Tag: Civil Society

122 Articles

Society & Culture

Neither Seen nor Heard: The Invisibility of Children in the Global Politics of Peace, Security, and Responses to COVID-19

Estimates published last year suggest that 1.6 billion children live with the effects of conflict. Research suggests that these children, like adults, engage in activities that…

June 25, 2021

Human Rights & Development

Bahrain and the Conundrum of Democracy Promotion

Bahrain, a tiny island state off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, is a serious violator of human rights and good at pledging to mend its ways without following up…

June 14, 2021

Conflict & Security

Deplatforming and Adaptation: Similarities Between Religious and Ideological Extremism

The Spectrum of Extremis On March 17th this year, Mike Burgess, the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), announced in his Annual Threat…

May 24, 2021

Society & Culture

Mapuche Movements in Chile: From Resistance to Political Recognition

Introduction Since the creation of nation-states, indigenous peoples have been forced to assume roles assigned to them by Western society. However, in the last decades,…

May 21, 2021

Society & Culture

Education as Activism in the Syrian Civil War

The civil war has taken a horrifying toll on primary education in Syria. One in three schools have been damaged or destroyed, and a total of 2.4 million children are currently…

May 20, 2021

Global Governance

COVID-19 and Organized Crime: the Politics of Illicit Markets, States, and the Pandemic

COVID-19 is challenging state capacity in Latin America as political leaders scramble to stem the rate of infection and vaccinate their populations in a region that is among the…

May 19, 2021

Conflict & Security

Inclusive Governance in Upper Karabakh Can Bring a Lasting Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace

The so-called “Forty-Four-Day War” between Armenia and Azerbaijan in late 2020 resulted from the abject failure of the protracted peace process that was mediated by the OSCE…

May 18, 2021

Business & Economics

Degrowth: Less Resource Use for More Wellbeing and Resilience

Broad consensus that the survival of human societies depends on reducing harmful environmental impacts would suggest widespread movement toward degrowth objectives, yet…

May 9, 2021

Conflict & Security

The Navalny Affair: The Domestic and International Consequences for Putin

Alexei Navalny, arguably Russia’s most prominent anti-corruption campaigner and opposition figure, survived an attempted assassination by poisoning in August 2020. Images of…

May 3, 2021

Science & Technology

Parched Cities of India: Jal Jeevan Mission as a Ray of Hope for Urban Water Resilience

Rapid urbanization in India poses extreme water risks, including scarcity and pollution, creating obstacles for urban utilities to provide adequate clean water for all. The…

April 23, 2021