Chatham House: The Royal Institute of International Affairs ( https://www.chathamhouse.org ) An International Relations think tank with rich and wide research activities, based in London.
GSDRC: ( http://gsdrc.org ) GSDRC is a London-based consortium of research intsitutes, think tanks and consultancy organizations. They provide on-demand and online knowledge services on topics that cover governance, social development, humanitarian response and conflict. On their rather rich website, one can find a research helpdesk, a library, an e-mail-bulletin service, literature reviews, topic guides, reading packs for professional development and webminars.
The Jamestown Foundation ( https://jamestown.org ) An established think tank which was founded in 1984 and focuses on topics which are related to China, Russia, Eurasia and international terrorism.
United States Institute of Peace: ( https://www.usip.org ) A Washington-based research institute that was founded by the Congress of the United States. They focus on the prevention of violent conflict and they categorize their work into 18 “issue areas”; 1. Civilian-military relations; 2. Conflict analysis and prevention; 3. Democrary and governance; 4. Economics and environment; 5. Education and training; 6. Electoral violence; 7. Fragility and resilience; 8. Gender; 9. Global policy; 10. Human Rights; 11. Justice, security and rule of law; 12. Mediation, negotiation and dialogue; 13. Non-violent action; 14. Peace processes; 15. Reconciliation; 16. Religion; 17. Violent extremism; 18. Youth.
Uppsala Conflict Data Program ( www.pcr.uu.se ) The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is the world’s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war, with a history of almost 40 years. Its definition of armed conflict has become the global standard of how conflicts are systematically defined and studied. UCDP produces high-quality data, which are systematically collected, have global coverage, are comparable across cases and countries, and have long time series which are updated annually. Furthermore, the program is a unique source of information for practitioners and policymakers.
