Can the world find a new blueprint for collective action to resolve global, regional and national challenges, or will shifting power patterns lead to further fragmentation? This challenging question is at the core of the upcoming International Security Forum (ISF) 2011. The biannual conference’s topic is “Regional and Global Security: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges Today”. During [...]

Last week ISN Insights examined: The uncertainty surrounding the New START treaty in a piece by Peter Buxbaum Stalled political reform in Hong Kong in an article by Simon Roughneen The Indo-US relationship in a piece by Harsh V Pant The increasingly strained Pakistan-US relationship in an article by Salma M Siddiqui Sanitation and the [...]

As seems to be the case with most countries that have experienced coups, once the initial furor over the regime change has died down and change is not readily forthcoming, the international media quiets down. Whether this is because a public scolding is not seen as the best way to induce progress towards more democratic [...]

As anger in Haiti intensifies, with some residents blaming Nepali peacekeepers for having brought cholera to the island, a closer look at the composition of UN peacekeeping missions seems in order. In October 2010 the UN had approximately 100,000 police officers, military experts and troops operating around the world in more than 17 UN peacekeeping [...]

The ISN is happy to announce that Jungle Drum has joined our network as a partner. Jungle Drum is a not-for-profit information technology provider and communications consultant. It aims to provide IT solutions that boost international cooperation to effectively tackle global challenges. Jungle Drum’s broader vision is to provide the world society connected online spaces [...]