Women's power: "Alternative Nobel Prize"-awardees Monika Hauser and Sima Samar meet in Bonn
The RLC, ZEF, BICC, and Crossroads Asia project kindly invite you to join a public panel discussion (in English) on: "Women's rights in Afghanistan: status quo and post-2014". The event will take place on Monday, May 27, 2013, at 2 pm at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn (ground floor conference room). » more
New publication: BICC Bulletin 62
The BICC bulletin is a quarterly newsletter with a topical feature, a staff spotlight, project reports and notes. This bulletin's feature is entitled: “German Arms Exports—‘Strengthening instead of interference’” (by Dr. Marc von Boemcken and Jan Grebe). » more
New publication “Oil Investment and Conflict in Upper Nile State”
BICC brief 48 “Oil Investment and Conflict in Upper Nile State, South Sudan” aims to contribute to the study of the relationship between government, oil corporations, and local communities in South Sudan. Its area of study are the oil fields of Blocks 3 and 7 in Melut and Maban Counties, Upper Nile State, the largest oil producing area in the country, which has been less well studied than the older oil areas in neighboring Unity State. The authors Dr. Elke Grawert and Christine Andrä focus on... » more
Smart Technology in SALW Control
On behalf of the German Foreign Office, BICC will organize an international conference from 17 to18 June 2013 in Berlin, entitled “Smart Technology in SALW Control: Civilian Protection, the UN-Programme of Action, and Transfer Control”. » more
Inspiring information about Africa–“Science Tent” on the German Development Day
Research organizations from Bonn, such as BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion), UNU (United Nations University) and ZEF (Center for Development Research) will participate in the German Development Day on 25 May 2013. » more
Interview
"Parlamentswahlen in Pakistan: Die antiamerikanische Karte spielen." Interview with Conrad Schetter on tagesschau.de on Friday, 10 May 2013 (in German)
"Gewalt und Terror vor den Wahlen in Pakistan". Interview with Conrad Schetter on Deutschlandradio Kultur on Friday, 10 May 2013 (in German)
"Steht die Machtelite in Pakistan vor dem Aus?" Interview with Conrad Schetter on SWR2 on Friday, 10 May 2013 (in German)
New Publication
ifa-Edition Culture and Foreign Policy. Media-Conflict-Migration—The conflict potential of the media coverage regarding migration from the countries of the Arab Spring to Europe Conference Report, Bonn, 4 December 2012
BICC Occasional Paper VIII: Security-policy implications of the maritime military build-up in the Asia-Pacific Region: Focus on Australia, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam (in German)
BICC brief 47 “MANPADS—A terrorist threat to civilian aviation?” (in English)
Event
"Military interventions and new humnanatarianism. On the dissolution of civil–military boundaries". Lecture by Professor Dr. Conrad Schetter (in German) on 10 June 2013, 18:00 hrs, in Bonn (Universitätsclub).
Expert talk by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and BICC "Demobilization in South Sudan" (in English) on 21 May 2013, 14:00 hrs, at Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin.