COVID-19 has cast a spotlight on the difficulty faced by democracies around the world to deliver and meet the needs of large segments of their population – to protect their health, their livelihood, and their fundamental rights through an effective, balanced and fair response to the pandemic. This...

Policy success through anticipation: How to build a democratic culture of emergency preparedness?
While democracies are frequently put to test, having to remain adaptable to new contexts, innovations and challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic entailed a unique defiance to their resilience and capacity for renewal. The sudden global health crisis sent shock waves across every aspect of daily lives,...

Live Session: A renewed multilateral system- Towards positive and inclusive peace
International Peace and Security remains one of the foremost global challenges of our time. As the world juggles intractable problems from climate change to deep societal cleavages…
Kok and Turk, elected new Institute for Economics and Peace Advisory Council members
The IEP develops global and national indices, calculating the economic cost of violence, analysing country level risk...
Club de Madrid’s President encourages women to pursue their dreams and develop their talents
Message from Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga International Women's Day 2017 "On the occasion of International...
International Women’s Day 2017: let’s work for a Planet 50-50 by 2030
However, in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls...
‘We cannot simply wait for this to happen’ ex PM of Ireland John Bruton, reflects on Brexit
According to our Member "it is time now to start thinking about how the EU will respond to Mrs May' as he...
“Someone doesn’t wake up and suddenly becomes an extremist”, Khadijah H. Gambo, Nigerian Activist
Khadijah Hawaja Gambo joined activism around 24 years ago. She studied Islam up to postgraduate level and also passed...
Nobel Peace Ramos-Horta advocates for education as the best tool for preventing conflict and radicalization
José Ramos-Horta was President of Timor Leste from 2007 to 2010 and a key figure not only during the process of...
“Where Shared Society Starts, Violent Extremism Stops”
Within this framework, former PM of the Netherlands, Wim Kok, met with Tunisia’s Minister of Justice and Minister of...
Our Work to Prevent Violent Extremism in Nigeria, Tunisia and Lebanon
This qualitative research will provide evidence-based findings on how citizens receive and perceive messages from...
Roza Otunbayeva Part of UN Panel on Global Poverty and Women in Peace Building
Roza Otunbayeva, President of Kyrgyz Republic (2010-2011) and Club de Madrid Member, was involved in two panel...