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Pirates have existed in different guises since ancient times, from Cilician pirates seizing olive oil cargoes from Roman ships to corsairs seeking spoils along North Africa’s Barbary Coast and buccaneers attacking Spanish treasure ships in the Caribbean.
United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions face acceptance challenges because they are unable to adequately protect civilians. They do, however, receive far more resources than all humanitarian actors combined.
"Almost exactly 60 years ago, it was possible for the superpowers to move back from the brink of nuclear confrontation during the Caribbean Missile Crisis.
Seven years after the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) galvanised global political support with the promise to “leave no one behind”, we are at an inflection point where – as the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General declared – we will either “breakdown or breakthrough”.
A major cyber incident has occurred. How should world leaders respond?
What if some of the world’s most critical assets came under cyber-attack overnight?
What is current dynamics in violent extremism in the Sahel?