Expert E-Consultation on Cyber Security, Justice, and Governance
…these principles: Prioritize capacity building at the security, human capacity, political and user levels: This involves identifying minimum common technical standards (security); ensuring sufficient people are trained in how to…
An Assessment of the UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect
…https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/note-correspondents/2020-11-12/note-correspondents-un-high-level-officials-express-deep-concern-over-escalating-ethnic-tensions-ethiopia. Secretary-General Guterres appointed Alice Wairimu Nderitu as the Special Adviser that November. The transition occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic, which placed enormous strain on the UN system; key offices…
Bring New Voices into Policy-Making through a UN Global Partnership
…Accessed June 6, 2020. https://www.un.org/sg/sites/www.un.org.sg/files/atoms/files/The_Highest_Asperation_A_Call_To_Action_For_Human_Right_English.pdf. 5 United Nations. “Declaration of the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations.” Draft, July 3, 2020, 4. Accessed July 3, 2020. https://www.un.org/pga/74/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2020/07/UN75-FINAL-DRAFT-DECLARATION.pdf….
The Importance of Ethnic Minorities to Myanmar’s Future
…developments since 2010, Min Aung Hlaing’s decision to depose the civilian side of the hybrid civilian-military Union Government, and the role of the ethnic minorities and their EAOs in determining…
Avoiding Incidents at Sea between India and China
…[xxviii] Ibid., 138. [xxix] Ministry of National Defense, People’s Republic of China, “China’s Military Strategy,” May 2015, https://eng.mod.gov.cn/Press/2015-05/26/content_4586805_6.htm. [xxx] Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy, “China’s Maritime Militia: What…
The Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540
…in-depth background on the early development of 1540, see: Rehman, H., & Qazi, A. (2019); “Significance of UNSCR 1540 and Emerging Challenges to its Effectiveness,” Strategic Studies, 39(2), 48–66. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48544299….
Living With a Nuclear-Arming North Korea: Deterrence Decisions in a Deteriorating Threat Environment
…the Common Defense: The Assessment and Recommendations of the National Defense Strategy Commission (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2018), https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/providing-for-the-common-defense.pdf. In addition, the credibility of US promises to…
To Counter Online Scams and Fraud, Address Consumer Vulnerabilities
…of Common Scam Types Blackmail Scams Involve the perpetrator threatening to distribute private content from the victim, or to share it through email, text, or social media in a way…