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Women are crucial to Myanmar’s peace in advocating for women’s protection and inter-ethnic cooperation in the country. : Pyae Sone Htun (Unsplash) Unsplash License

Myanmar’s formal peace efforts have traditionally involved only men. It’s time for that to change.

International Women's Day

Tea and a quiet word: How women influence peace talks in Myanmar

Myanmar’s formal peace efforts have traditionally involved only men. It’s time for that to change.

Conflict
More women should be included in peace talks. : Emad Karim/UN Women (Flickr) CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

There should be more women at the negotiation table to achieve gender equality and inclusiveness in peace processes.

International Women's Day

Women are neglected in peace building. That needs to stop.

There should be more women at the negotiation table to achieve gender equality and inclusiveness in peace processes.

Conflict
Many have worked to raise the political profile for Myanmar at a more local level, through protests or by mobilising diaspora networks for assistance. : Saw Wunna (Unsplash) Unsplash License

Refugee women are crucial to building peace in Myanmar. Yet their experience has rarely been valued.

International Women's Day

Why including refugees in peacebuilding matters

Refugee women are crucial to building peace in Myanmar. Yet their experience has rarely been valued.

Conflict
A proposed tribunal to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to encounter some challenges. : Presidential Executive Office of Russia, Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0

Two NATO powers have plans to bring Putin to justice over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but a different approach offers a clearer path to prosecution.

Ukraine one year on

Proposed Ukraine Tribunal risks justice deadlock

Law
A helicopter is a dual-use item. It quite simple to turn a civilian aircraft into a tool for warfare. : Jean-Pierre (Wikimedia) CC 4.0

As nations meet to consider an international agreement on the trade in arms, lessons from the EU are ready to be learned.

Weapons trade

Can the ATT take any lessons from the new EU dual-use Regulation?

Conflict
The SpaceX rocket launches with the DART spacecraft onboard. It will nudge an asteroid from its orbit in September 2022. : NASA/Bill Ingalls public domain

The DART mission to redirect an asteroid is billed as potentially planet-saving. But in the wrong hands it has seriously destructive potential.

Governing the space race

Dream-walking towards the planetoid bomb

Conflict