Building Foreign Policy Analysis and Diplomatic Relations Skills for Executives & Professionals Ready to Turn the World More Peaceful
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At the Institute of Peace Economy Studies (IPES), we reject the traditional segregation of security, economics, and diplomacy. Our executive education model treats peace as a tangible infrastructure asset. By equipping leaders with combined knowledge of strategic statecraft and economy-building, we establish pathways for stable growth and collaborative regional leadership.
Designed for public policy decision-makers, senior diplomats, international security personnel, and corporate executives, our competence-led framework develops immediate, actionable capacities for national and international impact.
Our curriculum structure directly reflects strategic affairs. Click a department to explore its thematic sections, quarterly executive programmes, and associated courses.
Thematic study of geopolitical dynamics and statecraft.
Primary training in modern geopolitical strategy.
Advanced policy briefs and regional analysis.
Practical protocol, consular standards and state representation.
Consular representation and state protocol.
Management of global partnerships and aid governance.
Frameworks for international cooperation.
Trade negotiations, commercial facilitation and competitiveness.
SME trade integration, AfCFTA, and investment.
Mediation, dialogue coordination and leadership.
Facilitating track-two dialogues and mediation.
Defense diplomacy, peacekeeping operations and security coordination.
Defence studies and regional security coordination.
Peace economy frameworks, infrastructure planning and growth.
Fostering stability via economic capital investments.
Global climate risks, resource access and human safety.
Policy frameworks for climate finance and migration.
Managing reputation, digital diplomacy and strategic narrative.
Narrative development and digital governance.
Our curriculum does not teach abstract theory; it builds the six core pillars of professional international action, foreign policy, and crisis governance.
Strategic bargaining, international treaties formulation, and multi-party trade mediation for global arenas.
Deconstructing regional geopolitics, diplomatic alignments, and trade policy impacts on national sovereignty.
Public diplomacy, crisis communications, global advocacy, and managing state and institutional messaging.
Conflict resolution mechanisms, facilitating track-two diplomacy, and organizing multi-stakeholder peace dialogues.
Developing democratic regulatory frameworks, ethical public leadership, and compliance with global conventions.
Evaluating resource dependencies, global power dynamics, African integration strategies, and systemic security risks.
Designed specifically for active mid-to-senior level practitioners, combining rigorous academic oversight with practical professional utility.
Quarterly cohort intakes with block-release modules, intensive weekend seminars, and flexible learning pathways.
Immersive roleplays, negotiation exercises, policy labs, and statecraft war-gaming to test application in real-time.
Interactive virtual webinars and physical evening forums structured to support active working schedules.
Collaborative project groups focused on drafting active, policy brief products for ministries and international partners.
IPES Academy serves not just as a classroom, but as an active think tank generating live policy resources and convenings.
Our flagship laboratory where participants engage in crisis modeling, peace talks simulation, trade war negotiations, and mock United Nations and African Union summits. Learn diplomacy through deliberate practice.
An active research cell monitoring the intersection of resource extraction, infrastructure projects, and stability in sub-Saharan Africa. The Observatory publishes quarterly briefs and datasets utilized by policy-makers.
A prestigious forum convening national leaders, foreign ambassadors, NGO representatives, and academics to address pressing geopolitical concerns. Dialogue events provide direct networking opportunities for Academy candidates.
Advance your policy competence, refine your diplomatic expertise, and position yourself at the forefront of African strategic leadership.
Government of the Republic of Zambia
CSR Network Zambia
Public-Private Dialogue Forum
Brand Zambia
Vwaali Consultancy
Mytochondria
Government of the Republic of Zambia
CSR Network Zambia
Public-Private Dialogue Forum
Brand Zambia
Vwaali Consultancy
Mytochondria
