Shifting Power: Transitioning to Renewable Energy in United Nations Peace Operations
…Climate Action Plan 2020-2030 [UNSCAP] (September 2019), https://www.un.org/management/sites/www.un.org.management/files/united-nations-secretariat-climate-action-plan.pdf. Today those operations include 13 peacekeeping and 26 special political missions/presences, which deploy to prevent conflict, protect civilians, facilitate peace processes, and…
Rocky or Rock Solid? The U.S.-Philippine Military Relationship
…(EDA) 2006-2015 : https://www.dsca.mil/programs/excess-defense-articles-eda EDA 2005: https://fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2005/6552005.html EDA 2004: https://fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2004/6552004.html EDA 2003: https://fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2003/65503DoD_EDA.pdf EDA 2002: https://fas.org/asmp/profiles/655-2002/EDA/EDA2002.pdf EDA 2001: Foreign Military Financing (FMF): https://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/fiscal_year_series_-_30_september_2015.pdf Foreign Military Sales (FMS) DSCA Historical Facts…
Prioritization and Sequencing of Security Council Mandates: The Case of MINUSCA
…UN Doc S/2022/491, Para. 40, 92 June 16, 2022 Armed group have since regained control of some mining sites by attacking areas where national forces were less present, taking advantage…
Why Egypt Shut Down the Internet
…being challenged by new Internet communication tools. Suddenly, the protesters were on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites, sharing detailed information about what was happening, directly as they saw…
From Renewable Energy to Peacebuilding in Mali: MINUSMA’s Opportunity to Bridge the Gap
…transition and options to also unlock new energy projects alongside its field sites, as a new way to deliver on its UN mandate and support the peace agreement. MINUSMA’s choices…
Israeli Actions Push Iran Closer to Nuclear Weapons
…He added that Iran would retaliate against any strike by Israel on Iranian nuclear installations with one of its own. “We know exactly where the enemy’s main nuclear sites are,”…
Future Urban Conflict, Technology, and the Protection of Civilians
…Crisis in Yemen,” Netherlands International Law Review 64 (2021): 291-307, accessed May 11, 2021, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs40802-017-0092-3.pdf; United Nations Security Council, As Conflict, Humanitarian Crisis Grows, Yemen ‘Speeding towards Massive Famine’, Under-Secretary-General…
US military assistance to Thailand
…https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/reports/655_intro.html Foreign Military Sales (FMS): DSCA Historical Fact Book 2012 https://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/historical_facts_book_-_30_sep_2012.pdf https://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/historical_facts_book_-_30_sep_2012.pdf Excess Defense Articles (EDA): DSCA Database on EDA https://www.dsca.mil/programs/eda Photo credit: US Department of Defense Current Photos via flickr…