Akin to its physical landscape, the political environment of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 varied greatly from country to country. On a positive note, elections in politically polarized countries such as…

At the start of every month, the Global Observatory posts a list of key upcoming meetings and events that have implications for global affairs. January 1: New UN Security Council Assumes Office, Ne…

Reports of the death of United Nations (UN) peace operations have been greatly exaggerated. When, after securing a second five-year term in 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres released his vis…

Recent high profile bombings and terrorist incidents in Greater Cairo have increased concerns that Islamist extremist violence in Egypt may increasingly impact areas outside of the chronically insecur…

The changing nature of conflict and the emergence of new, asymmetric threats have raised the need for stronger and more effective partnerships in peacekeeping operations, particularly between the …

At the start of every month, the Global Observatory posts a list of key upcoming meetings and events that have implications for global affairs. First week of April: France starts shipping weapons t…

International peacebuilding is more likely to succeed when it can connect with local- and community-level efforts. This was the main message of a policy forum on “Local Peacebuilding Successes: Le…

2014 proved to be a tumultuous year for sub-Saharan Africa. Conflict and insecurity flared up across the continent, with the situation particularly precarious in the Sahel region, as well as parts of …

Mediation in Yemen, peacekeeping in the Central African Republic, the rise of organized crime—the International Peace Institute and its Global Observatory offered research and analysis on a range …

A poster in Syria of President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah. (omarr/Flickr) The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has engaged in intense fighting on the Syria-Lebanon bor…