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Unjust wars and a just peace

Unraveling the complex threads of war, peace, and global civil society Wars can have many and diverse causes, but it is when local conflicts are intertwined with geopolitics and geoeconomics that they become especially dangerous and destabilizing. Volatile...
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Global civil society amid S. Africa’s Israel genocide claim

The International Court of Justice’s verdict Israel is its own worst enemy. The more it kills, the more it destroys whatever is left of its legitimacy as a state, the further away peace and security are from its grasp. The genocide that is happening in Gaza is not...
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America’s repossession of the Philippines

As the US dramatically expands its military presence, colonialist history is repeating itself When the news broke in early February that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had struck a deal to allow the United States to dramatically expand its military presence...
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The Continuing Imprisonment of Leila de Lima Is an International Scandal

Her incarceration for having the temerity to investigate former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a stain on the reputation of the new Marcos administration. Filipina human rights campaigner and former senator Leila de Lima after her hearing in Manila. (Jam Sta...
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