Social Science Research Council

AIDS, Security & Conflict Initiative: With Clingendael, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, the SSRC recently launched the AIDS, Security and Conflict Initiative (ASCI). ASCI is a collaborative research and policy venture that aims to synthesize existing knowledge, develop the evidence base, and identify appropriate policies and programs in the field of HIV/AIDS, security and conflict. Its outcomes will contribute to mitigating the adverse impact of HIV/AIDS on national and international security and conflict, refining HIV/AIDS policies and programs relevant to security institutions and concerns, and sustaining HIV/AIDS programs during complex emergencies, state crises and post-conflict periods so as to help prevent HIV transmission in these circumstances. Read more...