Afghanistan- Afghanistan Transition: The Death of Bin Laden and Local Dynamics (May 2011) - Afghanistan Transition and Kabul University: Winning Minds, Losing Hearts (May 2011) Human Capital- Policy Lab on Entrepreneurship – Abu Dhabi Public Health- Drug Prevention, Treatment and Harm Reduction: Scaling-up of Red Cross-Red Crescent Best Practices Afghanistan  Chronic Failures in the War on Terror – From Afghanistan to Somalia (April 2008)In order to adorn the twilight of his presidency with a success story in his self-proclaimed ‘War on Terror’, President Bush should implement a high-intensity, Fast Track policy for Somalia and Somaliland that pushes the former towards stability and rewards the latter for its significant achievements over the past decade. Fast tracking Somaliland recognition will send a shock wave to Somalia, and send a clear message that peace and prosperity can be rewarded without the need to use overpowering military force. To date, efforts to resolve the crisis that has blighted Somalia have been half hearted and misconceived. Meanwhile, the Horn of Africa’s beacon of stability – Somaliland – continues to toil in relative anonymity, receiving little recognition for its remarkable progress towards creating a viable, stand-alone state. Somaliland has succeeded where the TFG has failed because it possesses precisely those attributes that Somalia lacks: democratically elected institutions with domestic legitimacy, institutions that serve as a repository of nationalism and sovereignty etc. Fighting terrorism is therefore a domestic priority (it was enshrined in the constitution long before 9/11) since extremist violence threatens the institutions of statehood and the common aspiration to international recognition.  
ICOS has developed an innovative Policy Labs methodology that uses participative techniques to bring together representatives of relevant social groups to identify their shared challenges and find solutions to them. Policy Labs consist of phases of scientific research, data processing, and dynamic group meetings bringing together relevant stakeholders. Through these different phases, a tailored and feasible action plan for the defined area is developed by the Policy Lab participants. 
The ICOS Security and Citizenship programme combines innovative research and policy analysis to promote pragmatic responses to today's most pressing social challenges. 
The Global Food Security Initiative portal has the aim of offering a "one stop shop" for information on food security around the world. This is achieved through the management and organisation of information regarding food security policy and related issues comprehensively in one place. 
The Rome Consensus for a Humanitarian Drug Policy is a framework for dialogue and cooperation that commits 121 National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe to promote and implement humanitarian approaches to drug policy. |
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