We haven’t ceded control of the Indian Ocean to the pirates. We control the ocean, but there are those who slip through our nets.
A new report examining transnational organized crime in Kenya found significant increases in criminal activity with pervasive impacts on the country’s government institutions.
The week of June 22–26, 2026, set a milestone in the United Nations’ institutional calendar: the first-ever UN Peacebuilding Week, convened in New York alongside the 20th anniversary of the UN peacebuilding architecture. Throughout the week, discussions were grounded in the 2018 UN–World…
In November 2025, the UN Security Council and General Assembly unanimously adopted twin resolutions (A/RES/80/11 and S/RES/2805) on the UN peacebuilding architecture review (PBAR). In the resolutions, member states decided to establish an annual “peacebuilding week” in June with the aim of…
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