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Tracking Peacebuilding Funding in the world by the United Nations
The Uniited Nations Secretary-General has introduced the UN Peacebuilding Funding Dashboard. It displays data of 6 global peacebuilding...
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Apr 27, 20221 min read


What is the cost of conflict?
What is the cost of conflict? In 2015, the Institute for Economics and Peace estimated that conflict and violence costed us $13.6 trillion.
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Apr 18, 20222 min read


GAFAM and conflicts : new fact-checkers ?
What are the concrete applications of #artificialintelligence and #innovation in #conflicts ? Is the new mapping of threats and...
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Apr 13, 20221 min read


The value of Interculturality.
Why interculturality is important in Conflict Resolution and Prevention ? Why is there a risk of homogeinization if we do not pay more...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read


L'intelligence artificielle juste et équitable soutenue par le droit de la concurrence
L'intelligence artificielle juste et équitable soutenue par le droit de la concurrence. Comme annoncé dans mon analyse prospective d
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Mar 24, 20221 min read


International leadership in the digital era in the Humanitarian-Peace-Development (HPD) nexus
My latest article on Artificial intelligence and frontier technologies (risks, opportunities and business strategies) is available, here...
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Mar 2, 20221 min read


The NYU CIC 2021 Emerging Technologies in Peacebuilding and Prevention
the 2021 Emerging Technologies in Peacebuilding and Prevention - Lessons Learned from Humanitarian Actors - Practitioners Virtual Workshop
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Dec 2, 20212 min read


Is Peace a dream or a reality in the AI international landscape?
[PEACE] International Peace Day 2021. UNESCO will invite its members to adopt its final draft on ‘Recommendation on the ethics of AI".
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Sep 23, 20213 min read


Is AI serving global peace? The UNESCO AI Recommendations
[PEACE] ‘AI is already serving peace by creating bridges between cultures using NLP, ML, predictive analytics, data.
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Aug 3, 20214 min read


Joseph Stiglitz on Artificial Intelligence: 'We’re going towards a more divided society'
From The GUARDIAN here : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/08/joseph-stiglitz-on-artificial-intelligence-were-going-towards...
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Jul 20, 20211 min read


Ordinary changemakers and idealists.
During this peculiar period (#Covid19), I will reflect on articles shared on LinkedIn or in the press to engage into this process. This...
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Jan 18, 20213 min read


Is nationalism necessary ‘a side effect of coronavirus’?
During this peculiar period (#Covid19), I will reflect on articles shared on LinkedIn or in the press to engage into this process. This...
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Jan 18, 20213 min read


Is it Efficiency vs. Democracy in the name of #Coronavirus?
During this peculiar period (#Covid19), I will reflect on articles shared on LinkedIn or in the press to engage into this process. This...
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Jan 18, 20214 min read


What balance do we want to choose between security, privacy and fundamental freedoms?
During this peculiar period (#Covid19), I will reflect on articles shared on LinkedIn or in the press to engage into this process. This...
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Jan 18, 20214 min read


Are we doomed to fail as a civilization?
During this peculiar period (#Covid19), I will reflect on articles shared on LinkedIn or in the press to engage into this process. This...
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Jan 18, 20214 min read


Freedoms and public order: what is the right balance?
What society do we want to build for ourselves and the next generations? Should security concerns following terror attacks dictate our...
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Jan 18, 20213 min read


International day of tolerance 16.11.2016
The 1995 Declaration of Principles on Tolerance is beautifully written. Hereafter some extracts : « Peace, it is not to fail, must be...
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Jan 18, 20211 min read


The need for a Human AI and AI For Good. Diverse KPIs !
#AI can certainly leverage the actions (policies and programmes) of the international multilateral organizations, and therefore increase...
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May 5, 20201 min read


Decision-making 2.0 for Development and Humanitarianism
Because data science transforms how we make meaning of the world, data science may challenge what we have historically understood.
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Mar 11, 20191 min read


Humanitarianism is in crisis. Digital innovation won’t fix it by Mark Duffield.
Interesting perspective on "techno-populism" and the need to address "the problems at the heart of [the humanitarian] industry’s crisis...
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Jan 7, 20191 min read
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