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Watch This Space: Momentum Toward an International Crime of Ecocide
"[T]he proposal to criminalize mass damage to the environment is ... likely to influence the behavior of government and corporate decision-makers in positive ways. In light of…
UN Talks on Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Make Progress, But Also Reveal Hurdles
Adopting a resolution was a step forward, but supporting States will need to make the most of the next two years. Here's how.
Early Edition: December 5, 2022
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Just Security Podcast: Recapping the U.N. Climate Talks
Every year, nations from around the world gather for a meeting on climate change. It’s called the Conference of State Parties, or COP, and this year it took place in Sharm…
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Nov. 26-Dec. 2)
Russia-Ukraine • Mar-a-Lago investigation • Climate change • Tigray • Liberia • United Nations / Counterterrorism • Laws of War and Gender • UN Peacekeeping
Ralph Bunche and the Birth of UN Peacekeeping
It was in large part Bunche who truly launched peacekeeping as a tool of stability, one that often proved critical in the essential, revolutionary, but at times violent, postwar…
COP27 Produces a Historic Result for Vulnerable Countries: A Loss and Damage Fund
"While a loss and damage fund is long overdue, its establishment should be seen as evidence of slow, but incremental, progress on the long road towards climate justice for vulnerable…
Early Edition: December 2, 2022
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UN Budget vs. Rhetoric: Touting “Agenda for Peace” But Investing in Counterterrorism Instead?
The Secretary-General is requesting a 400 percent increase for the Office of Counter-Terrorism even as the Peacebuilding Fund languishes.
Early Edition: December 1, 2022
RUSSIA, UKRAINE – GLOBAL RESPONSE The Biden administration is considering a significant expansion in the training the U.S. military provides to Ukraine forces. Since the…
Russia’s Assault on Ukraine Exposes US, Allied Gaps in Preparing for Great-Power War
Supporting Ukraine and reducing US industrial-base vulnerabilities would strengthen NATO and the EU to avert the next large-scale conflict.
Early Edition: November 30, 2022
RUSSIA, UKRAINE Russia will focus on building infrastructure for its nuclear forces in 2023, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said. In a televised interview Shoigu said that…