Category: On Display

Geneva Peace Forum – Choose Peace!

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Give peace a chance! Many people would agree with this sentence, especially those living in places like Gaza or Kyiv. Geneva has claimed to be the capital of peace for more than a century. Our Institute is located in the Maison de la Paix and hosts a specialised research centre – no wonder that peace in all its dimensions is a key theme in our collections. To celebrate this year’s edition of the Geneva Peace Forum (12-15 October), we put a small selection of documents on display at the entrance of the Library.

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Democracy week : Democracy, augmented

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At the end of the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama believed that Western liberal democracy would become the universal form of government. However, the times they are a-changin, and today, it seems that history is repeating itself as a farce, with the 2020s bearing a striking resemblance to the 1930s. It’s not a surprise, then, that democracy has become a key topic in our collection. Here is a selection of timely resources by Catherine Brendow.

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Children and their rights

~ Isabelle Vuillemin-Raval ~ Leave a comment

“We are of our childhood as we are from a country.” – Saint-Exupéry.
For a long time, children did not receive much attention in international relations studies. After the First World War, children were seen as the future of the world and some actors began to be concerned about their fate. Discover a selection of titles in the entrance of the Library.

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Geneva sustainability week

~ Linda Leger ~ Leave a comment

As Spring is approaching, so comes the yearly Sustainability Week (March 16-20), along with a small display of selected titles in the entrance of the Library. The environment and sustainable development belong to the main topics covered by the Library over the past decades. Our dedicated collection is characterised by a large scope of subjects and perspectives of study, covering topics like climate change, natural resources and conflict, among others.

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