Biodefence in the 21st Century

Science is undergoing a revolution that will fundamentally alter global security in the 21st century. Last century, physics proved to be the defining basis for our global security, advancing developments in nuclear technology that framed the Cold War and beyond. Less than a decade into this century, however, and biology has already fully transformed our security landscape

By IPPR, UK.

Governance Policy Resource.

Key Obama advisor says world needs to prepare for biological terrorism and global pandemics

Senator Tom Daschle, a close personal adviser to Barack Obama, warns that the world is woefully unprepared for biological terrorism and the global spread of infectious fatal diseases in a report for the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) published today (Thursday 5th June).

By IPPR, UK.

Governance Policy Resource.

Darfur: Eyewitnesses on film implicate Sudanese Minister in war crimes ahead of ICC report to UN

In a 17-minute film released today by the Aegis Trust with the support of Open Society Justice Initiative and Human Rights First, and circulated to UN diplomats on the eve of the ICC’s six-monthly report to the UN Security Council, survivors from villages attacked by Sudanese Government forces and Janjaweed militia in West Darfur directly implicate the two men indicted by the ICC on 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur: Ali Kushayb, a leader of the Janjaweed, and Ahmad Harun, Sudan’s current Humanitarian Affairs Minister.

By Aegis Trust, UK.

Humanitarian Intervention Policy Resource.

Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children's and Young People's Services

NFER is one of the four core partners in the consortium selected as the preferred bidder to run the new Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children's and Young People's Services. Commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the Centre is due to be launched in July. Other consortium members are the National Children's Bureau (lead partner), Research in Practice and the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

By NFER, UK.

Education Policy Resource.