Following US President-elect Donald Trump's calls for an "immediate ceasefire" in Ukraine, Russia on Monday said it is “open to negotiations” on Kyiv and it welcomes peace initiatives. Kremlin said that President Putin welcomes peace initiatives, especially those coming from Global South nations and BRICS partners. Too many lives are being needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed.” Russia's ministry of …
Whenever the International Criminal Court opens an investigation into an ongoing war, versions of the following question will inevitably be asked: Does the pursuit of accountability risk leaving the warring parties with no incentive but to continue the fight? Ongoing negotiations over the release of hostages and a ceasefire seem unlikely to be affected by ICC warrants given that they …
On Sept. 13, 1993, with a famous handshake on the White House lawn, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat sealed the Oslo accords, which have, in theory, provided the theoretical and practical basis for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ever since: a set of measures and confidence-building steps that would ultimately lead to a two-state …
The story so far: Saudi Arabia is set to host Ukraine, the U.S., some European countries and major developing countries including India and Brazil for peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine war on August 5 and 6 in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. The development was first reported by the Wall Street Journal earlier this week, noting that top …
We have spent the past week reading and listening to speeches by world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York. But what has not been reported in the United States is that leaders from 66 countries, mainly from the global South, also used their General Assembly speeches to call urgently for diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine …
On October 31, 2000, the UNSC passed a landmark resolution on women and peace; 20 years on, women are still largely excluded from peace negotiations. On October 31, 2000, the UNSC passed Resolution 1325, affirming women’s crucial role in peace-building activities and urging all actors to increase the participation of women, and incorporate gender perspectives, in all their peace and …