Complex security problems and their solutions often transcend regional and national boundaries. The Global Issues and Institutions Programme provides focused analyses of salient issues across customary geographic or thematic boundaries.
Four major issues in ongoing or prospective projects include religion and security (‘Who Speaks for Islam?’), natural resources and security (with particular focus on energy and water, respectively), the United Nations and conflict and post-conflict operations, and democratic governance and stability.
Coverage of Global Institutions and Issues in recent IISS publications has included:
