Today, the world faces record levels of conflict and violence with a significant impact on people. In 2023 alone, over 170 armed conflicts were recorded. By the end of the year, nearly 120 million ...

As military conflicts intensify in strategic straits and across the Mediterranean Sea, environmental impact issues have almost disappeared from the international debate. Amid the risks of oil spills, ...

The abrupt re-escalation of the three-decade conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in January 2025, the ...

Climate change is increasingly recognised as a threat multiplier in fragile contexts, amplifying pre-existing tensions and exacerbating risks of violent conflict. In Africa, where millions depend on ...

A recent study has found that just 104 companies, mostly multinational corporations from high-income countries, are involved in a fifth of the more than 3,000 environmental conflicts it analyzed. The ...

The expectation that competition for dwindling resources drives societies toward conflict has shaped much of the discourse around climate change and warfare. As resources become increasingly ...

Natural resources and their management can either fuel fragility and conflict or serve as critical instruments for promoting peace and long-term development. Identifying the relationships between ...

Migration is an ongoing development challenge in Europe and Central Asia, which is currently home to 100 million migrants, accounting for one-third of the world’s migration population. Driven by ...

This series—featuring scholars from the Futures Lab, the International Security Program, and across CSIS—explores emerging challenges and opportunities that NATO is likely to confront after its 75th ...