From a local perspective, an accelerated, integrated, inclusive implementation of the 2030 Agenda is the only way to meet the many different challenges faced on the ground.
Analysis
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The tail-end involvement of the military after intensive and popular protests raises questions about how AU rules should be applied.
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The question of whether China should join the INF Treaty is frequently mentioned in policy debates.
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The real problem is not the lack of rules to tackle China’s state capitalism, but the lack of utilization of existing rules.
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The build-up of late payments in recent years has meant that reserves are no longer sufficient to keep the UN solvent.
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Policymakers and practitioners have increasingly recognized the need to focus more attention on prevention—addressing the root causes of conflict, violence, and fragility rather than simply reacting to them.
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Developments on the ground seem to be producing the ingredients that, should they endure, may enable Algerians to finally lay the foundations for the inclusive economic and political governance they have been yearning for.
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Engagement by governments to tackle internal displacement, while leveraging the international community’s growing expertise, will help ensure approaches have positive effects.
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Those expecting to see significant change in the wake of Nazarbayev’s semi-departure might be disappointed: it will be business as usual under Tokayev or whoever is elected president in June 2019.
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The massacre in Ogossagou has prompted condemnations from the UN and member states. There is now an opportunity to make innovative and bold suggestions to prioritize POC in MINUSMA’s mandate.
