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Binalakshmi Nepram is the current Vice President of IPB and a former Board member. She is a Harvard University Fellow at the Asia Centre as well as a writer, humanitarian and civil rights activist spearheading work on making women-led peace, security and disarmament a movement and an issue that is meaningful to people’s lives.

When U.S. President Donald Trump publicly expressed interest in purchasing Greenland from Denmark, many observers initially dismissed the idea as eccentric political theater. Yet the episode raises deeper geopolitical and philosophical questions about power, sovereignty, and the contradictions within the Western liberal order. Was this truly about Greenland, or did the territory merely provide a…

The Manila Anti-Incinerator Alliance (MAIA) said Manila City’s latest attempt to justify Ordinance No. 9151 fails to address its fundamental legal and policy defects. In responding to public criticism, the city framed the ordinance as cost-based and lawful. However, environmental advocates stressed that legality is determined by compliance with clear standards under the Local Government…

As February approaches, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) once again leads National Arts Month (NAM) 2026, rallying Filipinos under the theme “Ani ng Sining: Katotohanan at Giting.”* This year’s theme underscores the power of the arts to speak truth, inspire courage, and contribute to peace and development. Anchored on the outcomes…

At a critical moment in the global situation, in which neo-colonialist violence is reappearing and all respect for human rights and the self-determination of each people seems to be disappearing, the call of the World Humanist Forum to reflect and act collectively to build the world in which we want to live takes on great…

Dragana Zivancevic is currently Vice-President of IPB and a member of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network Inc. (IPAN). IPAN represents over 50 organisational and 200 individual members. It is a national body comprised of peace organisations, faith organisations, trade unions and environmental and anti-nuclear groups.

Owen Tudor is IPB’s current Vice-President. He is also the Secretary of the Commonwealth Trade Union Group, which brings together 70 million workers in 46 Commonwealth countries and a member of the Executive Board of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative UK and the international board of CHRI. He was Deputy General Secretary of the International…

Joseph Gerson is the co-president of International Peace Bureau and President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. His books include With Hiroshima Eyes: Atomic War, Nuclear Extortion and Moral Imagination and Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World.

Across headlines and political speeches, we hear constant warnings about the “end” or “collapse” of democracy. The assumption is clear: democracy is a fixed, universally understood system now under threat. But this framing obscures a deeper reality. Democracy has never meant one thing. Across history, it has carried different meanings for different people, at different…

By: Luc Triangle, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) at the World Economic Froum 2026 The concept of Common Security is about addressing root causes of instability: poverty, environmental degradation, exclusion and erosion of trust. The approach is the cornerstone of sustainable, predictable and profitable global business. Such security is not an abstract vision –…