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2026 begins amid escalating interventionism, rising state violence and a weakening multilateral system. As conflicts deepen and civic space shrinks, those committed to peace face mounting challenges. This piece explores how these global shifts shape prospects for peacebuilding and what they mean for efforts to support people affected by conflict.
16 January 2026
Thomas Wheeler tracks progress made in reducing violent conflict and outlines what needs to happen next to ensure that Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals is achieved.
12 July 2016
With an increasingly challenging international security landscape and ongoing failures of the international community to effectively prevent conflict, innovative thinking and new and cooperative partnerships are needed to better prevent conflict and help to make peace more sustainable.
24 February 2016
In October 2015, the governments of China and the UK launched a renewed development partnership, committing to work together in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
24 February 2016
Tickets are now available for a two-day event in London organised by charity Medact, which will bring together health and peacebuilding experts to discuss issues in war, armed conflict and militarism, and the role of health professionals in challenging the drivers of conflict.
30 September 2015
On the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Tom Wheeler and Tim Midgley suggest bringing a people-focused peacebuilding perspective to the debate.
26 June 2015
The responses of the UK and China to the outbreak of civil war in South Sudan at the end of 2013 highlighted the differences in engagement – and also how those responses were evolving.
31 March 2015
Conflict-sensitive business practices, crisis diplomacy in Sudan and South Sudan, foreign aid and development assistance in Africa, and China-UK collaboration on conflict prevention were some of the issues discussed at a series of events held by Saferworld and local partners from 11-14 November 2014 in Beijing.
8 December 2014
In an article written for the European Council on Foreign Relations Saleem Haddad discusses how Jordan is responding domestically to the Islamic State.
7 October 2014
The Conflict Pool, which has supported the UK’s work in addressing conflict and fragility, will be replaced by a new £1 billion Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) in April 2015 under the direction of the National Security Council.
23 September 2014