While the UN is making efforts to apply lessons from the cholera epidemic, there are reasons to question whether the reforms are adequate.
While the UN is making efforts to apply lessons from the cholera epidemic, there are reasons to question whether the reforms are adequate.
There is an urgent need to rethink how to hold to account those responsible for human rights violations not only in Myanmar, but also in other countries.
The peace and security arrangement between federal and regional states has allowed special forces to instigate conflicts in unique ways.
Peace operations are a highly resilient international institution for managing armed conflict.
As members of the UN Security Council, the UK and US can work to integrate the prevention of CRSV into peacekeeping effectiveness and in efforts to protect civilians.
Many within the UN community are not clear on what a gender analysis entails.
Since 2019, insecurity has reached devastating levels. It has become clear that attacks can happen anywhere, targeting anyone.
The UN system and member states urgently need to prioritize their duty of care to troops, police officers, and civilians.
It is unlikely that the military will support full democratization until there is a party that the military trusts.
A list of key upcoming meetings and events that have implications for global affairs compiled by the Global Observatory.
Looking forward, tensions in the South China Sea are unlikely to subside as China and the US continue their action–reaction cycle of military exercises.
Modern slavery is more likely to be seen as a project management risk to be safeguarded against, rather than a target for strategic programming, lending, or policy advice.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his government are wary of the interference, complaints, and demands made by the international community.
To preserve mission productivity, the UN must do more to avoid downsizing survivor syndrome in its peace operations.
COVID-19 has put all progress towards women’s empowerment made so far at risk.
The UN75 report produced ten key findings that highlighted what respondents felt were both immediate and long-term priorities.
Some of the most promising innovations for enhancing the monitoring of forests involve artificial intelligence.
What happened to the pandemic being a catalyst for peaceful processes?
WPS practitioners and policymakers have real concerns about the ways in which P/CVE policies could harm women.
Dr. Enloe talks about the state of the WPS agenda, how to ensure it is not overly-simplified and narrowed, and how its advocates can continue to remain hopeful and curious feminists.
How much progress has been made in overcoming the constraints to well designed and flexibly adapted peace operations?
While the future of peace operations will be intrinsically linked to Africa’s future, this does not mean that the UN will lose its central role.
The global, swift, and devastating nature of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the need to finally put the nexus theory into practice, both for this crisis and those to come.
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