Review – Constructing the Responsibility to Protect
This excellent volume provides a coherent package of the debates on R2P in theory and practice, highlighting its continually contested nature.
Review – Female Ex-Combatants, Empowerment, and Reintegration
Michanne Steenbergen draws on understandings of power and critiques of existing UN practices to elucidate how empowerment gained by female ex-combatants is often lost upon their reintegration into society.
The UN’s Role in The Institutional Abuse of Children: Wronged or Wrongdoer?
The scholarship on the institutional abuse of children illustrates why the UN should more closely consider such cases to find better responses.
Understanding the Illegality of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Russia has not only broken international law in the most flagrant manner, but has devalued the system of norms, values and practices that underpins international society.
The UN COP26 and ‘30 by 30’: Turning Points or More Business-As-Usual?
It is time to listen directly to those who are facing dispossession, loss of livelihoods, and homes, and to seek grassroots solutions,
The United Nations in Crisis: Geo-Political and Geo-Economic Challenges
The crisis facing the UN, as evidenced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is the single greatest threat to global security since its formation.
Interview – Kai Michael Kenkel
Kai Michael Kenkel talks about shifts in UN peacekeeping missions and the role of the UN and member states, as well as Brazil’s role in the global order.
Interview – Jan Lüdert
Jan Lüdert discusses normative practices of appropriateness, challenges to state sovereignty, decision-making in the United Nations, and pedagogies in international relations.
Opinion – Saving Myanmar?
With no sign of junta retrenchment, the big question remains as to how even a vestige of Myanmar’s democracy can be salvaged from the spoils of coup.
Interview – Victor Khodayar-Pardo
Victor Khodayar-Pardo discusses his work for the United Nations, including the organisation’s response to Covid-19, environmental issues and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
