There have been gaps at the centre of every agreement over Gaza since 2025.
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Elders say there are many drivers of community violence and unrest that go unaddressed by typical law and order responses. Here’s what they’re doing instead.
Iraq has pursued friendly relations with many countries who are themselves at odds. The strategy has lots of upside for war-torn Iraq – but holds key risks as well.
The US and Iran have once again traded strikes, prompting Donald Trump to declare the ceasefire between them ‘over’.
The Middle East risks state of permanent confrontation where violence periodically erupts, diplomacy intervenes and neither changes the underlying reality.
A new peace initiative has put the future of Sudan’s Islamist movement at the centre of post-war politics.
The war in Myanmar draws far less western attention than Ukraine or the Middle East. Why is such an enduring and intractable conflict being treated with so little urgency?
Pope Leo is following the teachings of Francis on human dignity and applying them to ongoing international crises, argues a scholar of global Catholicism.
For a country that built the post-1945 rules-based order, the United States now needs to be rescued from its own war by the very nations it once lectured on governance and peace.
Africa represents the fastest-growing part of the Catholic Church. The pope’s 2026 journey will stop in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria and Angola.
All five African countries surveyed – Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania – were ranked in the top six most forgiving nations.
Donald Trump’s approach to peacemaking is deeply flawed.
Among the top three priorities is addressing the gravest crisis of our time: Gaza.
Just war theory, a centuries-old field of ethics, deals with how and when to start conflicts. It can also guide decisions about how and when to end them.
Building in safeguards, including third-party monitoring, can increase the chances of a successful peace by almost a third, research shows.
Expectations for peace between Russia and Ukraine should be tempered until there’s a presidential summit between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin and until their signatures are on a treaty.
A recent Security Council resolution to curb violence in Haiti was not just a local issue but a broader idea about how to stay relevant as a global organization.
History teaches us that Gaza’s reconstruction will only be successful if its people actively participate in shaping a safe, peaceful and prosperous future for themselves.
As fighting escalates in Sudan, the latest peace efforts seem unlikely to achieve more than a fragile ceasefire.
DIsproportionately relying on military spending for security purposes fails to prevent conflict and has a detrimental impact on gender equality, human rights and peacemaking.
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Associate Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Freiburg Germany, University of Freiburg
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Adjunct Professor, Natural Resource Institute (NRI), University of Manitoba
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Researcher, Helwan University
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Assistant Professor in History, Western University
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Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig
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Executive Director and Professor of Practice at Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace, University of San Diego
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Research Fellow and Historian of War and Conflict, Deakin University
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Professor of Political Geography, Newcastle University; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Professor of Sport and Social Sciences, Brunel University of London
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Professor of Creative and Performing Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Humanitarian Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University