New York on September 25th, in the margins of the UN General Assembly. Participants […]

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    Energy
  • Panel Discussions 06-28-2013

    Energy Diplomacy in the Caspian

    On June 28th, the IPI Vienna Office hosted an expert roundtable on energy and security in the Caspian, Caucasus, and Central Asia. The roundtable focused on the region around the Caspian Sea, which is potentially the world’s third largest oil producing region, with reserves of more than 200 billion barrels of oil and 800 billion […]

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    Energy
  • Panel Discussions 05-29-2013

    Energy for Peace

    “We must focus on energy for peace, as well as energy for development,” said Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), at the first plenary meeting of the IPI energy and security task force held in Vienna on May 29th. The meeting provided the first opportunity since the launch of IPI’s […]

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  • Conferences 01-16-2013

    IPI and Masdar Launch Energy, Security Task Force in Abu Dhabi

    A new task force to focus on the impact of energy on security and to examine ways of forestalling energy-related conflict was launched on January 16th at the annual World Future Energy Summit by the International Peace Institute and Masdar, a leading renewable energy company based in Abu Dhabi.The purpose of the task force is […]

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  • Speaker Events 09-27-2012

    Science Fiction Becomes Fact in Abu Dhabi

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    Climate Change, Energy
  • Speaker Events 06-27-2012

    IAEA’s Mrabit: “Better to Prevent Than Mitigate”

    “Our cooperation approach with states is global and systematic; together with states we do not want to wait until a disaster occurs,” Khammar Mrabit, Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Office of Nuclear Security, told an IPI lunchtime forum on June 27, 2012. “That is why, with states receiving IAEA assistance, we have […]

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    Disarmament, Energy
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    May 12, 2022 by Erica Moret
    The sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine mark a new page in global sanctions practice yet lessons from earlier cases could help increase efficacy and minimize costs.
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    As the need for stronger commitments toward the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees grows, the voices and interests of the most vulnerable people and countries are not being given…

    Analysis, climate change, united nations
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    April 1, 2022 by Anna Marie Obermeier, Louise Olsson

    While briefing the Security Council has always been a male-dominated affair, more women have been included over the years, a development which came at…

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    March 30, 2022 by Rachel Killean
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    Analysis, environment
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    March 17, 2022 by Emma Bjertén-Günther, Hana Salama
    The proliferation of weapons and ammunition presents a major obstacle in the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
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