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When Destruction Becomes Policy: What the Munich Security Report Reveals About the Future of Global Governance
By Jordan Ryan | 18 February, 2026
The Munich Security Report 2026, released ahead of this year’s conference, offers a diagnosis that should concern anyone invested in rules-based international order.
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Today’s Diverging Paths of Human Virtue, Hegemony and Tyranny
By Chung-in Moon | 13 February, 2026
We’re living in chaotic times. The old order is dying, but the new order has yet to take shape.
NATO is Falling Apart; the EU is Faltering – Good!
By Herbert Wulf | 04 February, 2026
NATO's crisis didn't begin with Trump's disruptive policies. Trump's wish to take over Greenland is merely the latest absurd turn in an increasingly illegitimate, imperialistic US policy.
Local Resilience Can Mitigate Climate Conflicts in the Pacific
By Tobias Ide | 31 January, 2026
Emphasising how Pacific communities successfully deal with and maintain peace in the context of climate change provides different perspectives. It highlights how local communities and state institutions have significant capacities for climate change adaptation and bottom-up peacebuilding.
The Art of Saying ‘No’ to Trump’s Peace Board
By Ramesh Thakur | 29 January, 2026
There are two parts to US President Donald Trump’s revolutionary Board of Peace (BoP): a vote of no confidence in the United Nations and an alternative governance structure for maintaining international peace and security. The first part has some merit but the second is deeply flawed and likely to fall flat sooner rather than later.
International Law Meets an Age of Impunity
By Jordan Ryan | 28 January, 2026
On 26 January, the UN Security Council convened a high-level open debate on “Reaffirming International Rule of Law.”, chaired by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and featuring briefings from Secretary-General António Guterres and former International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge Abdulqawi Yusuf.
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