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About 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now.
Sandwiched between Russia and NATO ally Norway, both Sweden and Finland have maintained neutrality in global conflicts. That changed in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
Governments agreed in 2015 to transform society by 2030. Here’s how that’s going.
Prosecuting a leader like Vladimir Putin accused of war crimes is difficult. But the trial of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in the early 2000s offers a potential playbook.
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Torture has investigated the ongoing persecution of Assange and his conclusions are damning.
The Stockholm Conference in June 1972 launched five decades of international negotiations on everything from biodiversity to climate change.
The West isn’t exactly diligent about following international rules of law. It conveniently ignores or sidesteps global rules-based order when it’s convenient.
Peacekeeping missions grab the headlines when they’re associated with tragedy and death – but that isn’t their full story.
Countries would likely need to set up new courts to prosecute Vladimir Putin for illegally invading Ukraine – but this isn’t a sure bet he would ever be held accountable for his crimes.
The reasons for the prominence of the Ukraine war in the West are many – and include the Ukrainian government’s strategic efforts to tailor presentations of the conflict for Western sensibilities.
The Ukraine crisis is significantly increasing political stress and potential conflict throughout Africa.
War, famine and an energy crunch are affecting the world’s response to climate change, but there are reasons for optimism.
Maxime Mokom is an ordinary man who came to reflect a specific vision of the Central African society, one that exclude other fellow citizens in the name of being a ‘true central African’.
UN peacekeeping and security efforts have always been plagued by the Security Council veto. But moves are afoot to solve this problem.
The IPCC’s latest climate report discusses how colonialism has shaped climate, a breakthrough for the climate justice movement.
Cities have the authority and duty to consider children’s rights as part of climate change responses.
India has stood apart from other major democracies in failing to offer a full-throated condemnation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Here’s why.
The creation of the G5 Sahel added to the traffic of security groupings in the region
An expert on the history and politics of the UN says that the Security Council’s failure to intervene in Ukraine is a “black eye,” but the panel’s inability to act is not a design flaw.
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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