The Flemish Peace Institute is an independent institute
dedicated to peace research and hosted by the Flemish Parliament
 11 November Lecture by Lakhdar BrahimiIn past years the Peace Institute invited Tadatoshi Akiba, Robert Fisk, and Erwin Mortier to discuss their views on commemoration, war and peace on the eve of Armistice Day. This year, Lakhdar Brahimi has accepted our invitation to discourse in Ypres on the end of the Great War. Mr Brahimi is a.o. veteran UN diplomat and former UN Special Envoy in Afghanistan and Iraq. The complete lecture (in English) is available on the You Tube channel of the Flemish Peace Institute or download the text in pdf here.
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 Conference report on the EU Defence MarketThe conference report 'The European defence market: balancing effectiveness and responsibility' offers in-depth analysis of the rationale for a European defence market and the modalities of its realisation. The texts were prepared for and are informed by discussions that took place in a conference at the Flemish Parliament in Brussels on 29 November 2010.
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Arms Trade & Arms Production
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Peace & Society |
The Peace Institute examines legislation and policy concerning the international arms trade and monitors events and data on Flemish arms production and arms trade, with special emphasis on the end-use of weapons. The Institute also devotes special attention to the policy of the European Union: the unified defence market and the European agreements on export controls. |
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An important objective is to halt and prevent the outbreak of direct violence within a society, but it is no less crucial to address the root causes of conflicts. The Institute highlights the possible sources of violence and their likely causes. Research is also conducted on social processes that promote and are conducive to the conditions for peace on both the local and international planes.
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