armed conflict

Kyiv holds its breath as Americans look set to decide the likely outcome of Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion at the ballot box.

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The Responsibility to Protect was supposed to ensure states care for their people — or else. In Gaza, this hard-won principle lies in tatters.

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By eliminating Hezbollah’s leadership it knew so well, Israel has potentially created a new problem for itself.

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Western diplomacy has tied itself in knots over Israel. It may herald the end of Western dominance on the global diplomatic stage.

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Effectively silent in the face of the Gaza war, the Palestinian Authority becomes increasingly irrelevant and complicit in the occupation of its people.

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A new UN doctrine was supposed prevent genocide and other atrocity crimes. It never worked.

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Identifying every person killed in the conflict is an extremely difficult process – and vital for understanding what has happened.

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Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will have to strike a deft balance between two regional powers.

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The detonation of thousands of two-way radios and pagers across Lebanon heralds a new age of warfare where everyday objects can be weaponised.

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The attack on Hezbollah’s communications network has enormously damaged the group, but was the attack, believed to be by Israel, legal under international law?

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Respect for human rights has declined over two decades. But despite a backlash against the international legal order, some players are driving positive change.

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