
In my previous blog, I wrote that there is no evidence for instrumentalist claims about women and peace. Increasing participation of women in peacekeeping, in formal peace negotiations and in local peacebuilding activities does not make these activities more effective. Given the glaring lack of evidence, political actors should abandon instrumentalist arguments and instead build
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Instrumentalist claims about the Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda do not bear out in the first systematic review on the topic. Since the adoption of UNSC Resolution 1325 in October 2000, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has been a top priority for the United Nations and many member states. UNSC Resolution 1325
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A recent Globe and Mail story about the “China-Canada Track Two Dialogue” was a rare reveal of the kinds of dialogue that go on quietly around the world. Even more revealing were comments about the participation and content of that meeting. Those comments indicate that this dialogue is not as much a Track Two as a high-level
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Alongside the global existential challenge of Climate Change and the Coronavirus pandemic, which have come to dominate news headlines worldwide, there are the old but growing challenges of involuntary migration. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports 82.4 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, with 26.4 million “refugees” (i.e. crossing an international border) and 48
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