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Rethinking Engagement with North Korea
Last year, North Korea’s marked increase in missile launches was widely interpreted as a bid to sharpen its capability to target…
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UNRWA’s Reckoning: Preserving the UN Agency Serving Palestinian Refugees
But the agency’s finances are in dire straits, putting the refugees’ wellbeing at risk. Donors should step up with sustainable,…
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Massacre in Goma Clouds DR Congo’s Elections and UN Mission’s Future
The government has asked the UN for an “accelerated” withdrawal. Crisis Group experts Richard Moncrieff and Onesphore Sematumba explain the…
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The Key to Sustainable Food Systems
In particular, the future of agriculture in the Global South depends on distributed renewable-energy solutions to address the challenges faced…
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Sri Lanka Needs Truth, but Not (Yet) a Truth Commission
Absent changes responsive to its concerns, the Council should keep up the pressure. Alan Keenan ICG Impunity has a long…
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EU Commissioner: Turkey must take on democratic reforms to revive EU bid
A senior EU official has said that revival of Turkey’s stalled membership negotiations with the EU can only be discussed…
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UNIFIL is Needed More than Ever to Keep the Peace in Southern Lebanon
With the mandate up for renewal, the UN Security Council and troop-contributing countries should reassert their backing for the mission…
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The UN Should Increase Support for the Responsibility to Protect
He did not publicly share his reasons for doing so; however, those who worked with him knew he left a…
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Haiti: Surge in Violent Abuses
UN Security Council Response Should Uphold Rights Killings, kidnappings, and sexual violence by criminal groups in and around Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, have…
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The Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid
Since then, Afghan women have been denied the most basic human rights in what can only be described as gender apartheid. Vrinda…
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Turkey must act: Safeguarding freedom of navigation in the Black Sea
Russia suspended its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative on July 17 and revoked the guarantees of safe navigation,…
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Paving the Way to Talks on Western Sahara
If it steps up its engagement, Washington may be able to get the ball rolling. Riccardo Fabiani ICG Renewed negotiations…
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What’s New about the UN’s New Agenda for Peace?
The document covers a remarkable range of topics, from peacekeeping missions and women’s rights to climate change and cyber-security. Richard…
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The UN Security Council between Rifts and Reform
But the obstacles are many. Richard Gowan ICG A more modest vision of what the body should be and what…
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What Future for UN Peacekeeping in Africa after Mali Shutters Its Mission?
In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Richard Gowan and Daniel Forti explore the implications for blue helmet missions elsewhere on…
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Torture used by Russian forces in Ukraine may be state policy: UN
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice Jill Edwards said widespread use of torture by Russian forces appears deliberate. Al Jazeera…
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