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Can the UN General Assembly act on Ukraine?

16 May 2022

This food crisis suggests the need to establish secure transportation zones in Ukraine and the Black Sea to allow food to be gathered and transported....

Orban and Vucic … and Tito

08 Apr 2022

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Skillful security managers can stand astride two stools indefinitely, as long as one of them does not collapse. By David B. Kanin The...

Ukraine – towards a peace agreement, part #1

04 Apr 2022

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This essay sets out a process by which to initiate an agreement to bring Ukraine to peace, including considerations about a new federal constitution and...

Ukraine: an essay on the economics of the refugee crisis

24 Mar 2022

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The Russian attack on Odessa will inevitably follow the encirclement of Nikolaev, which can be expected in the next few days. This will create a...

If NATO cannot act, then individual EU countries should

02 Mar 2022

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It may be time for the EU – perhaps under its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) – or individual European countries to consider placing...

An essay on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Part #5: preventing another genocide

23 Feb 2022

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NATO now needs to use its collective strength to defend Europe once more and to prevent Ukraine from being reduced to another slaughterhouse. Russian ground...

The Ukraine crisis and Great Power rivalry in the Balkans

17 Feb 2022

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War or not, current tensions underscore the region’s geopolitical marginality. The outcome regarding Ukraine will suggest which great power is more likely to bend Balkan...

An Essay on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part #4: understanding Russian intentions

14 Feb 2022

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The Russian opinion is that the current chaos in Ukraine is jeopardising Ukraine’s status as a buffer state between East and West so imperative to...

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Can Israel fight a war on three fronts? A nightmarish scenario

21 Mar 2017

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Due to the increasing Iranian threat, Netanyahu should do everything in his power to negotiate a peace agreement with the Palestinians now in the context of...

Defeating ISIS and ending Sunni-Shiite war in Iraq

02 Aug 2016

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir

Now that the conditions on the ground have changed and ISIS is on the retreat, President Obama can help with the full support of its...

An open letter to António Guterres – Sri Lanka’s troubling peacekeeping contributions

18 May 2018

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TransConflict is pleased to present an open letter from the Sri Lanka Campaign to the United Nations Secretary-General Mr António Guterres, urging him to use the...

Ukraine – a stake for the long run

24 Mar 2014

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The West is stuck in reactive mode to what it perceives as a Crimean crisis; it needs instead to prepare for a strategic competition with...

Breaking Ukraine

17 Apr 2014

Gerard Gallucci

Russia has real interests in Ukraine, the West does not. The Ukrainians have fundamental interests. The Western role should be to help them make the...

The Rwandan case – is it possible to truly compensate victims of genocide?

21 Oct 2013

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The victims of the Tutsi Genocide – one of the worst incidences of mass killing in the 20th century – are still struggling to receive...

Events in Armenia, July 2016 – fortuitous or planned conflict management?

11 Aug 2016

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Was the July 2016 capture of a police station in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, by an armed group planned by the Armenian government in...

Yemen’s calamity is of damning proportions

18 Jul 2017

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The conflict in Yemen can end only through a political solution, as no solution secured by force will survive. The Trump administration must learn from...