Since the Security Council first recognized conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) as a threat to international peace and security in 2008, the UN has developed an increasing number of pathways to prevent and respond to such crimes. One of these is the…
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The International Peace Institute launched its most recent book, Greater than the Sum of Its Parts? Assessing “Whole of Government” Approaches to Fragile States, by Stewart Patrick and Kaysie Brown.Fragile states represent both the hard core of today’s global development challenge and a growing source of threats to international security. As such, integrated approaches are […]
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The focus of this paper is on conflicts within states.These range from the full scale armed conflict of a civil war (between two “states within states”), through relatively isolated and contained low intensity insurrection against the state, to regular bouts of communal violence in a “well functioning” state.This paper asks how poverty and inequality causally […]
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The rapid growth of population is perhaps the major demographic force challenging human well-being, development, the environment, and international relations and security.It is widely acknowledged that slower population growth provides countries with more time to adjust to future population increases. This in turn increases the ability and prospects of those countries to improve the quality […]
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Under the theme “The Middle East: Fragility, Crisis, and New Challenges for Peace Operations,” participants drawn from the policymaking community, academia, military staff, and the diplomatic community in Vienna explored the various facets and evolving nature of third-party engagement in the Middle East.
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