This piece argues that global development leadership is faltering yet remains necessary for advancing an equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, tackling global challenges, and driving progress towards the sustainable development…
Conflict & Security
The recent incidence of war in the Caucasus has shown that, when facing deep domestic troubles, Russia and Turkey demonstrate strikingly different patterns of international behavior. While Russia has become…
Five years have passed since the UN global mandate on preventing violent extremism (PVE) was launched and rapidly adopted by the Horn of Africa (HoA) countries. Since then, mostly small…
Editors’ Picks
Although LGBTQI+ activists in Poland are under attack from the Law and Justice government’s conservative agenda, domestic activists are finding ways to resist and persist. Since the 2015 election of…
Cyber threats to critical infrastructure are real and actively evolving. Incidents at nuclear facilities in the United States and abroad highlight the importance of developing and implementing rigorous regulatory…
Spotlight: COVID-19 and the Global Order
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, but also provides the opportunity to redefine the typically-masculinized idea of peacekeeping. The pandemic has highlighted…