California’s Gangs Go Digital and Global
By Robert Muggah and Julian Way for the Council on Foreign Relations Around the world, social media is being colonized not just by extremist groups like the... Read More
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Introducing the Central Asian Internet Governance Forum
The first Central Asian Internet Governance Forum will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on June 21-22, 2016 – and the SecDev Foundation is a proud... Read More
High School Students Wanted To Help Syrians Be Heard
Are you a high school student in Ottawa seeking to complete volunteer hours in a meaningful way this summer? Join us in a project aimed... Read More
Terrorism is on the Rise – But There’s a Bigger Threat We’re not Talking About
Originally Published by the World Economic Forum By Robert Muggah High-profile attacks on major cities in Belgium, France and the United States have set the... Read More
Prevent Violent Extremism and Social Media: Expert Views
Prevent Violent Extremism and Social Media: Expert Views Violent extremism is a complex subject. Analysts, pundits and politicians disagree about how one becomes an extremist,... Read More
A Big Night in Ottawa: Launching a Magazine and a Working Group
It was a big night for us yesterday in Ottawa. In cooperation with the Canadian International Council (CIC) National Capital Branch, we hosted a special Intelligence... Read More
Urban Terrorism, Violent Extremism and the Internet
In cooperation with the Canadian International Council (CIC) National Capital Branch, The SecDev Foundation presents a special Intelligence Futures panel: Urban Terrorism, Violent Extremism and... Read More
Al Araby Features SalamaTech’s Launch of “Be Heard” Online Portal
This article contains edited excerpts of the original article. For the original Arabic article click here. SalamaTech’s own Basel Mattar was featured on Al... Read More
Google in Belarus Supports State Telecom Monopoly Against Fair Competition — and Its Own Principles
Originally published by Digital.Report Google is defying its own foundational principles by supporting state monopolies over the Internet in some Eurasian countries. In Belarus, where... Read More
6 Lessons From Companies Operating in War-Torn Communities
By Robert Muggah and Elissa Golberg for the World Economic Forum Virtually every government, business and civil society organization around the world has to contend with... Read More
The UN Gets Serious About Peace
By Robert Muggah for OpenCanada It’s official. The world is entering a new period of global instability. Political and economic uncertainties, together with climate change... Read More
It’s Really Hard to Say Which City is the World’s Most Murderous
By Renata Giannini, Robert Muggah, and Katherine Aguirre for GlobalPost The news trickling out of Caracas just keeps getting worse. A recently published ranking of the world’s most dangerous cities listed the... Read More
How Fragile Are Our Cities?
By Robert Muggah originally for the World Economic Forum The world is urbanizing at a breakneck pace. But not all regions are moving at the... Read More
Safer Internet Day in Vietnam 2016
The SecDev Foundation is collaborating with Hanoi-based NGO Live & Learn on ‘Safer Internet Day Vietnam 2016’ – a series of online and offline events... Read More
Brazil’s Digital Protests Spell Trouble on the Street
A recent article on openDemocracy has featured our research on the Black Bloc in Brazil. The article, which asks “whether citizens will wake up only... Read More
Is Urban Terrorism the New Normal? Probably
By Robert Muggah originally for the World Economic Forum A handful of hastily written emails spread shock waves across the United States last month. The threats were... Read More
Why Our Future Depends on Cities
By Robert Muggah This article is published in collaboration with Devex for The World Economic Forum It is hard to know with certainty where and why cities... Read More
How Are Some Fragile Cities Tackling Their Worst Problems?
Our Director of Research, Robert Muggah, was recently featured in an NPR Radio interview. Based on Robert’s 2014 TED Talk, the interview considers how fast-growing... Read More
Countries must be honest about conflict deaths to know the true impact of war on development
Governments reluctant to publish data on deaths from conflict must get on board if we are to reduce all forms of violence By Andrew Mack and Robert... Read More
US arms, exported legally, are behind many violent crimes in Mexico
By Robert Muggah and Nathan B. Thompson originally for Global Post Image Credit: Alejandro Acosta, Reuters Mexican military and police authorities are still at war with the country’s drug... Read More