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Japan
Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA)
The Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition at Nagasaki University (RECNA) was established in 2012 as the world's first university research centre explicitly dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons. Based in Nagasaki, RECNA combines scholarly research on nuclear disarmament and security in North East Asia with public education and policy proposals, including its regularly updated data on world nuclear warhead stockpiles.
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation is a private Japanese foundation founded in 1986 and based in Tokyo. It works to strengthen international cooperation and peace through research, policy proposals and projects on security, peacebuilding in Asia (including Myanmar and southern Thailand), ocean policy, gender equality and Japan's ties with the Islamic world and the Pacific.
Toda Peace Institute
The Toda Peace Institute is an independent, nonpartisan institute committed to advancing a more just and peaceful world through policy-oriented peace research and practice. The institute commissions evidence-based research, convenes multi-track and multi-disciplinary problem-solving workshops and seminars, and promotes dialogue across ethnic, cultural, religious and political divides. It catalyses practical, policy-oriented conversations between theoretical experts, practitioners, policymakers and civil society leaders in order to discern innovative and creative solutions to the major problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.
Jordan
WANA Institute
The West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute is an Amman-based policy think tank established under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal. It conducts evidence-based research on social justice, human security, violent extremism, migration, and water and energy in the WANA region, and it promotes dialogue on these issues.
Kenya
African Leadership Centre (ALC)
The African Leadership Centre is a Nairobi-based institution that develops a new generation of African scholars and analysts in peace, security and development. Established in 2010 in partnership with King's College London, it runs fellowships, joint master's programmes and research, with a strong focus on gender, leadership and African perspectives on peace and security.
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
The HORN Institute is an independent think tank in Nairobi that conducts research and policy analysis on peace, security and development in the Horn of Africa and the wider region. Its work covers violent extremism, terrorism, transnational crime, conflict dynamics and regional diplomacy, and it publishes the HORN Bulletin as well as research reports.
International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC)
The International Peace Support Training Centre is an Eastern African centre of excellence for training and research in peace support operations, located in Karen, Nairobi. IPSTC trains military, police and civilian personnel for peacekeeping, conflict prevention and post-conflict recovery missions, and it carries out applied research to inform peace and security policy in Africa.
Nairobi Peace Initiative - Africa (NPI-Africa)
Nairobi Peace Initiative - Africa (NPI-Africa) is a pan-African peace resource organisation founded in 1984 and committed to the peaceful transformation of conflict and reconciliation across the continent. Its work spans mediation and dialogue facilitation, training and capacity building, healing and reconciliation initiatives, and action-oriented research, accompanying organisations, communities and peace processes in East, Central and West Africa.
Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (SCCRR)
The Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation is a Nairobi-based organisation that works on research, training and community peacebuilding in East Africa. It runs reconciliation, trauma-healing and conflict-transformation programmes in conflict-affected communities in Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia and neighbouring countries.
Kyrgyzstan
OSCE Academy in Bishkek
The OSCE Academy in Bishkek is a regional centre for postgraduate education, research and dialogue, established in 2002 by the OSCE and the Government of Kyrgyzstan. It offers master's programmes in politics and security and in economic governance, and it promotes regional cooperation, conflict prevention and good governance in Central Asia.