Significant strides have been made in developing an understanding that the protection of civilians is integral to peacekeeping. There is a risk of backsliding.
Analysis
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The primacy of geopolitics can no longer be ignored.
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The UN should create a new strategic moment to influence Mali’s trajectory positively.
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Many of the root causes of the COVID-19 infodemic remain unaddressed.
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Complex threats in places like the Sahel, Lake Chad Basin, Somalia, eastern DRC, and Northern Mozambique have led to ad-hoc security arrangements becoming a growing norm.
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Contrary to perceptions, there is compelling scientific evidence in the IPCC’s AR6 report that climate change constitutes a risk to peace and security.
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Pakistan could become a vanguard of climate resilience, but it faces tremendous hurdles.
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The conflict has been propped up by blame games, ineffective diplomacy, recurring geopolitical tensions and proxy warfare in the Great Lakes region, and the Congolese state’s weak commitment to addressing grievances that drive armed group proliferation.
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China will likely continue to shape peacekeeping along its preferences for a more technical and less overt political foreign policy tool.
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UN mission transitions still result in gaps in the protection of civilians experiencing violent conflict.
