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Tipping Points Research Makes Urgent Case for Limiting Global Temperature Rise to Lowest Possible

November 28, 2022by David Armstrong McKay

Far more ambitious action is required to keep the Paris Agreement alive and minimize the chances of triggering climate tipping points.

The Case for Integrating Sustaining Peace into an Expanded Climate, Peace and Security Concept

November 23, 2022by Cedric de Coning and Hafsa M. Maalim

Actions to address the effects of climate challenges can contribute to sustaining peace, while peacebuilding initiatives can, at times, also strengthen the capacity of communities to adapt to climate change.

Legal Avenues to Fight Climate Change

November 18, 2022by Julia Almeida Nobre

Climate change litigation is on the rise. More legal clarity will bring more action.

Our Common Future in a New Climate World: Interview with Robert Mendelsohn

November 16, 2022by Jill Stoddard

Robert O. Mendelsohn, professor of forest policy and economics at Yale University, discusses the global forces creating unprecedented changes over the next few centuries, including climate change, and why he is optimistic about the future.

The Many, Varied Violences Behind the Central American Exodus

November 15, 2022by Nathaniel Morris and Gema Kloppe-Santamaría

We need to fully recognize the multifaceted character of the “violences” impacting Central American countries and the political, economic, and social precursors that drive them.

Protecting Intangible Cultural Heritage to Support Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Efforts

November 10, 2022by Adam Markham

Intangible cultural heritage, much of which is threatened by the climate crisis, offers opportunities for learning from climate adaptation practices in the past and increasing resilience in the future.

Gender-Responsive Healthcare in UN Peacekeeping Operations

November 4, 2022by Jenna Russo

Creating an enabling environment for women peacekeepers, including by providing gender-responsive healthcare, is key to the UN achieving its gender parity goals.

The Desecuritization of Women in DDR Processes: the Case of Côte d’Ivoire

October 25, 2022by Kamina Diallo

The Ivoirian case shows that DDR programs continue to perpetuate gendered hierarchies and stereotypes; women and girls continue to be dismissed, “desecuritized,” and “conjugally ordered” into questionably stereotyped roles designed by those with little understanding of gendered…

Spreading Feminist Foreign Policy: Interview with Margot Wallström

October 20, 2022by Jill Stoddard and Eimer Curtin

I wanted the feminist foreign policy to be practical. To me, it’s not about identity as much as it is a matter of checking on the three Rs: rights, representation, and resources.

Securitizing Climate Change: How to Not Think about the Climate Crisis

October 12, 2022by Carol Cohn and Claire Duncanson

The securitization of the climate crisis, rendered “serious” and “realistic” by ideas about gender, is misdirecting our attention and resources.

The Securitization of Gender: A Primer

October 11, 2022by Gretchen Baldwin and Taylor Hynes

WPS advocates must not allow gender to be instrumentalized within hypermasculine, hypermilitarized, and over-securitized approaches to security.

European Energy Crisis: Navigating Russia’s Market Manipulations

September 15, 2022by Andrian Prokip

The European Union is capable of decreasing its dependence on Russia, but also of weakening the Kremlin’s ability to wield energy as a weapon to achieve greater geopolitical influence and facilitate warfare. But to do this, the EU, at great cost, must withstand Russia’s energy blackmailing.

The 2022 UN Peacekeeping Budget: Signs of Progress or a Fleeting Moment of Consensus?

July 20, 2022by Daniel Forti

Member states agreed to an overall increase in the peacekeeping budget for the first time in seven years, and they endorsed a resolution that considers a wide range of operational, financial, and personnel issues impacting UN operations around the world. But by digging deeper into the newly…

Russia, NATO, and International Organizations

May 23, 2022by Kseniya Oksamytna

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.

What Are the International Military Options for the Sahel?

April 12, 2022by Nina Wilén and Paul D. Williams

The complex, and not always coordinated, ecosystem of military operations across the Sahel has been aptly labeled a security traffic jam. Why are external forces in the Sahel? Can they help resolve any of the region’s crises? And, if so, what configuration of external forces makes the most sense?

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