PeaceQuest International

04/10/2025

FREDSKULTUR ELLER KRIG I ALL FRAMTID?

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10/11/2022

"It is the first time African Union-led peace talks have incorporated the AU Transitional Justice Policy"

The landmark inclusion of the AU’s Transitional Justice Policy could prove vital to achieving lasting peace.

23/09/2022

"The impact of nuclear weapons use would be grave and would require a strong response – and therefore could escalate quickly to become a large-scale regional war and possibly all-out nuclear war."

Putin has moved the goalposts of the conditions under which Russia would launch a first nuclear strike. His threats are deliberately ambiguous and dangerous.

13/09/2022

One of the most important statements at the moment

02/09/2022

"As far back as 2009 NGOs were warning of the role conflict minerals play in fueling violence in the DRC. This negative trend persists unabated as exemplified by August 2022 reports of attacks by militant groups against the mining sector. Foreign ownership of mines does not prevent them from being attacked by militants either, specifically targeted by M23. Some of the attacks against mines have been carried out by CODECO as well."

There are several actors driving insecurity in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For instance, the Islamic State Central African Province (ISCAP) has an obvious religious orientation and seeks to expand the Caliphate in Central Africa

25/08/2022

"Finally, EAC countries should not hesitate to end operations if they fail to achieve their stated objectives, and especially if they find they are worsening rather than improve the security situation in eastern DRC. To the extent they lend assistance, organisations like the AU and EU should stay carefully attuned to reports from the field and be prepared to curtail their support should the intervention go awry.

The UN Security Council should be very cautious about appearing to endorse the mission, at least until it has a track record demonstrating that it is doing more good than harm. Civilians in the eastern DRC have suffered repeated bouts of armed violence for nearly three decades. While efforts to address their plight are laudable in principle, they need to be workable in practice to merit continuation and support."

East African leaders have agreed to assemble troops to combat armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese authorities have announced the first troop deployment, but obstacles remain. Crisis Group expert Nelleke van de Walle explains the plan and its risks.

20/08/2022

"Ukraina behöver nya berättelser och idéer för hur framtiden ska skapas, inklusive de om återintegrering och förtroendeskapande när det gäller ockuperade områden i Krim-, Donetsk- och Lugansk-regionerna. De flesta ukrainare vill att landet går med i Europeiska unionen, där fred är en av de viktigaste värderingarna i unionens politiska, institutionella och sociala historia.

I ett efterkrigsscenario där Ukraina genomför reformer och förbättringar, som de som krävs för EU-medlemskapet, kan inrättandet av ett fredsdepartement också vara en viktig del av Ukrainas institutionella och administrativa utveckling."

Efter det amerikanska inbördeskriget föreslog Benjamin Rush, en av ”the founding fathers”, att det nyfödda USA skulle ha ett fredsdepartement.

08/08/2022

"On August 5, an open letter was presented to the review conference in New York which was signed by over 1,400 political, military and religious leaders, as well as legislators, academics, scientists, business leaders, youth, lawyers, artists, Nobel Laureates and other representatives of civil society, among them the Executive Director of Democracy Without Borders, Andreas Bummel.

The letter, organized by the No First Use campaign, calls on governments to “end the nuclear arms race and phase out the role of nuclear weapons in security policies starting with no-first-use” and to “commit to a timebound framework for the global elimination of nuclear weapons no later than 2045.”

The tenth Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty opened in early August with a stark warning from UN Secretary-General António Guterres of nuclear danger “not seen since the height...

08/06/2022

"The peace agreement, between President Salva Kiir's group and the SPLM/A-IO Kit-Gwang faction led by General Simon Gatwech, provided for the integration of Kit-Gwang forces into the national army, the South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF)."

An advance team of the SPLM/A-IO Kit-Gwang faction led by General Simon Gatwech has complained that the implementation of the peace agreement had not yet made any progress.

19/05/2022

"Why should we be concerned about the situation specifically in Burkina Faso? One answer has to do with the current situation within neighboring Mali. Reports of a massacre in the central Malian town of Moula in late March, in which over 300 people were killed by the Malian government troops and “associated foreign soldiers,” may further increase instability in the region. It was reported that among those massacred were suspected Islamist militants as well as civilians.

A report by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) in 2020 found that the porous border between Mali and Burkina Faso was a major factor in the violence spilling back and forth across political boundaries."

The situation in the Sahel is growing increasingly dire. Despite the introduction and presence of the Russian private military contractor (PMC) Wagner Group, there has not been any discernible improvement to the internal security climate in Mali. One can contrast this situation with that in Niger, w...

21/04/2022

"In early 2022, the mission became paralyzed in parts of Mali due to new rules imposed by Malian military authorities. After resuming peacekeeping flights that had been suspended in retaliation for ECOWAS sanctions, the Malian military regime decided to require MINUSMA to obtain authorization for every flight"

Facing its most difficult period since its inception in April 2013, MINUSMA, and the Security Council, now need to acknowledge that their biggest problems in Mali are political.

17/04/2022

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evolve world & co-creating europe present Dialogue Is Peace – A Spiritual Practice for an Open Society Sunday, April 24, from 12 noon – 12…