Definitions Matter: Navigating Gray Areas in United Nations’ Civilian Protection
Civilian protection must be the priority of peacekeeping. This requires adequate funding, political commitment and clarity on definitions.
American Support for Closing Military Bases Abroad May Depend on How You Ask
Economic concerns and changing threats may warrant the consolidation of bases but not necessarily the reduction of military presence.
Who’s Afraid of Mussolini’s Ghost?
Much is rightly made in discussions of Italian attitudes to fascism of its post-war failures to ‘de-fascistise’ in the way that Germany was ‘de-nazified’.
Opinion – Is Russia a ‘Terrorist State’?
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s denunciations of Russia as a “terrorist state” is not categorically helpful.
Colombia’s ‘Total Peace’ and Climate Change
Never has the Colombian government had as much leverage to negotiate the climate crisis than the present, with the new president and his total peace initiative.
Twenty-Five Years On: Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement
Although the international order in which it was created has changed, the Agreement can still be a blueprint for peace processes in other parts of the world.
Opinion – What a Stronger Japanese Military Posture Means for Okinawa
The more Japan flexes its muscles to protect its citizens and territory, and to prove that it’s a worthy ally to the US, the more it puts Okinawan lives in danger
Opinion – Sturgeon’s Departure and the Conundrum of Scottish Independence
Sturgeon’s successor would be wise to portray independence as an organic outcome from a yet-to-be-defined stage in Scotland’s political development.
Opinion – Nigeria’s Stagnation on Anti-Corruption Links with Growing Insecurity
With Nigeria’s Presidential elections imminent, there is a debate over whether outrage over growing public sector corruption will factor significantly in the results.
Interpreting Indigenous Peacebuilding Civil Society Organisations
Frameworks of ‘problem-solvers’ and ‘autonomous political activists’ underline the contrasting ways in which the impact of indigenous CSOs upon peacebuilding are evaluated.
