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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Rebecka Buchanan January 19, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
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.
Read More »Barbara Matias January 14, 2015 Latest Articles
In the 1960s, the American Civil Rights Movement took the country by storm. Decades later, and well into the new century, the recent tragic events of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have questioned national unity
Read More »Rebecka Buchanan January 10, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
The legal classification of cross-border armed conflicts between State and non-State parties has become increasingly complex as such conflicts do not fit into the neat typology of international armed conflict (IAC) or non-international armed conflict (NIAC).
Read More »admin January 7, 2015 Latest Articles, Press Releases
Freedom of expression should never be an act of bravery. Whoever threatens it is an enemy of all freedom-loving people.
Read More »Rowan Allport January 6, 2015 Latest Articles, Security and Defence
We will witness a battle between a Congress that desires to restore a proactive approach to US foreign affairs and an administration that seeks to continue to limp down the path to the finish line of the next presidential inauguration. It could be a long two years.
Read More »Rob Marchant December 31, 2014 Latest Articles
During the course of the next 12 months, we could easily see development in one or more of these threats: a total meltdown in Iraq and neighbouring Middle Eastern states; a nuclear Iran, toward which Israel might well lose its patience, in the absence of meaningful American support; and a renewed Russian campaign against the rest of Ukraine, or even a Baltic state or two
Read More »Ielizaveta Rekhtman December 23, 2014 Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
The grounds for an alliance between European far right and Russia have been motivated by and shaped along the lines of opposition and counteraction to the idea of a “common enemy” in the EU and the US.
Read More »Stina Hartikainen December 18, 2014 Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
Minority abuse and impunity in the face of grave violations of human rights should not be accepted in silence and the plight of the Crimeans must be given the attention it deserves. It must be possible to hold Russia responsible for its illegal actions while simultaneously recognising that Crimea, and in particular the Crimean population, is the victim.
Read More »Andrada Filip December 15, 2014 Latest Articles
The issue of equitable water management is likely to become an important area of study in the field of conflict resolution strategies given the acceleration of climate change and the ongoing depletion of the environment.
Read More »Emily Daglish December 3, 2014 Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
We are guilty, notably in the developed world, of focusing our attention on issues we deem of immediate importance at the expense of long term intractable conflicts. However, what we continuously fail to recognise is how those issues we have never prioritised, and those we long ago forgot, continue to drastically shape our economic stability and security.
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