Archives

Our archives are a repository of original thinking that chronicles two decades of research, analysis, and policy innovation. This collection brings together articles written by SFG’s founders and research analysts between 2005 and 2025, preserving the ideas, and insights that shaped our intellectual journey. These writings reflect the evolution of our thinking as we engaged with some of the world’s most pressing challenges and opportunities.

The archive offers a rich body of material for researchers, policymakers, students, journalists, and anyone interested in understanding complex global issues through a long-term strategic lens. The articles explore a wide spectrum of subjects, including peace and conflict, water diplomacy, international relations, technology, environmental sustainability, governance, security, and the changing dynamics of regional and global cooperation. They also place regional developments within broader international and geopolitical contexts.

Many of these articles anticipated trends and policy challenges that later became central to international discourse. Others document the development of concepts and frameworks that informed SFG’s subsequent research, dialogues, and publications. Together, they provide not only historical context but also enduring perspectives that continue to resonate in a rapidly changing world.

Beyond serving as a research resource, this archive offers a window into the intellectual history of SFG. It traces how our ideas evolved over time, how new policy concepts emerged through sustained inquiry, and how our engagement expanded from regional concerns to global challenges. Readers can follow the progression of our work across changing geopolitical landscapes and appreciate our evidence-based approaches to peace, security, and international cooperation.

Whether you are revisiting landmark analyses, exploring the origins of key policy ideas, or discovering our work for the first time, we hope these archives provide valuable insights, stimulate informed debate, and inspire fresh thinking about the future.

The Absence of Foresight

The absence of foresight and the inability to read the pulse of a nation will ultimately lead to the downfall of any political leader, as we are increasingly experiencing across the Middle East...

Criminalising Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: The Libya Story

Diana looks at the significance of a Libyan bill which seeks to make rape during armed conflict a war crime...

Saving Syria: are we ready for Jus Post Bellum?

After failing diplomatically to end the Syrian civil unrest, the international community is arming rebel groups. They must now be ready to own up to the responsibility that will follow after the war...

India’s Green Run

Sahiba Trivedi examines India's and China's current efforts towards a green economy, in particular, their actions on altering their energy mix.

Invasion Ahead

Calling them "exotics" may add a veneer of mystery to them, but invasive species are deadly by any name. While many invasive species begin as purposefully introduced ones, they often tend to take over new habitats and create unforeseen problems. These problems include a wide range of destructive ones from killing off other native species, to causing threats to health, agriculture and food security.

The Palestine-ICC Conundrum

Diana Philip examines the possibility of an ICC referral by Palestine and its challenges in light of Palestine's new observer state status in the United Nations.