More than two months after the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the cost of this war continues to rise. As of the end of March, more than 1,600 civilians have perished and millions have… [Read more]
Peace & Conflict
This section is a platform for interdisciplinary discourse on global peace and conflict, united in the endeavour to discuss possible solutions to pressing security problems.
The Quiet Instability of Central Asian Water Politics
Water is a critical resource, immediately vital for life, and diverse in its applications. But Central Asia has struggled to manage it cooperatively ever since the Soviet Union collapsed. The status quo is that of… [Read more]
Ukraine war freezes the Arctic Council: Arctic exceptionalism melts
Since its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, all countries in the Arctic region are opposing Russia. But even if isolated, Russia remains an important Arctic power and regional developments cannot be overlooked. In… [Read more]
Time for change as the Arctic Council turns 25
Just over twenty-five years ago, Russia, Norway, Finland, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the United States of America created a unique geopolitical project – the Arctic Council. The 1996 Ottawa Declaration established the Arctic Council… [Read more]
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Breaking Fresh Ground in International Disarmament Law
The first-ever treaty banning nuclear weapons came into force on 22 January 2021 after decades of human struggle against one of the deadliest weapons. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is the… [Read more]
Vision Indo-Pacific: The Japanese pursuit
The Indo-Pacific region has received growing attention from the international community ever since Former American President Trump presented the United States’ ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ (FOIP) strategy at the 2017 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Hanoi. This is not fundamentally surprising. … [Read more]
What’s Driving the Resurgence of Violence in Northern Ireland?
In just over two weeks, 88 police officers were injured in riots in Northern Ireland. The unrest constitutes the largest scale of violence in the region since the end of the thirty-year sectarian conflict known as the ‘Troubles’.… [Read more]
Moldovan Queen’s Gambit
Where is Moldova’s place on the geo-political map of the world? Is it the EU’s “close partner” or Moscow’s puppet? For years, Moldova has balanced European ambitions and rapprochement with Moscow. The election of the… [Read more]
Rajapaksa’s Attack on the Right to Remember
This piece is part of a novel collaboration between The Governance Post and The Paris Globalist, the international affairs magazine by students at Sciences Po in Paris, France. While some who have lived through conflict… [Read more]
How to Survive Radical Uncertainty
The core idea of representative democracy is that leaders maintain a comprehensive vision of politics, surveying how different realms of policy interact with each other and acting in accordance with their conscience. Ultimately, the trade-offs… [Read more]