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Tag: extremism

  • Islamic State Shifts From Provinces and Governance to Global Insurgency

    September 26, 2018by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi

    Shifts in provincial designations reflect in part the overall collapse of IS as a state project, and its evolution into a global insurgency.

    Analysisextremism, terrorism
  • Should UN Peace Operations Get Off the Counter-Terror Bandwagon?

    September 12, 2018Larry Attree and Jordan Street

    As UN peace operations increasingly take on counterterrorism and C/PVE roles, the risks of replicating the costly failures of the past are very real.

    Analysisextremism, peacekeeping
  • Election Shows Why Pakistan Gets Mainstreaming Wrong

    September 4, 2018by Aayla Jawaid

    Without an adjustment in approach to mainstreaming, extremist ideology will likely further permeate Pakistan’s political and social fabric

    Analysiselections, extremism, south asia
  • Civil Society’s Role in Rehabilitation and Reintegration Related to Violent Extremism

    June 25, 2018by Christina Nemr and Rafia Bhulai

    One of the many critical questions related to recovering from the effects of violent extremism and terrorism is: what is to be done with offenders when they return to local communities?

    Analysisextremism, terrorism
  • Lessons from Cox’s Bazar in Preventing Violent Extremism in Humanitarian Settings

    June 4, 2018by André Alves Dos Reis, Khalid Koser and Lilla Schumicky-Logan

    The lessons being learned in Cox’s Bazar can inform best practice for PVE in other humanitarian settings, and can also address wider conceptual challenges.

    Analysisextremism, refugees
  • Inadequate Strategies to Protect Somalis Undermine Efforts to Defeat al-Shabaab

    May 9, 2018by Harley Henigson

    AMISOM’s lack of civilian protection and unwillingness to be held to account for collateral civilian casualties has fostered distrust between the African Union (AU) peace operation and the Somali population.

    Analysisextremism, somalia
  • Complexity of Migration, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism Needs Comprehensive Response

    Syrian Refugees in Jordan
    November 27, 2017by David McKeever and Naureen Chowdhury Fink

    The evolving and contested relationship between migration, terrorism, and violent extremism animates electorates, governments, and international organizations. For many governments and communities, this requires a careful balance between the preservation of security and an effective humanitarian response.

    Analysisextremism, Migration, terrorism
  • Boko Haram’s New Tactics Imperil Nigeria’s Countryside

    Military Training
    November 17, 2017by Alex Thurston

    In recent months, Boko Haram has attacked rural military bases and convoys in the northeastern part of Nigeria and in surrounding countries, acquiring weapons in the process. Since spring 2015, when regional militaries chased most of its members back underground, the sect had been focused on survival and terrorism. While the group is far from their high point of 2014-2015, when they controlled a territory estimated at 20,000 square miles, these raids show a new strategic acumen.

    Analysisafrica, extremism
  • UN Counterterrorism Reform: Now It’s the Security Council’s Turn

    September 15, 2017by Eric Rosand

    The creation of a first-ever UN Office of Counter-Terrorism and the appointment of the first full-time, under-secretary-general-level UN counterterrorism official—Russia’s Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov—should go a long way to enhance collaboration and cooperation among the dozens of UN entities working to counterterrorism and preventing violent extremism.

    Analysisextremism, united nations
  • Women in the Islamic State: Tactical Advantage Trumps Ideology

    August 21, 2017by Jennifer Philippa Eggert

    Even compared with other contemporary violent Islamist groups, ISIS is particularly gender-conservative.

    Analysisextremism, women peace and security
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  • The Roots of Pre-Election Carnage by Ugandan Security Forces

    January 15, 2021by Sylvie Namwase

    It is time for Uganda to enact laws in keeping with international standards and redefine the relationship between police and military during law enforcement.

    Analysisafrica, elections
  • 2020 Editor’s Choice: Global Observatory Must Reads

    December 23, 2020by the Global Observatory

    The editors have assembled some of 2020’s “must read” articles that were not about the pandemic, noteworthy either for their analysis, topic, timeliness, and/or popularity.

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  • Rising Numbers Flee Ethiopia as Internal Conflict Persists

    December 21, 2020by Ilhan Dahir

    The conflict in Ethiopia has already claimed many lives and led to a major new displacement flow in the East Africa region.

    Analysisafrica, refugees
  • Safeguarding Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    December 10, 2020by Joshua Wimpey, Markus Goldstein, Paula Gonzalez Martinez and Sreelakshmi Papineni

    COVID-19 has put all progress towards women’s empowerment made so far at risk.

    Analysiscoronavirus, women peace and…
  • Renewed Scrutiny of Citizenship Laws in the Gulf in COVID-19 Era

    December 8, 2020by Dalya Al Alawi

    While the pandemic continues its march through the region, movements to change discriminatory citizenship laws have gained strength.

    Analysiscoronavirus, middle east
  • With Multilateral Efforts Bypassed in Nagorno-Karabakh, OSCE Struggles to Find Role

    December 3, 2020by Stephanie Liechtenstein

    The ceasefire deal confirmed geopolitical realities and further strengthened Russian influence in the region, with Turkey also having a foot in the door.

    Analysisasia, frozen conflict…
  • Empowering “We the Peoples” in the UN’s 75th Year

    December 2, 2020Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu and Michaela Millender

    The UN75 report produced ten key findings that highlighted what respondents felt were both immediate and long-term priorities.

    Analysisunited nations
  • Advancing Climate-Sensitive Strategies in UN Field Operations

    November 24, 2020by Pushkar M. Sharma

    The devastating effects of the climate crisis underscore why UN peace operations and special political missions must advance climate-sensitive strategies.

    Analysisclimate change, climate2020
  • How Can Artificial Intelligence Help Curb Deforestation in the Amazon?

    November 23, 2020by Adriana Erthal Abdenur

    Some of the most promising innovations for enhancing the monitoring of forests involve artificial intelligence.

    Analysisclimate change, climate2020
  • Youth and Climate Action: An Interview with Nisreen Elsaim

    November 20, 2020by Jimena Leiva Roesch and Ahmed Gad

    Nisreen Elsaim, a Sudanese climate activist and Chair of the Sudan Youth Organization on Climate Change, is a member of the secretary-general’s youth advisory group on climate change.

    Interviewsclimate change, climate2020
  • Using Local Action Plans as Pathways to Inclusive Peace and Security

    October 26, 2020by Katelyn Jones

    Local Action Plans have the potential to ignite lasting, creative, and meaningful change at the community-level.

    Analysiswomen peace and…, WPSat20
  • The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Peace and Conflict

    October 23, 2020by Katariina Mustasilta

    What happened to the pandemic being a catalyst for peaceful processes?

    Analysiscoronavirus, peace and secur…
  • The Next 20 Years of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda

    October 5, 2020Phoebe Donnelly, Gretchen Baldwin, Masooma Rahmaty, and Jasmine Jaghab

    The 20th anniversary of resolution1325 is not just a moment to reflect on the past, but represents an opportunity to look toward the future.

    Analysiswomen peace and…, WPSat20
  • How the New UN Mission in Sudan Can Succeed

    August 25, 2020Philipp Jahn, Gerrit Kurtz, Peter Schumann

    The polarized political landscape in Sudan has already affected the planning process for UNITAMS.

    Analysisafrica, peacekeeping
  • What Happened to the Nexus Approach in the COVID-19 Response?

    June 19, 2020by Damian Lilly

    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.

    Analysiscoronavirus, development, humanitarian…
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on the Protection of Cultural Heritage

    June 17, 2020by Nadia Al-Said

    While there is a pressing need to invest in the future given the pandemic’s impact, this is not fully possible without incorporating cultural heritage.

    Analysiscoronavirus, cultural herita…
  • Lessons from the Global Counterterrorism Forum for International Cooperation on Pandemics

    May 28, 2020Eric Rosand and Stevan Weine

    The GCTF model is a potentially feasible and effective remedy to address the current global pandemic and prevent future ones.

    Analysiscoronavirus, pandemics
  • Will Lessons from Cholera in Haiti Be Applied to COVID-19?

    May 6, 2020Adam R. Houston and Beatrice Lindstrom

    While the UN is making efforts to apply lessons from the cholera epidemic, there are reasons to question whether the reforms are adequate.

    Analysispeacekeeping
  • How Has the WHO Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic?

    April 30, 2020by Lucia Mullen

    What is clear from the range of interventions and steps taken is that the WHO has been involved in almost all aspects of the response.

    Analysis
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Peace Operations

    April 2, 2020by Cedric de Coning

    Significant reductions and changes in the way peace operations function may be needed over the coming months.

    Analysiscoronavirus, peacekeeping
  • One Year After CAR Peace Agreement, Looming Elections Distract from Current Dangers

    March 2, 2020by Aaron Pangburn

    The growing deterioration of relations between the state and the signatory armed groups in the lead up to the December 2020 elections points to a worrying future.

    Analysiscentral african…, peace processes
  • 2019: A Year of Protest

    December 20, 2019by Fiona Garguilo

    Much has been written on the long list of protests in 2019, but why did they take place?

    Further Readingmass protest, year in review

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