Can the United Nations Deepen Mediation Effectiveness in Libya?
UNSMIL can deepen mediation effectiveness by upholding the facilitation of an inclusive political process leaves room deliberation and agreement of political solutions.
National Parliaments in the EU: Synergy Under the Subsidiarity Principle?
Over the past two decades, subsidiarity has become an important instrument to strengthen the role of national parliaments in the European architecture.
Gender as a Post-Conflict Condition: Revisiting the Three Waves
Feminism as a post-conflict condition does not simply entail organising feminist security as a subset of human security but making feminism a condition of (global) post-conflict politics.
Opinion – Beijing’s Position on the Myanmar Coup
Beijing’s stance on Myanmar is a stark contrast with Western democracies. It once again demonstrates a clash of international norms between China and the West.
Opinion – Dismantling Ongoing Realities of Colonization in Africa
it is time that Africans and those who are committed to Africa’s liberation from a colonial paradigm internalize that “only the best is good enough for Africa”.
Opinion – Covid-19 and Africa
The solution to the current pandemic is to recognize its public health status, its global nature, the urgent threat to humanity, and the superior reason of public interest.
The Pandemic and our Place in the World
Viewing the pandemic as a social disaster means coming to terms with the way the disaster has reshaped people’s understanding of themselves and their world.
Gender Inclusive Peace Process and Protection Concerns amidst the Myanmar Coup
The military’s capacity to lead an inclusive peace process, to ensure women’s representation, and to protect women and girls from violence, is diminishing.
Opinion – Peace through Law? Political Realism and Hans Kelsen
Perhaps a great political realist is one who sees that the political has always been intimately linked to the legal, and that nothing in our dealings with one another is inevitable.
Opinion – International Law versus Realpolitik in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Despite the November 9 ceasefire agreement, the fundamental questions about the region’s final status and the future of its native Armenian population remain unanswered.
