Why a Demilitarized Palestine Won’t Work
There are precedents for successful unarmed states—but none apply to the Middle East.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long resisted the concept of a two-state solution, but rarely so...
View ArticleClimate costs of military interventions
Let's imagine you decided to host an international conference with the declared aim of combating the phenomenon of rain around the world, yet without taking into account the existence of clouds and...
View ArticleWhat Sex Means for World Peace
Ce que le sexe signifie pour la paix mondialeThe evidence is clear: The best predictor of a state's stability is how its women are treated.Les faits sont têtus : le meilleur indicateur de la stabilité...
View ArticleThe atomic origins of climate science
The Autumn of the Atom: How arguments about nuclear weapons shaped the climate-change debate : L'automne de l'atome : Comment les arguments sur les armes nucléaires ont façonné le débat sur le...
View ArticleFarewell to multilateralism
The risk of seeing the United Nations increasingly disunited is not a simple exercise for Sciences Po students; nor for anti-globalization activists. This is an issue for all Changemakers, Peacemakers...
View ArticleGlobal carbon accounting
Time to face up to the military blind spot in global carbon accounting.As the impact of the climate crisis continues to grow, rapid emissions cuts are becoming ever more urgent. Our new report finds...
View ArticlePelosi’s questionable trip to Taiwan
Less than 100 days before the world’s leaders meet in Egypt to tackle the climate crisis, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s incendiary trip to Taiwan leaves climate cooperation between the U.S. and China in...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is Killing Us
The U.S. must downsize its military budget to meet the climate crisis. The dog days of summer are upon us — and the record high temperatures killing hundreds in the Pacific Northwest and bringing 118...
View ArticleTPNW: Wishful thinking
You could be forgiven for assuming that governments of the world inhabit two parallel universes.In July this year, Australia launched the 2020 Defence Strategic Update, which concluded that its region...
View ArticleFighting a virus with the wrong tools
Right now, the wealthiest, most scientifically advanced country in history is being brought to its knees by a virus it knew was coming. And having failed to adequately invest in pandemic protection...
View ArticleSecurity and Global Justice
I have been thinking principally about the various kinds of security we all want and the various kinds of insecurity we face. Upon reflection, these turn out to be much broader than the way the...
View ArticleNATO - The 2 per cent goal
NATO’s main enemy is supposed to be Russia. It doesn’t matter that Russia’s military expenditures are about 6-7 % of NATO’s total expenditures (29 countries). It doesn’t matter that NATO’s technical...
View ArticleThe Role of Nature Conservation in Peacebuilding
Humanity is facing a biodiversity crisis. To solve environmental problems, we bring people from Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority to the same table. Conservation efforts are beneficial for...
View ArticleThe Pentagon vs. Peak Oil
How Wars of the Future May Be Fought Just to Run the Machines That Fight Them Sixteen gallons of oil. That's how much the average American soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan consumes on a daily basis --...
View ArticleInvest in the UN Green Climate Fund
The U.S. Armed Forces response isn’t to immediately cut its carbon emissions in order to curb climate change. Rather it is to determine how best to defend against the instability and chaos that climate...
View ArticleThe French 'Green Book on Defence'
The “Green Book on Defence” or Livre Vert de la Défense is a French policy paper on environmental security published in February 2014. The project was directed by Senator Leila Aïchi, Vice President of...
View ArticleU.S. Vela satellite, PTBT and Israel
For more than half a century, Israel has maintained a cover of silence and opacity regarding its nuclear program and arsenal, backed up by the threat of severe punishment and persecution for any...
View ArticleEurope divided on strategic autonomy
Since 2016, the question of strategic autonomy for the European Union has become unavoidable and faces its first credibility test with the debate on the modernisation of NATO's nuclear deterrent. Will...
View ArticlePreventing a Nuclear Iran, Peacefully
THE debate over how to handle Iran's nuclear program is notable for its gloom and doom. Many people assume that Israel must choose between letting Iran develop nuclear weapons or attacking before it...
View ArticleHyman Rickover’s vision
I believe that nuclear power for commercial purposes shows itself to be more economic, but that's a fake line of reasoning because we do not take into account the potential damage the release of...
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