Too many states and peoples have responded to problems by unilaterally using force or by turning inward, building barriers instead of bridges, and stifling dissent, under the guise of fighting external threats.
Zia Mian, Director of Princeton University’s Project on Peace and Security in South Asia, discusses
How much progress has been made in overcoming the constraints to well designed and flexibly adapted peace operations?
The UN’s long-standing role in supporting negotiated solutions to conflict has not yet been squared with its simultaneous embrace of counterterrorism.
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