Resources

Report explainer: How Security Council discourse drove counter-terrorism expansion at the UN 

In Saferworld’s latest publication, we set out to answer whether the UN’s counter-terrorism architecture has grown in proportion to security threats, or whether a process of threat inflation has led to the exaggeration of the issue of 'terrorism' to aid institutional growth. Here, the two authors, Jordan Street, Head of Saferworld’s US/UN Program, and Ali Altiok, Peace Studies & Political Science Doctoral Candidate, University of Notre Dame, explain what they found in their research.

What the UN’s Summit of the Future Can Teach Us – When the Dust Settles

Does the Terrorism Prevention Branch prevent terrorism? Assessing the role and impact of the UNODC's Terrorism Prevention Branch

Counterterrorism in disguise? Does a shift towards 'peace enforcement' spell a death knell for UN peacekeeping?

Openings for Biden in the inaugural US-Central Asia Summit at UNGA

Starting bell rings for UN counter-terrorism negotiations with big questions unanswered

The UN just released the biannual report on the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. But while the report touches on the right issues, it does not fully address important questions concerning oversight, impact and effectiveness, and the role of technology in UN counter-terrorism operations.

Function before form: optimising the UN’s counter-terrorism architecture

Saferworld’s Warpod episode 14: New perspectives on stabilisation

In this episode of the Warpod, we explore new perspectives about what works when trying to stabilise countries troubled by long-lasting violence, crime and terrorism.

Saferworld’s Warpod episode 13: The rise of private military and security companies

In this episode we discuss Wagner and the rise of private military contractors. We look at how they operate and their impacts on peacebuilding efforts in conflict-affected areas.