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IISS Armed Conflict Survey 2025 Reveals Rising Global Violence and Humanitarian Crises | THE DAILY TRIBUNE

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has released its Armed Conflict Survey 2025, highlighting the escalating human and financial costs of conflict worldwide,...

Sidelined—Quilombos Fight on for Health of World’s Largest Rainforest

by Joyce Chimbi (belÉm, brazil) Thursday, November 20, 2025 Inter Press Service BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - Just 30 minutes from where the UN climate negotiations...

From COP28 to Belém – Climate Security is Health Security

Opinion by Desta Lakew (belÉm, brazil) Thursday, November 20, 2025 Inter Press Service BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - Around the world, the climate crisis is fast...

COP30: Urgent Financing to Transform Agrifood Systems

Opinion by René Orellana Halkyer (santiago) Thursday, November 20, 2025 Inter Press Service SANTIAGO, November 20 (IPS) - Climate change is no longer a future threat; it...

Beyond Buzzwords: COP30’s Opportunity to Deliver on Sustainable Food Systems

Opinion by Ana Maria Loboguerrero (belÉm, brazil) Thursday, November 20, 2025 Inter Press Service BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - The language of agricultural sustainability changes like...

Security Council’s veto power is ‘poster child’ of global gridlock, says Baerbock

Thursday, November 20, 2025 UN News General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock warned on Thursday that repeated deadlock in the Security Council has become the “poster child”...

59K views · 3.3K reactions | “Today’s wars involve far more actors….

“Today’s wars involve far more actors. Unlike before, when two main forces fought, modern conflicts draw in multiple players, making both the outcome and...

Desmond Tutu Peace Lecture returns amid global conflicts, erosion of democratic values

The 15th Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture, one of South Africa’s most influential platforms for global dialogue, returns this year with renewed urgency as...

Washington Post columnist David Ignatius discusses global conflicts at ABA meeting

Washington Post foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius, and Glenn Gerstell, senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, led a discussion on...

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