Large-scale changes within the Nigerian government are needed to defeat Boko Haram.
Read More »HSC Executive Director on BBC discussing ISIS
The HSC’s Executive Director, Julie Lenarz, reflects on the Defence Committee’s report calling for greater involvement in fight against ISIS.
Read More »Sky News special report on ISIS featuring HSC Director
A report by MPs finds the UK is contributing less than its partners and the British military lacks a strategy for defeating ISIS.
Read More »The DPRK: A challenge to the international normative framework?
DPRK’s ignorance of international norms does not only pose a risk to international peace and security, but also a threat to the concept of internationalism.
Read More »Who Is To Blame for the Uncertain Future of the United Nations’ Peacekeeping Mission to Darfur?
The civil war in Darfur will most likely continue to escalate as the violent acts of rebel groups and an uncooperative government remain unpunished.
Read More »Charlie Hebdo – Was AQAP Responsible?
There are other competing theories as to who is behind the Parisian massacres, but the theory that the Kouachis were financed and trained by AQAP certainly seems to hold the most water.
Read More »Iran’s nuclear programme is a threat to the region and the world
Sunni Wahhabism or Shi’ite fundamentalism paired with nuclear weapons or access to nuclear material is a nightmare scenario of the worst sort.
Read More »Hostages: The Need for International Consensus
More attention needs to be given to the destabilising impact that ransom funding provokes. This could entail a network of sanctions that would categorically link ransom payments to the illegal act of funding terrorism.
Read More »Bashir Still at Large: Head of State Immunity before the ICC
Almost ten years from the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) referral of the situation in Darfur, in Resolution 1593, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the humanitarian situation in Darfur remains volatile.
Read More »Security Council Referral to the ICC: a help or hindrance in achieving peace
There is no conclusive evidence of the Court either impeding or facilitating peace, and we must be mindful that achieving peace in conflict countries will never be easy.
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