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Tag: resources

  • Will Europe’s Next War be Fought in Ukraine or in the Gas Markets?

    February 15, 2022by Agnia Grigas

    As the risk of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine persists, the threat of another kind of war—a gas war—is just as worrisome to many, especially in Europe and the United States.

    Analysiseurope, resources
  • Water Cooperation—Necessary and Challenging: Q&A with Danilo Türk and Sundeep Waslekar

    April 6, 2018by Samir Ashraf and Renata Bolotova

    Danilo Türk and Sundeep Waslekar explain the complexities of cooperation over water and the lessons that can be drawn from existing agreements.

    Interviewsresources, water
  • Algerian Stability Could Fall with Oil Price

    May 18, 2017by Lisa Watanabe

    A 1986 oil price shock necessitated austerity measures including severe cuts to core subsidies for health, education, and housing, which hit the lower and middle classes hard and contributed to a popular and bloody uprising in October 1988.

    Analysisafrica, resources
  • Amid Oil Crash, Could Farming Offer Nigeria a Lifeline?

    February 11, 2016by Hilary Matfess

    Historically low oil prices present a challenge to a country that derives more than 70% of revenue from oil, but there could also be an opportunity for Nigeria to achieve its long-sought and much-needed economic diversification.

    Analysisafrica, resources
  • Fueling Conflict: The Role of Oil in Foreign Interventions

    March 5, 2015By Vincenzo Bove and Petros G. Sekeris

    Oil production and known oil reserves are central factors motivating third-party military interventions in ongoing civil wars, recent research shows.

    Analysisconflict, resources
  • Ukraine Steels Itself for Winter as Putin Forges Ahead with Novorossiya

    October 21, 2014by Stefan Wolff and Tatyana Malyarenko

    As Ukraine searches for a unifying national identity, Russian-sponsored statebuilding in the east could lead to an emboldened ‘Novorossiya’ project.

    Analysiseurope, peace-and-security, resources
  • Oil Rich but Lacking Institutions, Libya Struggles to Build a State: Q&A with Dr. Younes Abouyoub

    August 27, 2014by Maureen Quinn

    With violence on the rise, Libya’s road to democracy and statehood needs better political dialogue, stronger institutions, and a stronger UN mandate.

    Interviewsafrica, resources, statebuilding
  • MH17 Tragedy Could Accelerate Deterioration of Geopolitical Relations

    July 28, 2014by Francesco Mancini

    Besides being a horrific human tragedy, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 risks becoming the accelerator of today’s deteriorating geopolitical relations between Russia and the West.

    Analysisconflict, europe, resources
  • Are Security and Energy Concerns Moving Turkey and Israel Toward Reconciliation?

    June 20, 2014by Margaret Williams

    A mixture of shared energy and security interests may lead Israel and Turkey to re-establish normal bilateral ties, though some challenges still remain.

    Analysismiddle-east, peace-and-security, resources
  • Cut Off From the World, Gazans Hope Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Will Improve Daily Life

    June 9, 2014by Hani el-Dada and Mona Christophersen

    Gaza’s people hope that Hamas-Fatah reconciliation will improve their daily lives, severely impacted by Israel’s extensive blockade.

    Analysismiddle-east, peace-processes, resources
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  • A Crisis of Consent in UN Peace Operations

    August 2, 2022by Anjali Dayal

    Last week, at least 15 people died in protests demanding UN peacekeepers leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The week before, the military junta ruling Mali halted troop rotations for the UN mission there and ejected the mission’s deputy spokesperson. These incidents highlight…

    Analysisafrica, peacekeeping, united-nations
  • 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…

    Analysispeacekeeping, united-nations

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  • Human Disruption to Earth’s Freshwater Cycle Has Exceeded Safe Limit

    July 18, 2022by Arne Tobian, Lan Wang Erlandsson and Dieter Gerten

    Looking at green water, the rainwater available to plants, shows that freshwater’s ability to sustain a stable Earth system is even more threatened than first reported. Explicitly governing green water is necessary.

    Analysisclimate-change, governance
  • Peace as the Norm: Sustaining Peace in Africa

    July 8, 2022by Youssef Mahmoud and Chimwemwe A. Fabiano

    The African continent has a rich and varied repertoire of formal and informal capacities, knowledge, and experiences to decolonize the study and practice of peace and develop an integrated African agenda for sustaining peace.

    Analysisafrica, peacebuilding
  • One Crisis, Multiple Norms: Strengthening Human Protection in Mali and the Sahel

    June 17, 2022by Adrian Gallagher, Charles T. Hunt and Blake Lawrinson

    The UN Security Council does not have the luxury of choosing between normative imperatives associated with preventing atrocities, protecting civilians, and countering terrorism in Mali, the Sahel, and elsewhere.

    Analysispeacekeeping, sahel
  • Peacebuilding Financing in Guinea-Bissau and Lessons for Overlooked Countries

    June 3, 2022by Gustavo de Carvalho

    Despite the instability it faces, Guinea-Bissau—alongside countries like Madagascar, Chad, or the Central African Republic—has long been overlooked by donors. There is an urgent need to re-orientate the international community toward supporting and financing conflict prevention and early action.

    Analysisafrica, peacebuilding, united-nations
  • The Role of Peacekeepers in Protecting Civilians from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

    May 25, 2022by Jenna Russo

    There are a number of reasons why it is difficult for peacekeepers to protect civilians from sexual and gender-based violence, particularly those forms that fall outside of conflict-related sexual violence.

    Analysispeacekeeping, protection-of-civilians, women-peace-and-security
  • Protecting Peace? How the Protection of Civilians Contributes to Peace Processes

    May 23, 2022by Jenna Russo

    Without a corresponding political process, UN protection activities are an ineffective bandaid in situations of widespread violence.

    Analysispeacekeeping, protection-of-civilians
  • 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.

    Analysisconflict, eastern-europe
  • Sanctions and the Costs of Russia’s War in Ukraine

    May 12, 2022by Erica Moret

    The sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine mark a new page in global sanctions practice yet lessons from earlier cases could help increase efficacy and minimize costs.

    Analysisconflict, europe, ukraine
  • 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?

    Analysismali, peacekeeping, sahel
  • The Benefits, Challenges, and Limitations of Criminalizing Ecocide

    March 30, 2022by Rachel Killean

    The campaign to introduce a new international crime of “ecocide” at the International Criminal Court is long-standing but has received increased support over the last couple of years.

    Analysisenvironment
  • ECOWAS Sanctions Against Mali Necessary, but May Be Counter-Productive

    February 2, 2022by Festus Kofi Aubyn

    The new sanctions were triggered by months of growing tensions between ECOWAS and the military-dominated transitional government over the timetable for Mali’s return to civilian rule after two successful coups d’état.

    Analysisafrica, sanctions
  • New Name, but Little Sign of Change: The Revised Agreement on the African Union Mission in Somalia

    January 27, 2022by Colin Robinson

    The AU mission’s success relies on the handover of military responsibilities to an effective Somali replacement. But the Somali National Army remains as politicized and clan-divided as it has ever been.

    Analysisafrica, african-union, peacekeeping
  • New Climate Data Visualizations, 2021

    December 15, 2021by Noemi Florea

    Noemi Florea has compiled some key data visualizations from 2021 for the Global Observatory that highlight progress on climate change, from expanded research on the global environment to emerging developments for climate adaptation.

    Further Readingclimate-change, climate2021
  • The Gendered Political Economy of Militarized Peacekeeping

    October 28, 2021by Dean Peacock

    Reforming peacekeeping to foster sustainable peace must include an interrogation of militarized masculinities and their harmful gendered consequences.

    Analysiswomen-peace-and-security, wpsat21
  • The Pitfalls of UN Peacekeeping in Afghanistan

    September 1, 2021by Paul D. Williams

    Neither local nor international politics are currently right for a UN peacekeeping deployment in Afghanistan.

    Analysisafghanistan, peacekeeping
  • Preventing Violence or Harming Peace and Rights? What the UN Can Learn from Counterterrorism in the Philippines

    June 10, 2021by Aries Arugay, Marc Batac, and Jordan Street

    The roll-out of counterterrorism and P/CVE policies, plans, and projects in the Philippines is having a significant negative impact on peace, security, and the fulfillment of human rights in the country.

    Analysisctat20, terrorism
  • Reflecting on the UN’s Role in Counterterrorism Twenty Years After 9/11

    June 1, 2021by Jake Sherman and Agathe Sarfati

    As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, there is value in assessing the emergence of counterterrorism as the “fourth pillar” of the UN, its effectiveness to date, and the way ahead.

    Analysisctat20, terrorism
  • The Exclusion of Women’s Voices from Afghan Peace Talks Remains the Norm

    March 30, 2021by Masooma Rahmaty

    As the peace talks gain momentum again, ensuring that women’s voices are sufficiently represented in peace efforts should be a top priority.

    Analysisafghanistan, asia, peace-processes
  • 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
  • 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-security

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