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Four Things Every Peace Agreement Needs – and How the DRC-Rwanda Deal Measures Up
By Philipp Kastner | 19 July, 2025
It’s important to distinguish between what’s needed to get warring parties to the table, and what’s eventually agreed on. In this article, Has the DRC-Rwanda deal got the four essential components that usually signal that an agreement will hold?
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The Emerging Quad 3.0: Prioritizing a Hard Security Agenda
By Robert Mizo | 12 July, 2025
While it remains to be seen how the Quad evolves under the new US administration, it is of interest to see if (and how) the other three partners can keep alive the pursuit of public goods they had previously championed.
A Top Court Has Urged Nations to Clamp Down on Fossil Fuel Production. When Will Australia Finally Start Listening?
By Wesley Morgan and Gillian Moon | 11 July, 2025
Climate change is an existential threat, and coal and gas exporters have a responsibility to act.
Social Media Can Support or Undermine Democracy – It Comes Down to How It’s Designed
By Lisa Schirch | 09 July, 2025
Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states. Platform design is a silent pilot steering human behaviour.
1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa’ to Australia
By Jane McAdam | 03 July, 2025
1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa’ to Australia – here’s why everyone may ultimately end up applying
The Choice Is Still Clear: Renewing the UN Charter at 80
By Jordan Ryan | 27 June, 2025
The Charter of the United Nations, born from the ashes of the most destructive war in human history, embodied a commitment: to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to uphold the dignity and worth of every human being, and to build peace through cooperation—not conquest.
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