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Middle East, Peace & Security, World The Iran Nuclear Deal – A Missed Opportunity ?
After twenty months of multilateral negotiations, the Iran nuclear deal, formally called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was signed in Vienna on 14 July 2015. The signatories were,...
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UN, Peace & Security UN and peacemaking: It worked in the past. Why not now?
Introduction: The UN, peace and security The quintessential goal of the United Nations, as clearly expressed in its constitutive document, the Charter of the United Nations, is the maintenance...
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Foreign Affairs Global diplomatic shortage?
By Elisabeth Clemmons and Fotini Zarogianni
From the EU-27 to the US to India, foreign services are chronically understaffed. Beyond resignations of current diplomatic staff for a variety of reasons, youth interest specifically towards ...
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What role for the UN in post-conflict Gaza?
By Peter Ford
With the Israel-Hamas conflict still possibly having months to run and with even the outlines of an end state still far from clear, trying to chart a course for the UN at this juncture is chal...
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Analysis The Culture of Peace – Utopia or Alternative Security Policy? A Book (self-)Review
Is it possible to see the UNESCO/UN culture of peace program as a blueprint for a feminist, non-violent security policy? Are there alternatives to war and militarisation, or is the culture of ...
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India India celebrates its 75th Republic Day
By Manan Shah
India, a democracy of 1.4 billion people, celebrates its Republic Day, one of three major national days, on 26 January every year. While Indians celebrate Independence Day as the day of gainin...
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Middle East, Peace & Security, World The Iran Nuclear Deal – A Missed Opportunity ?
After twenty months of multilateral negotiations, the Iran nuclear deal, formally called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was signed in Vienna on 14 July 2015. The signatories were,...
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UN, Peace & Security UN and peacemaking: It worked in the past. Why not now?
Introduction: The UN, peace and security The quintessential goal of the United Nations, as clearly expressed in its constitutive document, the Charter of the United Nations, is the maintenance...
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Foreign Affairs Global diplomatic shortage?
From the EU-27 to the US to India, foreign services are chronically understaffed. Beyond resignations of current diplomatic staff for a variety of reasons, youth interest specifically towards ...
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What role for the UN in post-conflict Gaza?
By Peter Ford
With the Israel-Hamas conflict still possibly having months to run and with even the outlines of an end state still far from clear, trying to chart a course for the UN at this juncture is chal...
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Analysis The Culture of Peace – Utopia or Alternative Security Policy? A Book (self-)Review
Is it possible to see the UNESCO/UN culture of peace program as a blueprint for a feminist, non-violent security policy? Are there alternatives to war and militarisation, or is the culture of ...
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India India celebrates its 75th Republic Day
By Manan Shah
India, a democracy of 1.4 billion people, celebrates its Republic Day, one of three major national days, on 26 January every year. While Indians celebrate Independence Day as the day of gainin...
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Europe, EU “Behaving Like a Member-State”: The Italy-Albania Migration Deal
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has long created an image of herself as being a “champion” of the Italian far-right when it comes to issues of migration. Having campaigned and won, in part, beca...
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UN Peace and sustainability go together
H.E. The President of the GA* Ambassador Dennis Francis UN New York Your Excellency, As a former UN staff member I participate in an informal Peacemaking Reflection Group (PRG), which follow...
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Global Governance Inclusive Global Governance for a Peaceful and Resilient World: A Thought Note*
By Paola Bettelli and Georgios Kostakos and Yoriko Yasukawa
It is broadly accepted that business as usual is not enough to effectively address the urgent global crises confronting humanity today, which range from wars of the traditional, geopolitical k...
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UN The Role of International Geneva in the UN 2.0
Those who believe in the need for a stronger and more efficient UN are increasingly concerned about its future. The whole humanity should be concerned. The horizon shows growing selfish nation...
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World, What is happening? Targets designed in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved in commun...
By Louis Edoa
Quality of life, access to clean water, basic sanitation, decent living conditions, and good education remain far from the reality of the population. In October 2016, with the sanction, by the...
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World, Global Governance, UN Global Resilience (Council) – If not now, when?
It has been a hot, unbearable summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Wherever the temperatures are not breaking new records and the forest fires are not filling the air with suffocating smoke and ...
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Europe, EU “Behaving Like a Member-State”: The Italy-Albania Migration Deal
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has long created an image of herself as being a “champion” of the Italian far-right when it comes to issues of migration. Having campaigned and won, in part, beca...
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UN Peace and sustainability go together
H.E. The President of the GA* Ambassador Dennis Francis UN New York Your Excellency, As a former UN staff member I participate in an informal Peacemaking Reflection Group (PRG), which follow...
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Global Governance Inclusive Global Governance for a Peaceful and Resilient World: A Thought Note*
It is broadly accepted that business as usual is not enough to effectively address the urgent global crises confronting humanity today, which range from wars of the traditional, geopolitical k...
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UN The Role of International Geneva in the UN 2.0
Those who believe in the need for a stronger and more efficient UN are increasingly concerned about its future. The whole humanity should be concerned. The horizon shows growing selfish nation...
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World, What is happening? Targets designed in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved in commun...
By Louis Edoa
Quality of life, access to clean water, basic sanitation, decent living conditions, and good education remain far from the reality of the population. In October 2016, with the sanction, by the...
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World, Global Governance, UN Global Resilience (Council) – If not now, when?
It has been a hot, unbearable summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Wherever the temperatures are not breaking new records and the forest fires are not filling the air with suffocating smoke and ...
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Citizen Correspondent A European in Brexit Britain
If I had a Euro for every time I’ve heard phrases like “we don’t mean people like you” or “you’ll be fine” or “nothing will change” in relation to Brexit, I would be a very wealthy lady by now...
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The invisible ones: people with disabilities in Latin America
“I feel the pandemic has highlighted the invisibility of people with disabilities,” said the mother of Luigi Gabriel, a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Throughout history, it has been prov...
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COVID-19, risk communication and the crucial role of community leaders
As I am writing this article, someone is being infected by the novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) around the world and the statistics of the pandemic are updated and disseminated by some online pl...
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Op-ed Expediency, brinkmanship and the absence of global leadership
Those of us worried about the state of the world and the explosive convergence of crises of military and non-military nature, cannot but be increasingly concerned by the expediency and brinkma...
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Op-ed A world in disarray – we can do better than this
America’s last chance to lead Yesterday, 9 December, was the International Day of Commemoration & Dignity of Victims of the Crime of Genocide & Prevention of this Crime. Yet, the international...
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Editorials Call it whatever you want – just stop the killing
Armistice Day is approaching, 11 November, the day that guns fell silent marking the end of the First World War in 1918. As we know, that was not the end of all wars, as much as the millions w...
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Op-ed Israel-Palestine: A monumental failure of leadership and humanity
The carnage in Israel and the Gaza Strip seems to have no end, with hundreds if not thousands of fatalities on both sides and a region ready to explode. Who is to blame and how can this end? P...
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World, Global Governance, UN Global Resilience (Council) – If not now, when?
It has been a hot, unbearable summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Wherever the temperatures are not breaking new records and the forest fires are not filling the air with suffocating smoke and ...
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Op-ed Gender inclusion in the Global South
As we observe International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023, and CSW67 (Commission on the Status of Women, Session 67) is taking place, with UN Women continuing to run local programs worldwide, one ...
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Global Governance, UN Consultations and Summits aplenty – Is any-body bringing all this together?
By Harris Gleckman and Georgios Kostakos
September 2023 is forecast to be heavy in summiteering, as already two summits and a ministerial meeting are scheduled to take place in the space of a few days, around the high-level “UN Week”...
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Editorials End-of-Year Thoughts – For a Better 2023
Two weeks from the finish line, 2022 can safely be said to have been a year of conflicts, tensions, and upheavals par excellence. The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February may still be th...
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Op-ed Armistice Call
On this commemoration of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, Marking the silencing of weapons at the end of World War I, We, the undersigned concerned citizens of the world, Call for a ceasefire...
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Op-ed Expediency, brinkmanship and the absence of global leadership
Those of us worried about the state of the world and the explosive convergence of crises of military and non-military nature, cannot but be increasingly concerned by the expediency and brinkma...
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Op-ed A world in disarray – we can do better than this
America’s last chance to lead Yesterday, 9 December, was the International Day of Commemoration & Dignity of Victims of the Crime of Genocide & Prevention of this Crime. Yet, the international...
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Editorials Call it whatever you want – just stop the killing
Armistice Day is approaching, 11 November, the day that guns fell silent marking the end of the First World War in 1918. As we know, that was not the end of all wars, as much as the millions w...
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Op-ed Israel-Palestine: A monumental failure of leadership and humanity
The carnage in Israel and the Gaza Strip seems to have no end, with hundreds if not thousands of fatalities on both sides and a region ready to explode. Who is to blame and how can this end? P...
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World, Global Governance, UN Global Resilience (Council) – If not now, when?
It has been a hot, unbearable summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Wherever the temperatures are not breaking new records and the forest fires are not filling the air with suffocating smoke and ...
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Op-ed Gender inclusion in the Global South
As we observe International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023, and CSW67 (Commission on the Status of Women, Session 67) is taking place, with UN Women continuing to run local programs worldwide, one ...
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Global Governance, UN Consultations and Summits aplenty – Is any-body bringing all this together?
September 2023 is forecast to be heavy in summiteering, as already two summits and a ministerial meeting are scheduled to take place in the space of a few days, around the high-level “UN Week”...
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Editorials End-of-Year Thoughts – For a Better 2023
Two weeks from the finish line, 2022 can safely be said to have been a year of conflicts, tensions, and upheavals par excellence. The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February may still be th...
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Op-ed Armistice Call
On this commemoration of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, Marking the silencing of weapons at the end of World War I, We, the undersigned concerned citizens of the world, Call for a ceasefire...
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UN75+25: The Pandemic as another Chance for Opening towards Omnilateralism?
Calculations by the London School of Economics show it clearly. If early on Wuhan could have directly informed a truly “global health organisation” and the epidemic thus been restricted to its...
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UN75+25: A history model for a model future
The United Nations (UN) is formed by the so-called Member States that assemble to promote both world peace and world unity. However, despite humanitarian actions to help nations that suffer fr...
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UN75+25: For a future that does not choose economy over life
We are living in dark times because of the pandemic of COVID-19, which has been affecting many structures of society. Many of the social and economic problems, though, are a historical phenome...
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