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Statement by the World Peace Foundation RDCONGO Africa: In response to the attacks against Iran and the military escalation in the Middle East
In response to the attacks against Iran and the military escalation in the Middle East The World Peace Foundation DRCongo Africa expresses its deep concern and solidarity with the International Peace Bureau (IPB) in condemning the attacks carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran. These military actions constitute a serious violation of…
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For a New Foundation of International Institutions
The United States’ withdrawal from UNESCO,combined with the drastic reduction of its financial aid to UN agencies promoting the achievement of the SDGs(Sustainable Development Goals), was already undermining the objective of “human security” theorized by the UNDP in 1994 and progressively highlighted by various UN agencies, as acknowledged for example by Bertrand Badie in his…
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L’assassinat de la defensora de drets humans Yanar Mohammed: un cop per al moviment feminista i la societat civil a l’Iraq
L’assassinat de l’activista feminista i defensora de drets humans Yanar Mohammed, el passat 2 de març a Bagdad, ha provocat una profunda preocupació entre les organitzacions de la societat civil que treballen per la defensa dels drets humans a l’Iraq. Yanar Mohammed va ser presidenta i cofundadora de l’Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)…
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SIPRI at the CCW GGE on autonomous weapons
On 3 March, SIPRI and the Department of National Defence of Canada (DND) held a side event at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems (CCW GGE on LAWS) in Geneva to present findings and recommendations from SIPRI’s new report titled ‘Responsible Procurement of Military Artificial Intelligence’.
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SIPRI hosts seminar on maritime hybrid threats in the Indo-Pacific and Nordic-Baltic regions
On 26 February, SIPRI, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, hosted a seminar on ‘Managing Maritime Hybrid Threats in the Indo-Pacific and Nordic-Baltic Regions’.
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Urgent Call for State Investment and Safety in Politics
Lowest Female Participation in 25 Years of Bangladesh Ahead of International Women’s Day 2026, a disturbing picture of women’s position in Bangladesh’s politics and society has emerged. In the recently held 13th National Parliamentary Election, the rate of female candidates plummeted to a mere 3.93%, marking the lowest level in 25 years. Against this backdrop,…
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How Do We Communicate the Future?
In the previous essay, I traced a recurring pattern across continents: when inherited systems fracture and abstraction proves insufficient, philosophy leaves the safety of theory and enters public life. The journalist-philosopher reappears in moments of crisis. If that pattern holds, then our present moment demands something more than interpretation. It demands orientation. Every epoch faces…
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Ramadan Under the Blockade: The Women of Havana’s Only Mosque
In the Spring of 2022, I spent the last nights of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha in Havana, Cuba. I made it to Mezquita Abdallah, the only mosque in the whole country, before the sun went down — I’d missed the Eid prayer entirely, but I was able to sit around a table and talk with…
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Has Cuba’s Hesitation with Beijing and Moscow Facilitated Trump’s “Friendly Takeover”?
On February 27, 2026, President Donald Trump floated a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, claiming the island lacks money, food, and fuel — brought about by US sanctions, tariffs and blockade — which has weakened the Cuban government opening up the possibility for a soft capitulation of sorts. The remark came amid intensified US pressure when in January 2026 Trump…
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Erasing The Palestinians’ National Identity: Netanyahu’s Means Of Achieving Greater Israel
Prime Minister Netanyahu does not seek a negotiated peace with the Palestinians; instead, he perpetuates constant hostilities as a means to incrementally seize ever more territory in the West Bank and Gaza—territory he knows he could never secure at the negotiating table. Israel’s post–October 7 policy in the West Bank amounts to a deliberate strategy…