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Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, Ghulam M. Isaczai waits to speak during a UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan on August 16, 2021 at the United Nations in New York.

Expert Backgrounder: How Can The Taliban Be Prevented From Representing Afghanistan In The United Nations?

A masterclass in law and practice, of United Nations credentials system by former U.N. Assistant-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (on screen) hold a video conference with the national security team (on screen) to discuss the ongoing efforts to draw down our civilian footprint in Afghanistan August 16, 2021 at Camp David in Frederick County, Maryland. Biden sits at a large conference table alone with the video screen on the opposite wall.

CIA’s Former Counterterrorism Chief for the Region: Afghanistan, Not An Intelligence Failure — Something Much Worse

"While it’s certainly convenient to depict the shock and miscalculation U.S. officials claim over Afghanistan’s tragic, rapid fall to the Taliban as an intelligence failure,…
A Taliban fighter with a gun patrols along a street in Kabul on August 17, 2021. The flag of the Taliban stands in a traffic cone at a vehicle checkpoint.

Expert Backgrounder: Recognition and the Taliban

An expert analysis of the international law of recognition of governments, and four diplomatic options states have in addressing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
A Taliban fighter holds a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) along the roadside in Herat, Afghanistan's third biggest city, after government forces pulled out the day before following weeks of being under siege. People walk along the sidewalk in the background. August 13, 2021

In Afghanistan, Lest We Forget

As the UN Security Council hosts an emergency meeting, world leaders must understand what the abandonment of the Afghan people involves.
A poster showing six wanted Russian military intelligence officers is displayed before a news conference at the Department of Justice, on October 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Cybercrime is Dangerous, But a New UN Treaty Could Be Worse for Rights

First proposed by Russia, this dangerous proposal has gained enough support at the United Nations for negotiations to begin early next year.
The Green Spirits, protestors dressed in green clothing and green headdress, carry a large beach ball of the globe during a demonstration on the beach during the G7 summit on June 13, 2021 in St Ives, England.

A Fresh Approach: Local Thinking Should Shape the G7’s New Plan to Compete With China

For the "Build Back Better World" initiative to work, the G7 must shed its paternalistic past and cooperate with partner countries.
Trees in a forest smolder and burn during the Dixie fire near Greenville, California on August 3, 2021. The sky is a hazy orange.

Climate Change is a Human Rights Issue – Particularly in US-China Relations

Recognizing the interplay between human rights and climate policy is necessary for either policy area to be coherent, particularly between the US and China.
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders hosts the large international consultations with representatives of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and the Anti ISIS coalition in the fight against terror In The Hague, January 11, 2016.

Behind the Scenes of the Global Counterterrorism Forum: A Bypass of Human Rights and UN Consensus?

It is time to take stock of what the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) has become and acknowledge what are the critical inflection points for its future development.
A "Camp Justice" sign at Guantanamo Bay. Four poles waive flags behind the sign.

Course Correction Still Needed on Anti-Torture Obligations

The prohibition on torture is absolute. The government’s commitment to upholding it must be too.
A member of the Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine, covered with a former national red and white flag of Belarus, stands next to a symbolic wreath to Aleksandr Lukashenko as he takes part in a rally outside Belarus embassy in Kiev on August 8, 2021. Police officers stand in front of a gated building.

`In Today’s Belarus, Living Outside of Politics is No Longer an Option’

The US and the EU must act swiftly, before more people are hurt or killed and before more damage is done to the credibility of democracy.
A person takes a picture of the tribute display full of photographs, candles and flowers outside the Belarus embassy in Kiev on August 3, 2021, in memory of Vitaly Shishov, the head the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an NGO, who was found early morning hanged in a park, near the Kiev.

How to Put Lukashenka in His Place

Continued violence by the Belarus strongman against dissidents and opponents demands a forceful response from the West.
Members of the Islamic State (IS) group stand across from their weapons lying on a table, following they surrender to Afghanistan's government in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar Province.

India and the Foreign Fighters Conundrum

India has left many of its nationals who fought with terrorist groups languishing in prison abroad. But it has legal options - and obligations - to bring these nationals home.…
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