This week, a United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) will attend a series of meetings in Geneva to discuss cybersecurity norms in the international community. Only last week, the […]
Defining the Rules of the Cyber World
Category: Young Professionals
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals: Successes and Failures from 2000 until Today
As we make our first steps into 2017, it is the right time to look back and review the progress achieved by the United Nations in 2016. This year, the […]
The Need for Cultural Sensitivity in Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian aid is a vital resource for people and communities facing the aftermath of disaster, but is it taking into account the cultural and long-term needs of its recipients? Even […]
The Effect of Corruption on International Peace
Government and military corruption has consequences that extend well beyond the misappropriation of money, including the direct support of international terrorism. The international community strives to apply laws that allow […]
Is the state meant to remain central in tomorrow’s world?
Throughout human history, many major forms of political organisation have arisen and failed, ultimately leading to the state that we know today: a central political authority of a defined territory, […]
Australia and the Global Citizen
The past several years have seen Australia attracting the ire of many international allies. Is the notion of Australia as a globally minded citizen still relevant? Australia is in no […]
The Need for Crisis Planning in Government Policy
Effective crisis planning should be a major objective for all governments and organisations. Unfortunately it currently exists as a secondary thought, an oversight that may prove disastrous as crises become […]
Civilian Protection: Using Force in United Nations Peacekeeping
United Nations peacekeepers are increasingly being asked to choose between using force to protect civilians and abstaining from conflict in order to avoid legal prosecution. If the priority of these […]