MINE ACTION FOR THE FUTURE : ENSURING SAFER COMMUNITIES
25 Jan 2026 Colonel Narender Singh Rathore
“Safe Futures Start Here” - UNMAS Photo - Installed outside the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland in 1997 Abstract More than 100 million people worldwide are at risk from landmines, Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). From Afghanistan to Myanmar; from Sudan to Ukraine, Syria, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and beyond; these deadly devices litter ...
AI-Driven Predictive Analytics: Landmine Threat Mitigation in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
21 Jan 2026 Bill Christopher Arputharaj
Abstract: The weaponisation of terrain through landmines in the Russia-Ukraine conflict creates a strategic-level risk that paralyses military manoeuvre and imposes long-term humanitarian and economic consequences. The current landmine action is essentially reactive, creating a research gap in proactive, predictive threat modelling to counter this asymmetric threat effectively. The research problem is the “fog of contamination”, which breaks ...
Governments Reverse Landmine Ban Amid Rising Security Concerns
20 Aug 2025 Jonathan Coetzee, Technical Manager, Horizon
In a dramatic reversal of nearly three decades of humanitarian progress, five NATO and EU member states—Finland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia—have initiated withdrawal from the 1997 Ottawa Treaty, which bans the use of anti-personnel landmines. Ukraine has since followed suit, citing urgent battlefield necessity amid ongoing war. Why the U-Turn? The driving force behind these decisions is the ...
