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According to information gathered by Intelligence Online from several European foreign ministries at the height of the war in Iran, [...]

During South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's first official visit to China in early January 2026, the leader cultivated an [...]

The Roosevelt Hotel in New York announced its return to the diplomatic stage in February, with the news that its [...]

Fresh from launching a new party in the hope of returning to power in Athens, former Greek prime minister Alexis [...]

The president of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto is expected to arrive [...]

As America steps back, four countries will shape the continent’s security.

U.S. tactical successes should give Beijing pause.

The peril and promise of an economic boom in Venezuela.

Labor conditions aboard the region's poorly regulated fleet of fishing trawlers are a cause for continuing alarm.

The trip could involve discussions about energy purchases from Russia to help shore up Indonesia's domestic fuel supply.

The region faces the modern iteration of a question that has plagued every industrial revolution: who owns the machine, who works it, who extracts the surplus, and who bears the cost?

This replenishment sends a clear message: the world is not giving up on nature even in a time of competing priorities. Our donor countries have risen to the challenge and made bold commitments towards a more positive future for the planet. - Claude Gascon, Interim CEO and Chairperson of the GEF

La crise constitutionnelle qui secoue le Kosovo depuis le report de l'élection présidentielle par le Parlement est une crise politique, mais c'est surtout une rupture de la confiance qui permet le fonctionnement des institutions. Point de vue.

- Libres opinions. L'espace de débat du Courrier des Balkans / Kosovo, Kosovo Vetëvendosje, Blogs - Diaporama

The populations of China and Taiwan are drifting apart in ways that will be structurally hard to reverse.

New Delhi, which supports UNCLOS, is reportedly uncomfortable with Iran’s plan to levy a toll on every ship that passes the Strait of Hormuz.

Survey findings complicate the notion that U.S.-China economic policy presents a binary choice between the two options.

The African Union’s admission to the G20 as a permanent member in 2023 marked a major milestone in global economic governance, giving the continent its first collective seat at one of the most influential decision-making forums on debt, trade, climate finance, and development. While this corrected a long-standing imbalance in representation, key questions remain about whether this institutional presence will translate into substantive influence.

This issue brief examines how the AU organizes its participation in the G20 and assesses the progress made under South Africa’s 2025 presidency, particularly on debt sustainability. It highlights initiatives such as the ministerial declaration on debt and the Africa Expert Panel proposals for reforms to the global debt architecture, while underscoring the continued limitations of existing G20 mechanisms, and the structural challenges posed by high borrowing costs..

The brief finds that while Africa has generated momentum within the G20, sustaining progress will require stronger coordination within the AU, the operationalization of key institutional mechanisms, and a more focused and strategic approach to advancing continental priorities in a shifting geopolitical landscape.

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IPI and the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations cohosted a policy forum, “Examining the Role of the Peacebuilding Fund in UN Peace Operation Contexts” on April 9th.

The UN Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) is designed to support catalytic, timely, and risk-tolerant investments through projects that contribute to advancing national peacebuilding priorities. Over the past two decades, the PBF has supported programming in over twenty contexts where the UN has deployed a peace operation and has often played a crucial role during mission transitions. The purpose of this event is to examine the role of the Fund in UN peace operation settings. The event will also serve to launch an IPI publication, “UN Peace Operations and the Role of the Peacebuilding Fund,” authored by Lauren McGowan, Policy Analyst at IPI.

Building on the insights of the report, this forum brought together representatives of the UN Secretariat, member states, and civil society organizations to discuss how the PBF has been leveraged in peace operation settings and how it can “further enhance its support” to countries preparing for or undergoing transitions from peace operations, in line with the recommendations of the recent review of the UN peacebuilding architecture (PBAR).

Opening Remarks:
Djeyhoun Ostowar, Counsellor, Deputy Head of Political Affairs Section, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN

Speakers:
Lauren McGowan, Policy Analyst, International Peace Institute
Bushra Hassan, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser, Peacebuilding Fund Support Branch, Peacebuilding and Peace Support Office
Anayansi Lopez, Head of Pillar, Civil Affairs, Human Rights, Guidance and Learning, Policy and Best Practices Service, Division of Policy, Evaluation and Training, Department of Peace Operations
Anees Ahmed, Director, Rule of Law Advisory Section, UN Mission in South Sudan (VTC)
Sheila Romen, Coordinator, Peacebuilding Fund Secretariat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Resident Coordinators Office (VTC)

Moderator:
Jenna Russo, Director of Research and Head of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations and Peacebuilding, International Peace Institute

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Beijing has not taken a one-size-fits-all approach to its engagement with the energy sectors in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. 

AMENDMENTS 18 - 90 - Draft opinion Amending Decision (EU) 2021/1764 on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Urmas Paet

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