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The contribution of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) to stability in West Africa seems to be largely overlooked – and for no clear reason. 

Two-and-a-half years after the start of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, Mahamady Togola and Naffet Keita share some conclusions on popular perceptionson the mandate, presence and approach of MINUSMA.

In four articles published this week, The Broker reports on the experiences of the CoCooN research programme on conflict over natural resources.

Informal negotiations on peace and security advance efficiency but undermine legitimacy of the Council’s actions

An overview of resources that have been accessed for our Sahel Watch programme and that have been recommended by our experts.

After eight months of hard talks the Algiers process resulted in a ceasefire agreement and the final draft of a peace plan on 1 March.

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In recent years, Algeria’s influence has progressively deteriorated. The Mali crisis might be the first real test for Algeria's new-look regional diplomacy.

Actividades extractivas tienen que integrar los intereses estratégicos y las urgencias económicas de los gobiernos con las demandas de los pueblos indígenas.

Colombia no es la excepción de adquisiciones masivas de tierras en el mundo.

In 2007, Ecuador launched the Yasuní-ITT initiative, a proposal to leave oil in the soil of the Yasuní National Park in exchange for financial compensation from the international community.

There is no easy answer to the question of the fate of Ecuador’s Yasuní-ITT region, but a few key steps can maximize the areas of agreement of the many vested interests.

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Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen are embroiled in an enduring dispute over the use of fishing grounds in the Palk Bay. The dispute is not only a matter of big India versus small Sri Lanka, or big boats versus small boats. Rather, Sri Lankan Tamil f...

More than 80% of labour disputes in China are solved through mediation, but the processes do not eliminate the antagonism.

Socio-environmental conflict is a powerful mechanism that has great potential to push for the paradigm shift that we urgently need, argues Diego Murguía.

At the seminar 'Emerging Powers in the 21st century' in Oslo, specialists from Norway and participants from Turkey, India, China, Indonesia and Brazil discussed how political and economic hegemony in today’s world is changing to a situation of mul...

(This post is the introduction speech of Mariano Aguirre at the Seminar "Emerging Powers in the 21st Century" that took place in Oslo, Norway, 4 April 2025)This seminar is focussed on analyzing aspects of the international system’s new c...

Who would have thought of comparing or matching Turkey and Brazil? Well, illustrious Brazilian author Jorge Amado did it when he wrote a great novel about a Turk, in fact an Ottoman Arab migrant, roaming the roads of Brazil in the early years of t...

Is South Africa’s foreign policy likely to be fundamentally changed now that a new political leadership has taken over the country and the ANC since 2009? Before addressing this, it may be worthwhile explaining the fundamental shift in foreign pol...

The Broker has started a new series on Emerged States. We kicked off with the articles Turkey turns the tide and Brazil braves new waters. 

The Broker runs an editor's blog on this Human Security theme page. 

How can foreign policy today benefit from complexity sciences?

Contrary to what its critics think, Turkey is not 'adrift' but shaken by the pitch and roll resulting from a fundamental rethinking of Turkishness.

The decisions that are made in the autumn of 2009 will shape Europe’s international role in the future.