The securitization of the climate crisis, rendered “serious” and “realistic” by ideas about gender, is misdirecting our attention and resources.
The securitization of the climate crisis, rendered “serious” and “realistic” by ideas about gender, is misdirecting our attention and resources.
The Russian government-affiliated Wagner Group has gained widespread attention for its brutal tactics in the Central African Republic and Mali.
For AI to be ethical and be a vehicle for the common good, it needs to eliminate any explicit and implicit biases, including on the gender front.
A stable peace deal requires the support of the Ukrainian people for both legal and political reasons.
The war in Ukraine has demonstrated the solidarity of the international community, yet there is real work to be done to strengthen solidarity across regions.
Survey data does not reveal a major, widespread drop in the UN’s legitimacy over the past few years.
Voters in Africa’s largest democracy will go to the polls to pick a new president on Feb. 25, 2023.
A peace deal between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian government signed in November 2022 raised hopes that the war in northern Ethiopia—one of the world’s deadliest conflicts in recent years—was finally drawing to a close.
2023 could be a good year for advancing climate-related issues in the United Nations Security Council.
The UN General Assembly’s COE Working Group has a fork-in-the-road opportunity to advance UN Peacekeeping’s environmental goals.
The UN should consider both the successes of the whole-of-mission approach and the pitfalls of its ever-burgeoning understanding of PoC.
The agreement to establish a fund for loss and damage was a historic win for developing countries, but progress on mitigation stalled at COP27.
UN missions will need to address the root causes of misinformation and disinformation by proactively reshaping narratives about the UN.
While the current crisis is unlikely to be resolved without military force, any hope for success requires that operations remain closely tied to a political process, and that neighboring countries remain accountable to support the security and sovereignty of the DRC.
The securitization of the climate crisis, rendered “serious” and “realistic” by ideas about gender, is misdirecting our attention and resources.
Last week, at least 15 people died in protests demanding UN peacekeepers leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The week before, the military junta ruling Mali halted troop rotations for the UN mission there and ejected the mission’s deputy spokesperson. These incidents highlight…
As Finland and Sweden begin the process of applying for NATO membership, misleading narratives about the role of NATO’s so-called eastward expansion in “provoking” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue to hold sway.
The campaign to introduce a new international crime of “ecocide” at the International Criminal Court is long-standing but has received increased support over the last couple of years.
The new sanctions were triggered by months of growing tensions between ECOWAS and the military-dominated transitional government over the timetable for Mali’s return to civilian rule after two successful coups d’état.
The AU mission’s success relies on the handover of military responsibilities to an effective Somali replacement. But the Somali National Army remains as politicized and clan-divided as it has ever been.
Noemi Florea has compiled some key data visualizations from 2021 for the Global Observatory that highlight progress on climate change, from expanded research on the global environment to emerging developments for climate adaptation.
In the wake of COP26, there is a need to examine the current structures and dynamics of global climate governance.
Permafrost thaw presents a major challenge to Arctic communities and ecosystems and has enormous potential to accelerate climate change and its global impacts.
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