SIPRI's video: Opening panel: Seeking solutions for turbulent times

Moderator Dan Smith, Director, SIPRI Speakers Franck Bousquet, Deputy Director, IMF Comfort Ero, President and CEO, Crisis Group Valerie Guarnieri, Deputy Executive Director for Programme and Policy Development, WFP Apart from Russia’s war in Ukraine and the civil war in Sudan, there is armed conflict in 55 other countries. Geopolitical tensions are intensifying both at the global level and in key, volatile regions such as the Gulf. In addition, the pressure of climate change is increasing and the food insecurity crisis sharpening. The protracted recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is adding to persisting development dilemmas. Unsurprisingly, global governance is faltering under the burdens placed on it. In light of the current turbulence, the opening panel of the 2023 Stockholm Forum explores how multiple security crises around the world are interlinked, how they impact peacebuilding and reconstruction efforts in different parts of the world, and what they mean for future modalities of international cooperation.