International Relations

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations.
www.cnduk.org

Conciliation Resources (CR) serves as an international resource for local organisations pursuing peace building and conflict resolution initiatives.
www.c-r.org

Conscience campaigns for the legal right for those who have a conscientious objection to war to have the military part of their taxes spent on peace building initiatives.
www.conscienceonline.org.uk

International Alert (IA) is an independent, international non-governmental organisation that works at local, national, regional and global levels to generate conditions and processes conducive to the cessation of war and the generation of sustainable peace.
www.international-alert.org

Medact is a health professionals' organisation challenging barriers to health that highlights the health impacts of violent conflict, poverty and environmental degradation, and with others act to eradicate them.
www.medact.org

Oxford Research Group (ORG) undertakes and disseminates research on key security issues to inform dialogue with decision makers and public debate. Current work focuses on three broad areas: nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation; UK defence and foreign policy; and global security in the changing international environment.
www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk

Peace Direct is an initiative to fund the resolution of conflict and the prevention of war.
www.peacedirect.org

Peaceworkers UK works for the alleviation of human suffering caused by violent conflict through the promotion and encouragement of civilian strategies for the prevention, management and resolution of conflict.
www.peaceworkers.org.uk

Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW) represents the Religious Society of Friends in Britain on issues of peace and justice and undertakes peace building work in Israel/Palestine, the former Yugoslavia, Uganda and South Asia.
www.quaker.org.uk/peace

Responding to Conflict (RTC) provides advice, cross-cultural training and longer-term support to people who are working for peace, development, rights and humanitarian assistance in societies which are affected or threatened by violent conflict.
www.respond.org

Saferworld is an independent non-governmental organisation that works with governments and civil society internationally to research, promote and implement new strategies to increase human security and prevent armed violence.
www.saferworld.org.uk

The United Nations Association-UK (UNA-UK) is an independent membership-based non-governmental organisation that undertakes research, advocacy, campaigning and education in support of principles and work of the United Nations.
www.una.org.uk

Research Institutes

Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) is one of the world's leading organisations for the analysis of international issues and the birthplace of the Chatham House Rule often used by ORG in off-the-record meetings and consultations.
www.chathamhouse.org.uk

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) is a leading professional forum in the UK for those concerned with national and international defence and security.
www.rusi.org

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is one of the world�s leading authorities on political-military conflict and is a primary source of information on international strategic issues.
www.iiss.org

Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a UK-based progressive think tank that aims to deliver far-reaching and realistic policy solutions that they hope will produce a fairer, more inclusive and more environmentally sustainable world.
www.ippr.org.uk

Brookings Institution is an independent, nonpartisan US organisation devoted to research, analysis, and public education with an emphasis on economics, foreign policy, governance and metropolitan policy. See, in particular, the Iraq Index for a statistical compilation of economic and security data on Iraq.
www.brook.edu

Global Security Institute is dedicated to the worldwide reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons, in a series of well-defined stages accompanied by increasing verification and control.
www.gsinstitute.org

Center for Defence Information is dedicated to strengthening security through: international cooperation; reduced reliance on unilateral military power to resolve conflict; reduced reliance on nuclear weapons; a transformed and reformed military establishment; and, prudent oversight of, and spending on, defense programs.
www.cdi.org

Pugwash is an international movement of scientists and others with a professional concern about the social impact of science and seeking ways to prevent its misuse. Particular attention is given to banning weapons of mass destruction; to the solution of conflict without resort to force; to the creation of a sustainable environment; and to bettering the conditions of life of all people.
www.pugwash.org

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the monthly publication of the Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science (EFNS) which aims to educate citizens about global security issues, especially the continuing dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, and about the appropriate roles of nuclear technology.
www.bullatomsci.org

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) seeks to contribute to the understanding of the preconditions for a stable peace and for peaceful solutions of international conflicts, focussing on armaments, their limitation and reduction, and arms control.
http://web.sipri.org/ see also www.sipri.se

GlobalSecurity.org is focused on innovative approaches to emerging security challenges and seeks to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, to improve the capabilities of the American intelligence community and to reduce the worldwide incidence of deadly conflict.
www.globalsecurity.org

Transnational Foundation for Peace and Futures Research (TFF) is a Sweden-based think-tank for individual-to-global - transnational - peace, working on peace research, conflict-mitigation and education.
www.transnational.org

International Crisis Group an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
www.icg.org

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Project on Defense Alternatives seeks to adapt US security policy to the challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era and promotes consideration of the broadest range of defence options. The Project is premised on the belief that policy innovation can overcome the practical obstacles to progress toward more cooperative security postures
www.comw.org/pda