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Global Implications of India’s Citizenship Amendment Act 2019

The contentious Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 has underlined the deep division within the country and in the international community There’s no doubt that nationwide protest against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) in India has underlined the deep division within the country and ...

16.01.2020

How Dare You! The UN and the Climate Agenda

... Regime Today’s global climate agenda is supported by various international institutions, and its implementation involves a broad range of measures. We are talking about a complex international regime aimed at preventing climate change. The roles and functions of its elements are inconsistent and have changed over time due to a large number of factors. The United Nations plays a special role in this regime, as it is the UN mechanisms that are called upon to coordinate international efforts in combating ...

18.10.2019

UN Headquaters: Is It Worth Trying to Move a Cemetery?

First, it is too expensive; second, it is technically highly complicated; and, third, no active resident support is likely Since I once worked at the Soviet UN mission on East 67 th Street in Manhattan, I know that not all New Yorkers are happy to have the UN Headquarters in their city. Of course, this institution promotes local patriotism, being yet another argument in the endless discussion on what city ...

14.10.2019

World at a Crossroads and a System of International Relations for the Future

“World at a Crossroads and a System of International Relations for the Future” by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for “Russia in Global Affairs” magazine, September 20, 2019 These days, the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly opens up. So does a new international “political season”. The session begins at a highly symbolic historical moment. Next year we will celebrate two great and interconnected anniversaries – the 75th Anniversary of ...

24.09.2019

Group Statement on Nuclear Arms Control

We call on leaders at UNGA to take urgent steps to reduce the risks of nuclear confrontation Ahead of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, over 100 members of the European Leadership Network ’s network of political, diplomatic and military figures ...

12.09.2019

“Child Actorvism” and the Extinction Agenda of Neoliberal Racists

... mass-mediated interferences in the affairs of other nations. Whether it is about immigration, education, or the whitewashing of terrorists , they are there, ready with their scripted messages. The latest sensation happens to be Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg who is trying to save humanity from an environmental apocalypse by playing truant from school. Manufactured doyens however conveniently overlook real progress in the activist areas they were groomed for, revealing a strong pattern of bias in the ...

22.08.2019

Communication Lines in Diplomacy: Expanding the Possibility Set

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw The problem with communication in today’s world may be the illusion that real communication is taking place and no additional lines of communication are necessary. The truth ...

04.07.2019

Mitigating Cyber Risks: Is There Room for Two?

There is still a role for global discussion on norms of conduct in cyberspace Anastasia Tolstukhina: Two Cyber Resolutions Are Better Than None Experts both in Russia and in the West are beginning to feel cautiously hopeful about the recent UN discussions on information security. 2018 has seen the adoption of three resolutions regarding states’ behaviour in cyberspace , two of which have been proposed by Russia and one by the US. Following these suggested initiatives, two expert groups ...

19.04.2019
 

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