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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · 10d

"...True accountability demands a political process rooted in justice, inclusion and international law – not imposed solutions that exclude Palestinian agency."

Read the full statement and urgent calls for collective action by Global R2P:
www.globalr2p.org/publications...

Urgent Call to Action: International Community Must Uphold the Responsibility to Protect the Palestinian People - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

For nearly two years, Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) have been subjected to an unrelenting escalation of atrocity crimes perpetrated by Israel, with little to no reprieve, ju...

www.globalr2p.org

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · 10d

"Preventing future atrocities begins with recognizing and naming the conditions that enable them. This includes acknowledging the long-running Israeli state policy of subjugation, dispossession and fragmentation of the Palestinian people, as well as confronting their systemic dehumanization..."

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · 10d

"...Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory have been subjected to an unrelenting escalation of atrocity crimes perpetrated by Israel, with little to no reprieve, justice or protection."

@globalr2p.org urges states to uphold Responsibility to Protect:
www.globalr2p.org/publications...

Urgent Call to Action: International Community Must Uphold the Responsibility to Protect the Palestinian People - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

For nearly two years, Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) have been subjected to an unrelenting escalation of atrocity crimes perpetrated by Israel, with little to no reprieve, ju...

www.globalr2p.org

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · 21d

With the right choices, we can redirect finance away from fossil fuels and into health, education, and development.

The transition is more than urgent—it’s an opportunity for thriving lives and thriving communities.

Report by @gchalliance.bsky.social:
climateandhealthalliance.org/uncategorize...

Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and the Imperative for a Just Transition (2nd edition) - The Global Climate and Health Alliance

Landmark report provides first comprehensive global overview of the health consequences associated with fossil fuel use at every stage of their lifecycle, from extraction to waste, and across the huma...

climateandhealthalliance.org

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · 21d

Imagine a world where the air is clean, the lights stay on, and the land flourishes.

That world is possible—because clean solutions already work.

☀️ Renewables
🚲 Zero-emission transport
🌾 Regenerative farming

climateandhealthalliance.org/uncategorize...

Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and the Imperative for a Just Transition (2nd edition) - The Global Climate and Health Alliance

Landmark report provides first comprehensive global overview of the health consequences associated with fossil fuel use at every stage of their lifecycle, from extraction to waste, and across the huma...

climateandhealthalliance.org

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jul 24

The Global COACH Fellowship will create a global community of clinicians who are empowered to contribute directly and meaningfully to climate solutions.

Hosted by the @fxbharvard.bsky.social and co-organized in part by the Stanley Center.

Apply now: fxb.harvard.edu/global-coach/

#ClimateHealth

Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jul 15

Join this virtual event featuring stories and best practices that foster more peaceful, just, and inclusive societies, including those from our upcoming edited volume about identity-based mass violence.

Learn more:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Po...
Register here: bit.ly/2025Voicesof...
#VoicesOfSDG16

Voices of SDG16+ 2025 teaser

YouTube video by CSPPS

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jul 15

Apply by Thursday for an exciting opportunity to train on oral history methodology in Istanbul, Türkiye, this November!

BASIC & the Stanley Center for Peace and Security invite nuclear policy professionals who are in early phases of their careers to apply:

stnl.cr/oralhistoryp...

#NukeSky

Adventures in Risk Reduction. Call for applications - Oral History Project. First week of November 2025. Istanbul, Türkiye. Apply by July 17, 2025. BASIC and Stanley Center for Peace and Security.

Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jul 8

We are excited to welcome Leah Latella to our team!

As our new Digital Communications Specialist, Leah applies her expertise in digital storytelling to create and promote content across social media channels, email newsletters, websites, and other digital media.

stanleycenter.org/staff/leah-l...

Joining our team - Leah Latella. Digital Communications Specialist at the Stanley Center.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jul 1

We are excited to welcome Miranda Johnson to our team!

As our new Director of People and Culture, Miranda works to develop, implement, and lead all aspects of human resources and organizational culture initiatives and strategy at the Stanley Center.

stanleycenter.org/staff/mirand...

Joining our team: Miranda Johnson, Director of People and Culture, Stanley Center for Peace and Security.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jun 26

Call for Applications:

Early-career nuclear policy researchers & analysts can join a cohort of experts to train on oral history methodology & conduct interviews w/ risk reduction practitioners.

By @basicint.bsky.social‬ & ‪@stanleycenter.org‬.

Due July 17:
stnl.cr/oralhistoryp...

#NukeSky

Advertisement for the Adventures in Risk Reduction Oral History Project by the Stanley Center for Peace and Security and BASIC. It's a call for applications for a professional training opportunity in Istanbul, Türkiye, during the first week of November 2025. Application deadline is July 17, 2025.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jun 24

The #COP30CCMP Reporting Fellowship is accepting applications for climate journalists from low- & middle-income countries to travel & report from Belém, Brazil at COP30!

Co-organized with @earthjournalism.bsky.social & @internewshq.bsky.social.

Apply by July 15: earthjournalism.net/opportunitie...

Promotional banner inviting climate journalists to report on COP30 on location in Belém, Brazil, or remotely. Features two images: a reporter speaking at an event and another person working on a laptop. Includes a deadline for applications: July 15, 2025.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Mar 20

We're excited to announce the fifth cohort of the Accelerator Initiative!

Francesca Azzia, Megan DuBois, Isa Martinez & Sarah Ruth Opatowski will contribute to Stanley Center's policy programming focused on nuclear risk reduction in 2025-26.

Meet the Accelerators:
stnl.cr/accelerator

2025-26 Accelerator Initiative Cohort banner by the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, featuring early-career professionals Francesca Azzia, Megan DuBois, Sarah Ruth Opatowski, and Isa Martinez, each associated with different organizations working in nuclear weapons policy.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Mar 17

Tomorrow: how can maps, data & spatial strategies help prevent identity-based violence in urban contexts?

Atrocity Prevention Lab's Annual Conference explores how spatial methods can drive more effective atrocity prevention efforts.

March 18-19 | 9 AM ET

Register: hsph.harvard.edu/research/atr...

Graphic about Spatial Strategies for Peace, The Atrocity Prevention Lab's Annual Conference on March 18-19, 2025. Includes logos of Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Atrocity Prevention Lab, and the Signal Program on Human Security and Technology. Set against a backdrop of a hilly landscape.

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Peace in Our Cities @peaceinourcities.org · Feb 25

Our team is currently in Nairobi, Kenya for a regional meeting of our #PeaceInOurCities network to discuss #urbanization + #ViolenceReduction.

We'll be sharing some key takeaways and inspiration from our speakers this week 🧵...

4 panelists sitting and listening to a speaker talking at a podium.

Close-up of a speaker holding a mike and standing in front of a podium and presentation slide with "SASA! Together" text on it.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Feb 26

We are excited to welcome Chloe Angyal to our team!

As our new program associate for journalism and media, Chloe works on the center's programming for journalists & media professionals reporting on climate change, nuclear weapons, and mass violence and atrocities.

stanleycenter.org/staff/chloe-...

Joining our team! Chloe Angyal, Program Associate, Journalism and Media, Stanley Center for Peace and Security.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Feb 4

Do you want to be part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to real-world change?

We are seeking a digital communications specialist to contribute to the organization's vision, mission & strategic goals.

Apply by March 14.
Located in Muscatine, Iowa.

Apply:
stanleycenter.org/careers/comm...

Stanley Center for Peace and Security. We're Hiring a Digital Communications Specialist. Innovative, curiosity-driven, and mission-oriented. Create top-flight web, email, and social content. Track metrics and support SEO efforts. Collaborate with all staff and outside partners. Join our team and help our mission-driven organization catalyze real-world change! Learn more and apply at stnl.cr/careers

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jan 23

Apply for Stanley Center's Accelerator Initiative by Friday, January 31, 2025!

The Accelerator Initiative offers a unique career development opportunity to a cohort of early-career women and those who identify as nonbinary working in nuclear weapons policy.

Learn more & apply:
stnl.cr/accelerator

Graphic for the 2025-26 Accelerator Initiative by the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, featuring a view of Earth from outer space with details about a career development opportunity for early career women and those who identify as nonbinary working in nuclear weapons policy, including a deadline for applications on January 31, 2025.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jan 10

We are now accepting applications for the 2025-26 Accelerator Initiative!

The Accelerator Initiative is a career development opportunity for early-career women and those who identify as nonbinary working in nuclear weapons policy.

Due Jan 31, 2025

Learn more & apply:
stnl.cr/accelerator

#NukeSky

Image featuring the 2025-26 Accelerator Initiative by the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, showing an illustration of Earth from space. Text announces a career development opportunity for early-career women and those who identify as nonbinary working in nuclear weapons policy, with an application deadline of January 31, 2025. Includes a link to apply.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jul 24

The COP29 Cross-Border Energy Transition Reporting Fellowship will bring 5 journalists to report on energy transition issues & the green workforce at the UN climate negotiations in Baku.

Co-organized by the Stanley Center & Clean Energy Wire

Apply by Aug 12:
www.cleanenergywire.org/fellowship/c...

Apply now: COP29 Cross-Border Energy Transition Reporting Fellowship

www.cleanenergywire.org

Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jul 16

Understanding the India-Pakistan Non-Attack Agreement, the longest-lasting confidence-building measure in South Asia, can inform broader practices of nuclear risk reduction.

Read the analysis by Rabia Akhtar & Ruhee Neog, published by the Stanley Center & @rusi.bsky.social:
stnl.cr/naa

#NukeSky

Analysis & New Insights. "Through the Sands of Time: The Enduring Legacy of the India-Pakistan Non-Attack Agreement" by Rabia Akhtar and Ruhee Neog. July 2024. Stanley Center for Peace and Security. RUSI.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Jun 13

Will a new wave of nuclear storytelling in the wake of “Oppenheimer” shift the popular narrative in the United States about nuclear weapons and be a call to action for viewers?

Luisa Kenausis of the Stanley Center explores this and more in @armscontrolnow.bsky.social:

www.armscontrol.org/aca/2110

"Beyond 'Oppenheimer': Nuclear Weapons in U.S. Popular Media" by Luisa Kenausis.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · May 24

We are excited to announce that Devon Terrill (Journalism & Media) and Ben Loehrke (Nuclear Weapons) now have the title of Senior Program Officer!

@devonterrill.bsky.social and @nonstrategic.bsky.social significantly advance our mission with their expertise, creativity, collaboration, and skill.

Congratulations on your new titles! Devon Terrill, Senior Program Officer, Journalism and Media. Ben Loehrke, Senior Program Officer, Nuclear Weapons. Stanley Center for Peace and Security.

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · May 14

Applications are open for our CCMP COP29 Reporting Fellowship with @earthjournalism.bsky.social!

Twenty journalists from low- and middle-income countries will report at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11-22, 2024.

Apply by June 6:
earthjournalism.net/opportunitie...

Climate Change Media Partnership COP29 Reporting Fellowship in Baku, Azerbaijan. Co-organized by Internews, Earth Journalism Network, and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security. #CCMPCOP29

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security @stanleycenter.org · Apr 23

Stories from Georgian scientists and officials who worked in the post-Soviet years convey important lessons on nuclear risk reduction, arms control, and security for small states.

Visit our multimedia nuclear storytelling project to learn more:
riskreduction.stanleycenter.org

#NukeSky

Stories from Georgia's Nuclear Odyssey. Adventures in Nuclear Risk Reduction. Stanley Center for Peace and Security.

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