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International Condemnation of Israel, Battle for Kharkiv in Russia, and the Protests in New Caledonia

  IPRI Team

Shamini Velayutham, Padmashree Anandan and Neha Tresa George


Growing international pressure on Israel: ICC’s call for arrest warrants and the recognition of Palestine as a state by Spain, Norway and Ireland
Shamini Velayutham

In the news
On 20 May, the International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor, Karim Khan asked the court’s judges to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and top three Hamas officials. According to Khan, Netanyahu and Gallant are accused of ‘causing extermination, causing starvation as a method of war including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies, deliberately targeting civilians in conflict.’ Khan stated: “We submit that the crimes against humanity charged were committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack against the Palestinian civilian population according to State policy. These crimes, in our assessment, continue to this day.”

In response to claims that he and the leaders of Hamas committed war crimes during the Gaza battle, Netanyahu has strongly denounced the prosecutor of the ICC.  He stated: “I reject with disgust the comparison of the prosecutor in the Hague between democratic Israel and the mass murderers of Hamas.” Hamas stated: “Hamas demands the cancellation of all arrest warrants issued against leaders of the Palestinian resistance, for violating UN conventions and resolutions.”

On the same day, US President Joe Biden criticised the arrest warrants: “Whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security.” 

On 22 May, as a result of Israel’s attack on Palestinians, Spain, Norway and Ireland asserted that they would recognize a Palestinian state on 28 May. 

On 17 May, Israel refuted South Africa’s case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as an ‘obscene exploitation’ of the genocide convention.  Israel claimed that its aim was not to protect Palestinian civilians but to defend Hamas militants. Israel’s justice ministry official, Gilad Noam stated: “There is a tragic conflict going on, but no genocide.” South Africa ended its arguments on 16 May after claiming emergency measures in response to Israel’s attack on Rafah. 

Issues at large
First, the ICC charge. With the adoption of the Rome Statute, an international treaty approved at a diplomatic meeting on 17 July 1998, the ICC commenced operations on 1 July 2002. 124 states are parties to the law as of February 2024. The four main international crimes recognized by the Rome Statute are crimes against humanity, war crimes, crimes of aggression, and genocide. 

Second, the global divide. Earlier, on 25 March, in addition to many other restrictions on aid and funding to Palestinians, the US government passed a bill threatening to halt funding the Palestinian Authority (PA) should it apply for UN statehood recognition and file a case against Israel at the ICC. Currently, the move against Netanyahu and Gallant was opposed by Israel's most ardent allies, the US and the UK, but other countries, particularly those in Europe, such as France and Belgium, came out in support. Alongside the European countries, the South African parliament welcomed the move by the prosecutor.

In perspective
The potential of ICC and the new developments in Europe. The ICC previously had successful records of detaining several African leaders, however when it comes to Russia or Israel ICC’s jurisdiction is limited. The ineffectiveness of the court is evident in its previous investigations against Israel, which further led to jeopardising the cases against it. The global support for Palestinians and to halt the conflict will cause the ICC to take a stance against Israeli leaders and Hamas officials.

Probing ahead, Palestine is already recognized as an independent state by numerous countries, but the movement for recognition especially among European countries will have significant ramifications. The nearly simultaneous actions taken by Norway and two other EU members could accelerate the process of additional EU members recognizing a Palestinian state and lead to more UN resolutions that further isolate Israel.


Battle for Kharkiv: Russian advance in northern border showcases Ukraine’s struggle
Padmashree Anandhan

In the news
On 19 May, Ukrainian forces reported on Russian shelling on civilians in Kharkiv. According to the report, civilians were injured in Vovchansk. The town is located five kilometres from Russian border and 70 kilometres from north-east of Kharkiv. Whereas the TASS cited the failure of Ukraine armed forces to defend Russian offensive in Kharkiv was due to less resources. According to the report, Russia witnessed a huge advantage in terms of artillery shells leading to depletion of Ukrainian defences. It had exposed the exhaustion in the Ukrainian troops and “sloppily constructed” defence fortifications. 

On 18 May, Ukrainian army claimed the situation to be “under control” along with defending the assault in parts of Kharkiv. Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, claimed on the possibility of Russian assault starting a wider offensive. He warned on the renewed offensive of Russia as “first wave” to a larger Russian campaign to capture Kharkiv oblast. On the same day, report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) indicated the Russian forces to have occupied 278 square kilometres between 09 and 15 May. 

On 10 May, White House national security spokesperson, John Kirby stated on the US expectations on Russia to make advances in the coming weeks but stressed that it sees no breakthrough. He added that the gap will be filled by US assistance enabling Ukraine to defend the over the months in 2024. 

Issues at large
First, ethnic and strategic importance of Kharkiv. In the Kharkiv oblast, Kharkiv city is Ukraine’s second-largest city. It was known for Russian speaking population and under the soviet period (1919-1934), the city became the centre for transport, industry and science with many industrial clusters, research centres and universities. Located 40 kilometres south of Russian border functions as an intersection to key highways. One of which links Russia’s Rostov-on Don to Crimea. The region is also home to several military facilities and defence brigades of Ukraine used for monitoring Russian military activities. The speed with which Russian troops advanced from one settlement to another in the north of Kharkiv has been possible due to its strategic advantage to target from Russia.

Second, Russia’s breach of Kharkiv border. Russia began to launch massive drone attacks on Kharkiv in response to the increased border attacks in Belgorod in December 2023. While Russian defence ministry continued to use long-range precision weapons to strike at the military complex of Ukraine in January. Zelenskyy demanded for more air defence such as “Patriot, IRIS-T, and NASAMS” as US Congress prolonged its decision in granting military aid to Ukraine. These attacks continued through February, March and April with exchanges between Ukraine and Russia over Kharkiv and Belgorod. Russia began to make quick and short advances in May through usage of ballistic missiles (S-300 and S-400) and guided bombs. Russian forces attempted to breach through the Kharkiv border using armoured vehicles and heavy shelling through new wave of counteroffensive and succeeded in progressing by 10 May. By end of May, Russia advanced 10 kilometres and encircling partially in the north of Kharkiv oblast, capturing Vovchansk town (located 74km (45 miles) from Kharkiv), Starytsia and Lyptsi villages in the north and north-east.

Third, challenges to Ukrainian forces. The US aid package containing military equipment, funding to purchase weapons and munition from US stockpile and enhancement of Ukraine’s defence industrial base. Additionally, the Ukrainian forces were prohibited from using US aided weapons to strike Russia till approval. This delay by the US Congress until April left Ukrainian forces in a weaker defence position. Apart from this, Ukraine government’s limitation for quicker mobilisation also added to the military personnel shortage resulting in some areas in frontline critical. Compared to the 2022, Ukraine counteroffensive, Russian forces were also observed to be technologically advanced while Ukraine struggled to prevent losing of villages in the north and north-east of Kharkiv. 

In perspective
First, challenge in capturing Kharkiv city. Observing the trends from the battles of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, which prolonged for months costed Ukraine and Russia an exhaustive count of military personnel and weapons. Given Kharkiv’s expanse of 350 kilometres, Russia would need more than a year, massive troops and enormous aerial systems to continue its air attacks. The speedy advance of Russian forces can be to capture the Kharkiv city which is only 40 kilometres from the border. One of the objectives to break into Kharkiv could be to destroy the military depots, communication hub and brigades responsible for launching attacks into Russia’s Belgorod region. This will be determined in the coming months depending on Ukrainian defence capabilities and delivery of US air defence systems.   

Second, geographic advantage of Kharkiv. The southern Ukraine has been the focus in the past six months and it has been easier for Russia to maintain its position in the southern and eastern Ukraine due to the proximity. Unlike Bakhmut and Avdiivka located in the centre of Ukraine, Kharkiv region forms part of Russia’s soviet and ethnic history flourishing with a larger Russian speaking population and serving as industrial hub for Ukraine. Geographical and cultural proximity along with Ukraine’s military hubs makes it an attractive target for Russia to destroy and extradite people. 


Unrest in New Caledonia 
Neha Tresa George 

In the news 
On 23 May, Macron met with the local officials and he called the unrest an “absolutely unprecedented insurrection movement.” He also said: "I have pledged that this reform will not be forced through in the current context.” He was also against extending the current state of emergency and said that it could only be lifted if all the barricades and roadblocks would be removed. 

On 19 May, more than 600 police officers were deployed to clear the barricades on the road to the airport, including some 100 gendarmes, according to French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin in an attempt to restore order. On 15 May, the government also imposed a state of emergency thus blocking the freedom to communicate. 

On 13 May, the French overseas territory New Caledonia saw an explosion of riots and protests against a vote on the constitutional amendment by the French government that allowed people to vote who had their main residence in New Caledonia for at least 10 years. This resulted in a growing concern among Kanaks, the indigenous community, on protecting their culture and identity. 

Issues at Large 
First, the amendment bill over voting rights. In January, the government tabled a constitutional bill to unfreeze the electorate of New Caledonia. This would include the incorporation of citizens who were either born in the territory or who have resided there for at least ten years into the special electoral rolls from 01 July 2024. Following the approval of the Sénat on 02 April, and by the Assemblée Nationale on 13 May, it still has to be approved by the joint session of both houses of Parliament to be approved. This move has been criticised by the indigenous community of the Kanaks as they fear marginalisation and dilution of electoral power. Since a constitutional reform in 2007, the electoral rolls for provincial elections remain frozen from 1998, thus limiting the voting rights only to the people who lived there before 1998. Opposition to the unfreezing of the electorate had triggered several demonstrations and riots with six deaths and hundreds injured. There had been barricades and road blockades. France had also imposed a state of emergency thus cutting down the freedom to communicate. The property damage estimated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the region was EUR 200 million. French soldiers from the armed forces were deployed to secure the island's ports and the airport, and some 500 additional police officers were dispatched to assist the 1,800 already present in the territory. 

Second, Kanaks and their demand for independence New Caledonia, located in the Southwest Pacific had some 60,000 Kanaks in the 1700s who are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of the island. An independence movement started to emerge in the 1980s among the Kanaks as they were frustrated by their lower socio-economic status and non-involvement in the economic and political spheres. Even though France agreed to grant more autonomy to the region in 1988, the majority of the population termed “loyalists” particularly the descendants of French colonists wanted it to be part of French territory itself. Kanaks had rows with the Macron government over the Noumea Accords of 1998 that had to be negotiated after three referendums in 2021. 

Third, the geopolitical and strategic importance of New Caledonia. France, which is a nuclear power, has air and naval bases in New Caledonia which has geopolitical importance. The archipelago with its natural resources especially nickel is of major importance thus gaining the attention of many powers including China. Emmanuel Macron sees the region as an instrument against the Chinese advancements in the South Pacific indicating that he saw the archipelago as a trump card for France’s claims over the Indo-Pacific. In a statement resonating with his predecessor General de Gaulle, Macron declared that Caledonians “had a French role to play in this part of the world.” The archipelago which is integrated into the French military network includes 1,600 soldiers deployed in naval and air bases to ensure the protection of France’s sovereignty, especially against illegal fishing activities. France had also supported New Caledonia’s regional integration which has led to the region becoming a member of the Pacific Islands Forum along with the Pacific Regional Committee. China had initiated to increase its presence quietly by getting closer to tribal and political leaders mainly due to the region’s strategic position. 


Issues in Peace and Conflict This Week:
Regional Roundups

Akriti Sharma, Rohini Reenum, Padmashree Anandhan, Femy Francis, Akhil Ajith, Shamini Velayutham, Dhriti Mukherjee, Vetriselvi Baskaran and Neha Tresa George

China, East, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific
China: Forced urbanization of Tibetans, a report by the Human Rights Watch
On 22 May, Human Rights Watch said in its report that China is ramping up the forced urbanization of Tibetan villagers and herders. It mentioned that it is part of the government’s efforts to assimilate rural Tibetans through control over their language and traditional Buddhist culture. The report also criticized the Chinese government’s voluntary move. The report mentioned the forced relocations as violent actions against the ethnic minorities who are forced to adopt the Mandarin language and pledge their fealty to the ruling Communist Party in western and northern territories that include people from Tibetan, Xinjiang Uyghur, Mongolian, and other minority groups. China claimed Tibet as part of its territory for centuries, and the CCP took control during the 1949 Civil War. The report cited that by 2025 end, more than 930,000 rural Tibetans will have been relocated to urban centers. More than 3 million of the more than 4.5 million Tibetans in rural areas have been forced to build homes and give up their traditional nomadic lifestyles. The report cited China’s policies in Tibet to bring stability and development to the strategic border region.

China: Chinese Embassies in South Korea and Japan rebuke lawmakers visiting Taiwan for the Presidential inauguration
On 21 May, the Chinese embassy in South Korea and Japan expressed strong opposition to South Korean and Japanese lawmakers from visiting Taiwan to celebrate the inauguration ceremony of the newly sworn-in President. The embassy stated that this visit counters China-South Korea’s strategic relationship and their cooperative partnership. The Japanese embassy also said the move affects Sino-Japan relations. They also urged Japan to refrain from joining in with the US and to avoid disrupting peace in the Taiwan Strait.  Prior to this, the Chinese Foreign Minister warned that “Anyone who attempts to challenge the one-China principle will end in failure.” The relations between China- South Korea or Japan have increasingly turned sour as they pivot towards Taiwan.

China: Calls for a fair trial by the ICC
On 21 May, China expressed its desire to see the International Criminal Court (ICC) take an objective and fair stance and exercise power by the law. This comes as the ICC issued arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders. On 20 May, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said that the ICC had issued warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders for alleged crimes committed during the Hamas-led 07 October attack on southern Israel and Israel's subsequent war on Gaza. Global Times quoted Khan’s statement that “Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant bear “criminal responsibility” for “war crimes and crimes against humanity.” China says that it supports a fair and lasting solution to the issue. According to Global Times, ICC’s arrest warrants are symbolic pressure and face enforcement challenges and would increase more moral and public pressure against Israel. Both the US and Israel had rejected the warrants. President Biden termed it as “outrageous,” whereas PM Netanyahu said that the ICC decision was a disgrace and an attack on Israel.

China: Plans to sanction three US defence companies
On 20 May, China’s Ministry of Commerce said that it plans to sanction three US companies for their sale to Taiwan. The Ministry said that the US companies named General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems, and Boeing Defense, Space and Security will be added to the “unreliable entities” list. Xinhua reported that these sanctioned entities will not be permitted to trade with China or make investments in the country. Also, the sanctions will prohibit the entry of senior executives from entering China. This comes as the US recently approved a military aid package for Taipei in April worth up to USD 1.9 billion to replenish its military equipment and training. China sees Taiwan as part of its territory and sees the security aid as conflict escalation along the strait.

China: Cracks down on multiple espionage cases in the space sector, says MSS
On 17 May, China’s intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), said through its WeChat post that the country has tackled multiple espionage cases in the space sector and its linkage to certain countries in stealing sensitive Chinese aerospace technology. The MSS mentioned that certain countries targeted China’s technologies, such as satellite remote sensing, communication, navigation, and positioning technologies. It noted that space has become a strategic area of geopolitical rivalry. The investigation comes as part of China’s counter-espionage law, which was introduced in 2023. It also comes as Beijing eyes big ambitions for its space programme, including launching a crewed lunar mission by 2030 and becoming a world leader in space by 2050.

Japan: New whaling mothership, Kangei Maru departs for its maiden hunt
On 21 May, Japan launched its new 9,300-tonne vessel, Kangei Maru, for its whaling operations. The launch comes as the Japanese government defends it, saying that it's an integral part of Japanese culture. Ryosuke Oba said the ship contains an in-house processing facility where the meat is processed before refrigeration. Japan was criticized for exploiting a loophole in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling that allows scientific hunts of whales, leading to its pullout in 2019. It is one of the three countries undertaking whaling operations in its waters alongside Norway and Iceland. Japan has hunted whales for protein for centuries and continued post World War 2. Hideki Tokoro, President of the whaling company, said that the Kangei maru would not venture into the Antarctic for commercial whaling.
  
Australia: Police arrested and charged 554 suspects accused of domestic violence
On 21 May, Australian police arrested and charged 554 domestic violence suspects in its four-day operations across the country. The arrests come as Australia suffers with the violent deaths of 28 women in 2024, with an average of one death every four days, which is higher than 14 women deaths in 2023. New South Wales said that it had arrested severe domestic violence offenders in the state. The Bondi Junction mall killings and the death of five women have raised the issue of gender-based and domestic violence. According to the 2023 OECD data, Australia’s domestic violence prevalence rate remains below the OECD average compared to the US, Canada, and Britain. Australian PM Anthony Albanese called the incident a national crisis and announced a series of measures to tackle the crisis. 

North Korea: To improve its nuclear deterrence posture after recent US subcritical nuclear tests
On 20 May, North Korea said that it vowed to strengthen its nuclear deterrence posture amid the recent US subcritical nuclear tests. The US’s National Nuclear Security Administration said that it has conducted a subcritical experiment at its Nevada test site to collect data to support the reliability and effectiveness of nuclear warheads. KCNA reported that North Korea will exercise its vested sovereign rights against the US’s unilateral actions. The sub-critical nuclear tests do not involve a nuclear explosion and do not trigger a fissile chain reaction. The Straits Times mentioned North Korea’s previous six underground nuclear tests and is preparing for the seventh test.

Australia: 30 Australians stuck in New Caledonia facing food shortages amid intense riots
On 18 May, Reuters reported that 30 Australians stuck in New Caledonia are facing food shortages as riots hit the Pacific Island territory. The riots brewed among the indigenous Kanak tribe over a bill passed in Paris that gives French citizens who have lived in New Caledonia for at least ten years the right to vote. The Australian citizens are stuck at the Chateau Royal resort. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Canberra was “working with authorities in France and New Caledonia, and like-minded partners including New Zealand, to assess options for Australians to safely depart.” She also said that the Noumea’s La Tontouta International Airport remained closed and urged Australians to remain cautious. 

South Asia
India: Gujarat ATS detained four Sri Lankans linked with IS
On 20 May, four Sri Lankan nationals were arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on the grounds of finding links with Islamic State (IS). Director-General of Police Vikas Sahay detailed the four arrested took a flight from Colombo to Chennai and another flight from there to Ahmadabad. They were caught while waiting for the Pakistani handler.  ATS officials took them into custody and the investigation is under process. Officials stated that these arrested were already part of National Thowheeth Jamath – a banned Sri Lankan radical militant group. 

India: No attack on Indian students in Kyrgyzstan, confirms officials
On 19 May, the officials stated that there were no Indian students attacked in the recent violence that happened in the Kyrgyz Republic. The notice was issued after the online videos of Pakistani students asking for help from the government which is surfing all over social media. The statement reads: “There are no reports of any Indian being affected in the incidents that were circulated by unverified videos on Saturday. The Kyrgyz authorities have clarified and spoken strongly against the circulation of these videos. There are 17,000 Indian students and businessmen in Kyrgyz Republic and they are located in various parts of the country.” In response to the incident and concerns from political party leaders, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took to X to say, “Monitoring the welfare of Indian students in Bishkek. The situation is reportedly calm now. Strongly advise students to stay in regular touch with the embassy.” 

Afghanistan: Unusual seasonal rains have ravaged different areas
On 19 May, The Associated Press reported that parts of Afghanistan have been severely impacted by flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rainfall. According to a Taliban spokesperson, a new round of heavy rainfall has battered four districts of the Faryab province leaving 66 dead, five injured and eight missing. A spokesman for the provincial governor in Faryab, Esmatullah Moradi, revealed that “around 1,500 houses were either completely or partially destroyed while hundreds of hectares (acres) of farmlands were washed away and more than 300 animals killed.”Another affected province is the western province of Ghor where 50 people have died so far. 

Pakistan: Intelligence agencies intensify surveillance following rise in potential threats
On 17 May, The Express Tribune reported on the intensification of surveillance by intelligence agencies on militants associated with banned outfits, specifically those listed on the Fourth Schedulers. This is a response to intelligence reports indicating potential threats posed by militants linked to banned outfits and targeted attacks on police officers in Rawalpindi and Lahore. Agencies explained that the focus is on preemptive measures to counter any potential security breaches. Recently, militants affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) confronted Dolphin Force personnel, killing one member. Among the Fourth Schedulers, 51 are from Rawalpindi, 32 are from Attock, 36 are from Chakwal and four are from Jhelum. Authorities are currently tracking the financial transactions of these individuals actively to uncover discrepancies that may point toward illegal activities.

Pakistan: Girls school bombed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within eight days
On 17 May, militants bombed Sofia Noor School, a high school for girls in Wana tehsil of South Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. No casualty was been reported, however, a portion of the school building was destroyed as a result of the attack. Earlier, on 9 May, another girls' school, Islamia Girls School, was bombed in Sheva town of North Waziristan making the recent attack the second one in eight days. After the attack, there were claims of extortion demands making rounds on social media which the locals have “categorically denied.”

Pakistan: Pakistani students in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek attacked by “local mobs”
On 17 May, Pakistani students studying in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek were attacked by “local mobs”. Videos of the attacks surfaced on social media where locals were harassing and attacking students and the latter pleading for help from their home country. However, Pakistan’s ambassador to Bishkek, Hasan Zaigham has denied any casualties or rape but affirmed “many injuries” and advised the students to stay indoors until the situation improved. On 18 May, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar termed the attacks “deeply concerning.” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also issued a statement assuring that he was “constantly monitoring the situation”. According to information provided by Pakistan’s Embassy in Bishkek, foreign students, including those from Pakistan, were attacked “by locals in the aftermath of their brawl with Egyptian nationals a few days ago.” Subsequently, Dar has visited Kyrgyzstan and the government has facilitated the return of Pakistani students by arranging special flights. 

Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa
Yemen: Houthi group targets US drones
On 21 May, the Houthi rebels asserted that they had shot down a US drone on the Arabian Peninsula. Similarly, on May 18 the Houthi groups intercepted US’s MQ-9 Reaper drone. Houthi military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree in a statement said that the drone was intercepted through a locally made ‘surface-to-air missile’. He further asserted that the drones have ‘hostile missions over the southern province of Bayda.  Meanwhile, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) acknowledged the attack but, refrained from commenting on the attack. 

Iran: President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian die in a helicopter crash
On 19 May, a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian crashed near the Iran-Azerbaijan border killing everyone onboard. Their death was confirmed by the State media on 20 May after the wreckage was found in Iran’s mountainous East Azerbaijan province with no sign of life. The entourage was returning from Azerbaijan where the President had travelled to inaugurate two dams. In the aftermath, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei announced five days of state mourning. As per the provisions in the Iranian Constitution, First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber took over as interim president. Further, Ali Bagheri Kani was appointed interim foreign minister. 

Lebanon: Israeli airstrikes killed Hezbollah members and pro-Iran fighters
On 20 May, four members of Hezbollah were killed and several Lebanese civilians were injured due to Israeli airstrikes in south Lebanon. The attacks on the Lebanese border reached the Syrian city of Al-Qusayr. According to Arab News, the Israeli drones have had two successive raids on the residential areas in the town of Naqoura. The Israeli military using artillery shells also targeted the outskirts of Naqoura causing civilian casualties. Hezbollah asserted that it had retaliated with Burkan missiles against the Israeli military. The group further said that it used ‘suitable weapons’ to target the sites. Separately, according to a war monitor, six pro-Iran fighters were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Syria near the Lebanon border. 

Lebanon: Protests against security plan
On 19 May, motorcycle owners in Beirut and the southern suburbs protested against a ‘security plan’ launched by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. There were gunfire exchanges between the protesters and the internal security forces in the suburbs of Beirut. The situation heightened as the protesters marched towards the ministry claiming that the decision ‘to confiscate unregistered motorcycles was being made randomly and arbitrarily while the vehicle registration office had been closed for years.’ The usage of motorcycles spiked since 2019 due to the economic crisis and has led to a rise of motorcycle thieves in Beirut, precisely on airport roads and highways to the interior areas. Videos of security forces confiscating motorcycles were shared by social media activists; meanwhile, owners said that the registration service was ‘inaccessible’ leading to the lack of registration. Beirut MP Nabil Badr said: “From the start of the security operation, we have urged a comprehensive effort in government agencies, particularly the Car and Motorcycle Registration Department, to help citizens resolve their breaches. The minister has acknowledged the issues and assured that the strict measures will be eased.” 

South Africa: Zuma showcases his strength in Soweta election campaign
On 18 May, South African President Jacob Zuma while campaigning at the Soweto township, showcased his strength. At the rally, Zulu warriors marched around the Orlando stadium with spears and shields, and covered-up men sang and danced. South African famous singers including big Zulu entertained the crowd. Zuma resigned from the African National Congress (ANC) and joined the opposition’ uMkhonto weSizwe party. The crowd shouted the former president’s name. His decision to host his campaign in Soweta is crucial as it is the economic center of South Africa. The place also holds political symbolism as it was at the forefront of the fight against the apartheid system which raised ANC in 1994. However, the breakaway in the party faces threats to win the election. Zuma was ousted as President in 1018 by Cyril Ramaohosa. Later, in 2021, he was sentenced to 15 months on the allegations of contempt of court for defying an order to appear before an inquiry during his term. Thus, his eligibility to serve as a lawmaker in the next tenure is yet to be ruled by the country’s court.

DR Congo: Army asserts successful quashing of the attempted coup
On 20 May, the DR Congo army asserted that it had quashed a coup attempt by Congolese and foreign fighters against President Felix Tshisekedi. army spokesperson Brig Gen Sylavin Ekenge confirmed the arrest of three Americans and a British citizen. On 19 May, almost 20 assailants wearing army uniforms attacked the house of former Chief of Staff, Vital Kamerhe, where two guards and an attacker were killed. Local media reports say that the attackers belong to the New Zaire Movement which has links with formerly exiled DR Congo politician Christian Malanga. The spokesperson confirmed Marcel Malanga, son of Mr Malanga was the one among the three Americans detained. The US Ambassador to DR Congo stated that she was “shocked” by knowing American involvement in the attack. She took to X to write, “Rest assured that we will cooperate with the DR Congo authorities to the fullest extent possible as they investigate these criminal acts and hold accountable any US citizen involved.” Apart from this, the Japanese Ambassador in the Congo warned citizens to not come out. However, there were no public statements by President Tshisekedi. 

South Africa: Top court bars Zuma from general elections
On 20 May, South Africa’s highest Court barred former President Zuma from contesting in the next week’s general elections on the grounds of his 15-month sentence for contempt of court. He was detained in 2021 for refusing to appear before the court for investigation which ended his presidency in 2018. After his release, he quit the ANC and formed a party named uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party. MK Secretary General Sihle Ngubane expressed animosity with the ruling and noted that the ruling will not affect the Party’s election campaign. The election commission announced the removal of his name from the party’s parliamentary candidates; however, his image will exist on ballot papers among others. Zuma is yet to comment on the ruling. Meanwhile, Cyril Ramaphosa stated: "The court has ruled, and as I have often said, that is the highest court in the land and we have given the judiciary the right to arbitrate disputes amongst us in terms of our constitution." 

Europe and the Americas
The UK: Government apologizes for blood scandal
On 20 May 2024, the government of the UK represented by UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak apologized for the worst healthcare disaster in the infected blood scandal between 1970 and 1991. The scam involved the death of thousands of people along with more than 30,000 people getting infected with either HIV or Hepatitis C due to the treatment with unsafe blood products. After a long-running public inquiry with a report that blamed the failures of the health service, officials, and ministers who had ignored to acknowledge their mistakes, apologized and approved packages for compensation. Sunak promised to deliver the costs and also to speak directly to the victims and families. The report chaired by Brian Langstaff claimed that up to 2,900 people, including young children, are estimated to have died by 2019, with many more becoming severely ill. The patients were knowingly exposed to “unacceptable” infection risks as many of them were not told that they had been infected after the blood transfusions. Since thousands of patients who had haemophiliac were treated by the National Health Service during the 1970s and 80s, Langstaff slammed both the health service and government for a ‘lack of condor’. He particularly criticised the veteran Conservative politician Ken Clarke, the health secretary in 1980 who insisted that there was “no conclusive proof” that HIV could be spread through blood. The worst scandal was brought out mainly due to the usage of factor concentrate also known as Factor VIII to treat hemophiliacs which involved the pooling of blood plasma from thousands of donors. The officials and doctors ignored the risk factor of the whole component getting infected with one sample and irresponsibly implemented it. Now the victims are looking forward to the compensation promised by the government.

Europe: Moldova and the EU sign defence partnership
On 21 May, Politico reported that Moldova signing of a security and defence partnership with the EU. Moldova has been a critic of Russia after it invaded Ukraine although not a member of NATO or the EU. The country signed a deal with France to train its armed forces and boost military cooperation in March 2024. The new partnership with the EU is aimed at enhancing the country’s resilience with EU assistance. In addition, the agreement will make it easier to collaborate on cybersecurity and disinformation campaigns. It will also support Moldova's defence industry through the European instrument for peace. 

Russia: Launches tactical nuclear drills in southern military district
On 21 May, RT reported on Russian defence ministry statement on the deployment of troops in its southern military district to carry out tactical nuclear drills. According to the report, this exercise will be a deterrent in the conflict between Russia and the West, to showcase its ability. In the drill, the nuclear, forces will carry our delivery of nuclear weapons from storage to the troops, arm tactical missiles and prepare for missile launches. For this, Iskander-M systems, 9M723-1 ballistic missiles 9M728 cruise missiles and tactical warheads with a capacity of five to 50 kilotons will be used. In a statement released by the defence ministry: “Aimed at maintaining the combat readiness of the personnel and equipment of the non-strategic nuclear-weapon units.” The southern military district covers the area between the Black and the Caspian seas, a total of 19 areas along with the Crimean and four annexed districts by Russia.

Haiti: International airport reopens following three-month forced shutdown
On 19 May, Haiti’s international airport in its capital city of Port-au-Prince reopened after a three-month shutdown due to relentless gang violence. Though the Toussaint-Louverture airport’s reopening is expected to help ease a shortage of essential supplies, gangs still control around 80 per cent of the capital. While one commercial passenger flight left for Miami from the airport, US-based airlines are not expected to use the airport till late May or early June. Until the reopening of this airport, the sole airport operating in the country was in the coastal city of Cap-Haitien, which was out of reach for many as the roads connected to the airport were controlled by gangs.

Argentina: Escalation of diplomatic row with Spain with recalling of Spanish ambassador
On 21 May, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters that the Spanish ambassador to Argentina “will permanently stay in Madrid,” amid an escalating diplomatic spat between both countries following derogatory remarks by Argentina’s President Javier Milei. Albares added that while the Spanish government has “no interest in nor desire for any escalation,” the “government must defend the dignity and sovereignty of Spanish institutions, especially when the aggression occurs in the capital of Spain.” Milei, a far-right libertarian, had earlier levied corruption allegations against the wife of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, saying that “global elites don’t realise how destructive it can be to implement the ideas of socialism.” In recent weeks, both countries have traded barbs over issues such as drug use and poverty. Responding to Spain’s decision to recall the ambassador, Milei criticised the “absurd” decision and said: “It is absurd, typical of an arrogant socialist.” He also accused Sanchez of having an “inferiority complex” and added that he should seek out a “psychologist for him to mature.” The decision, according to Milei “stains the international image of Spain and [shows] how arrogant they are, like believing that they are the state and that no one can tell them anything.” He denied speculations that Argentina would also recall its ambassador to Spain.
 
Colombia: Surge in violent attacks by FARC-EMC rebel group
On 20 May, there was an uptick in violence in southwestern Colombia following a bomb blast that injured six people in the city of Jamundi, while an attack on a police station in the town of Morales killed at least two police officers. The government linked the attacks to the FARC-EMC rebel group, a breakaway faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia which refused to sign a 2016 peace deal. After walking away from a new round of peace negotiations with the government earlier in April, the group has been staging a series of attacks on the military and police. A Colombia analyst at the International Crisis Group, Elizabeth Dickinson, said that the attacks show how the EMC’s western faction is attempting to become the “only armed or criminal group in Colombia that is directly attacking the state.” She opined that the “split within the EMC is real and is likely to be permanent,” indicating that Colombia is heading “towards a situation of atomisation and fragmentation in the conflict which has pretty dramatic implications for civilians.”
 
Mexico: Uptick in electoral violence in Chiapas
On 19 May, local authorities and candidates in the Mexican state of Chiapas stated that following attacks on political candidates, at least 14 people have been killed in recent dates. Of these attacks, the latest was on 18 May, when a car containing Nicolás Noriega, who is running to lead the municipal government of the town of Mapastepec, was targeted. Noriega confirmed that he was wounded, and at least five people from his campaign were shot. He took to Facebook to state: “I deeply mourn the deaths of my friends, whose lives were taken in a cowardly manner. Evil is never going to reign in our hearts, because there are more of us who love life, who think of doing good.” Chiapas has become violence-prone as two main Mexican cartels have been clashing to try and gain control of the neighbouring Guatemala border. Earlier on 18 May, the Chiapas Prosecutor’s Office confirmed an attack against Morena candidate Robertony Orozco, who was attacked on a highway. The attack resulted in three deaths and the injury of two others.

The US: Police beat and arrest pro-Palestinian protestors in Brooklyn
On 18 May, protestors gathered in the Bay Ridge neighbourhood of Brooklyn, an area that is home to a large Muslim community, to protest the war in Gaza. During the demonstrations which were to mark the Nakba- the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in 1948, police beat and arrested several individuals. Freelance journalist Katie Smith told Al Jazeera: “Protesters began to march in the street and shortly after, the New York Police Department came in from a side street and started grabbing people at random.” She further claimed that protestors were “tackled to the ground and were often placed under arrest by multiple officers, who beat them, punching them on their upper bodies and around their heads.” Videos taken showed that police dragged demonstrators away, and the community expressed “outrage” as the area has seen pro-Palestinian marches for over a decade but never such a brutal police response. 


About the authors

Akriti Sharma and Rohini Reenum are PhD scholars at NIAS. Padmashree Anandhan and Anu Maria Joseph are Research Associates at NIAS. Femy Francis, Dhriti Mukherjee, Shamini Velayutham, Akhil Ajith and Vetriselvi Baskaran are Research Assistants at NIAS. Neha Tresa George, and Ken B Varghese are undergraduate students at Madras Christian College. 

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Killing Roe will hurt the US Soft Power

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Conflict Weekly
July 2022 | IPRI # 293
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Russia’s gas warning to Europe, and Sudan’s intra-tribal clashes

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Conflict Weekly
July 2022 | IPRI # 292
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

President Rajapaksa’s resignation and the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, and the military's withdrawal in Sudan

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Conflict Weekly
July 2022 | IPRI # 291
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Political Stalemate in Libya, and the Fall of Luhansk in Ukraine

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Conflict Weekly
June 2022 | IPRI # 290
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Attacks on Europe's pride marches, the Morocco-Spain migration, and the intensifying Russia-Ukraine war

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NIAS Africa Studies
June 2022 | IPRI # 289
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

DRC-Rwanda tensions: Latest developments and issues

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NIAS Africa Weekly
June 2022 | IPRI # 288
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

Africa’s displacement crises: Three key drivers

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Conflict Weekly
June 2022 | IPRI # 287
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Heatwave in Europe, rise of the Left in Colombia and the UNHCR report on Forced Displacement

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Russia-Ukraine War
June 2022 | IPRI # 286
IPRI Comments

Sruthi Sadhasivam

Limiting Ukraine War to Ukraine: The US foreign policy strategy

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Conflict Weekly
June 2022 | IPRI # 285
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The new UK new bill on Brexit, Turkey's NATO concerns on Finland and Sweden and the SIPRI report on nuclear arsenal/weapons

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Conflict Weekly
June 2022 | IPRI # 284
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

North Korea's Missile Tests and Sanctions on Mali

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Conflict Weekly
June 2022 | IPRI # 283
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Denmark's referendum on EU defence and interstate tensions in Africa

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Conflict Weekly Cover Story
May 2022 | IPRI # 282
IPRI Briefs

Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare

Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: Structural issues and impacts

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Conflict Weekly
May 2022 | IPRI # 281
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Another school shooting in the US, and EU-UK tussle over Northern Ireland protocol

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NIAS Africa Studies
May 2022 | IPRI # 280
IPRI Comments

Poulomi Mondal

Communal Tensions in Ethiopia: Five drivers

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Conflict Weekly
May 2022 | IPRI # 279
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Another racial attack in the US, Divide within the EU over the Russian oil ban, and violence in Israel

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Conflict Weekly Cover Story
May 2022 | IPRI # 278
IPRI Comments

S Shaji

Sudan, three years after Omar al Bashir

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Conflict Weekly
May 2022 | IPRI # 277
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Intensifying political crisis in Sri Lanka, Communal tensions in Ethiopia, and 75 days of Ukraine war

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NIAS Africa Studies
May 2022 | IPRI # 276
IPRI Comments

Mohamad Aseel Ummer

Wagner Group: Russia's Proxies or Ghost Soldiers?

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NIAS Africa Studies
May 2022 | IPRI # 275
IPRI Comments

Anu Maria Joseph

Mali ends defence ties with France: What does this mean

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Conflict Weekly
May 2022 | IPRI # 274
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Mali-France tensions and anti-UK protests in the Virgin Islands

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Conflict Weekly
April 2022 | IPRI # 273
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

​​​​​​​UK-Rwanda asylum deal, Mexico's continuing femicides, and Afghanistan's sectarian violence 

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Conflict Weekly
April 2022 | IPRI # 272
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The battle for Donbas, Violence in Jerusalem, Riots in Sweden, Kyrgyzstan- Tajikistan border dialogue, and China’s military drills

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Conflict Weekly
April 2022 | IPRI # 271
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Violence in Nigeria, and Russia’s new military strategy in Ukraine

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Conflict Weekly
April 2022 | IPRI # 270
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Political Crises in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Tunisia; Ceasefire in Yemen; and the Battle for Mariupol

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NIAS-IPRI Brief
April 2022 | IPRI # 269
IPRI Briefs

Sourina Bej

Ceasefire trails in Naga conflict: Space for peace parleys and violent politics

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NIAS-IPRI Brief
April 2022 | IPRI # 268
IPRI Briefs

Mohamad Aseel Ummer

Failing Peace in Darfur: Multiple Actors, No Outcome

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NIAS-IPRI Brief
April 2022 | IPRI # 267
IPRI Briefs

Jeshil Samuel J

The 2014 Gaza Ceasefire: A Stopgap to Peace dividend

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NIAS-IPRI Brief
April 2022 | IPRI # 266
IPRI Briefs

Dincy Adlakha

The 1999 Lome Peace Agreement: Issues and failed aspirations

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NIAS-IPRI Brief
April 2022 | IPRI # 265
IPRI Briefs

Anju C Joseph

Ceasefire in Moro Conflict: No lasting solution in sight

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Conflict Weekly
March 2022 | IPRI # 264
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

30 days of War in Ukraine

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Conflict Weekly
March 2022 | IPRI # 263
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Sri Lanka’s worsening economic crisis

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Conflict Weekly
March 2022 | IPRI # 262
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The end of Denmark’s Inuit experiment

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Conflict Weekly
March 2022 | IPRI # 261
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

International Women’s Day: Gap between policies and realities on gender equality

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Conflict Weekly
March 2022 | IPRI # 260
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Russia’s Ukraine Invasion: One Week Later

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Conflict Weekly
February 2022 | IPRI # 259
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Russia’s Ukraine salami slicing and Canada’s freedom convoy protests

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Conflict Weekly
February 2022 | IPRI # 258
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Unfreezing the Afghan assets, Tunisia’s judicial crisis and Libya’s new political deadlock

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Conflict Weekly
February 2022 | IPRI # 257
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Freedom convoy protests in Canada, and a de-escalation over Ukraine

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NIAS Africa Monitor
February 2022 | IPRI # 256
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

Coup in Burkina Faso: Five things to know

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Conflict Weekly
February 2022 | IPRI # 255
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

One year of the coup in Myanmar, Taliban meetings in Oslo, and the Global hunger report

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Conflict Weekly
January 2022 | IPRI # 254
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Coup in Burkina Faso, Continuing violence in Yemen, and an ISIS attack in Syria

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Conflict Weekly
January 2022 | IPRI # 253
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Threat of War over Ukraine, a Syrian trial in Germany, and Protests in France

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Central Asia
January 2022 | IPRI # 252
IPRI Comments

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

The unrest in Kazakhstan: Look beyond the trigger

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Conflict Weekly
January 2022 | IPRI # 251
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Unrest and crackdown in Kazakhstan, Another jail term for Aung San Suu Kyi, Two years after Qasem Soleimani, and Canada's reconciliation with the indigenous people

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Conflict Weekly
January 2022 | IPRI # 250
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Conflicts in 2021 : Through Regional Prisms

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NIAS-IPRI Workshop
January 2022 | IPRI # 249
IPRI Briefs

Dr Shreya Upadhyay

State of Peace and Conflict in North America in 2021

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NIAS-IPRI Workshop
January 2022 | IPRI # 248
IPRI Briefs

Dr Aparaajita Pandey

State of Peace and Conflict in Latin America in 2021

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NIAS-IPRI Workshop
January 2022 | IPRI # 247
IPRI Briefs

Dr Shaji S

State of Peace and Conflict in Africa in 2021

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NIAS-IPRI Workshop
January 2022 | IPRI # 246
IPRI Briefs

Dr Stanly Johny

State of Peace and conflict in the Middle East in 2021

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NIAS-IPRI Workshop
January 2022 | IPRI # 245
IPRI Briefs

Dr Athar Zafar

State of Peace and Conflict in Central Asia in 2021

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NIAS-IPRI Workshop
January 2022 | IPRI # 244
IPRI Briefs

Dr Anshuman Behera

State of Peace and Conflict in South Asia in 2021

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NIAS-IPRI Workshop
January 2022 | IPRI # 243
IPRI Briefs

Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray

State of Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia in 2021

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NIAS-IPRI Workshop
January 2022 | IPRI # 242
IPRI Briefs

Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra

State of Peace and Conflict in East Asia in 2021

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NIAS-IPRI Workshop
January 2022 | IPRI # 241
IPRI Briefs

Dr Anand V

State of Peace and Conflict in China in 2021

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Conflict Weekly
December 2021 | IPRI # 240
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Top 15 Conflicts in 2021

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Conflict Weekly
December 2021 | IPRI # 239
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

New reports on the Omicron threat, and lifting sanctions on humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

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Conflict Weekly
December 2021 | IPRI # 238
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

West warns Russia over Ukrainian aggression and South Korea and North Korean agree on end-of-war declaration in principle

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NIAS Africa Monitor
December 2021 | IPRI # 237
IPRI Comments

Harshita Rathore

Famine in Ethiopia: The government's refusal to acknowledge, worsens the crisis

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Conflict Weekly
December 2021 | IPRI # 236
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Conflict Weekly: 100th Issue

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Conflict Weekly
December 2021 | IPRI # 235
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Unrest in the Solomon Islands, and the 12 million missing children in China

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Conflict Weekly
November 2021 | IPRI # 234
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Anti-lockdown protests in Europe, Farmers' protests in India, and Continuing instability in Sudan

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Conflict Weekly
November 2021 | IPRI # 223
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Europe's other migrant crisis, and Protests in Cuba and Thailand

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Conflict Weekly
November 2021 | IPRI # 222
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The migrant threat to Europe from Belarus and Ceasefire with the TTP in Pakistan

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Conflict Weekly
November 2021 | IPRI # 221
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

One year of Ethiopian conflict and UK-France fishing row

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Conflict Weekly
October 2021 | IPRI # 220
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Coup in Sudan, Pressure on Myanmar's military regime, and the Migrant game by Belarus

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October 2021 | IPRI # 219
IPRI Comments

Vandana Mishra

The Texas abortion law: Five reasons why it is draconian

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Pakistan Reader Comments
October 2021 | IPRI # 218
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

No honour in honour killing

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Conflict Weekly
October 2021 | IPRI # 217
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

One year after Samuel Paty's killing, Kidnapping in Haiti, and Instability in Sudan

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Conflict Weekly
October 2021 | IPRI # 216
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

ISIS violence in Afghanistan, and Targeted killings in J&K

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Pakistan Reader Comments
October 2021 | IPRI # 215
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

Rising child abuse in Pakistan: Five reasons why

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Pakistan Reader Comments
October 2021 | IPRI # 214
IPRI Comments

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Hazara Persecution in Pakistan: No end in sight

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Pakistan Reader Comments
October 2021 | IPRI # 213
IPRI Comments

D. Suba Chandran

Talking to the Pakistani Taliban: What did Imran say? And what does it mean? Is the rest of Pakistan ready for the same?

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Pakistan Reader Comments
October 2021 | IPRI # 212
IPRI Comments

D. Suba Chandran

Protests in Gwadar: Who and Why

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Conflict Weekly
October 2021 | IPRI # 211
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Anti-Bolsonaro protests in Brazil, UK-France fishing row, Talks with the TTP in Pakistan, and the anti-abortion law protests in the US

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Conflict Weekly
September 2021 | IPRI # 210
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The Chinese White Paper on Xinjiang, and the Haitian migrant crisis in the US

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NIAS-IPRI Brief
September 2021 | IPRI # 209
IPRI Briefs

Apoorva Sudhakar

Africa’s Stolen Future:Child abductions, lost innocence, and a glaring reflection of State failure in Nigeria

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Afghanistan
September 2021 | IPRI # 208
IPRI Comments

Vineeth Daniel Vinoy

Who is who in the interim Taliban government? And, what would be the government structure?

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Conflict Weekly
September 2021 | IPRI # 207
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Pride marches in Europe, Jail term for Hotel Rwanda hero, and continuing Houthi-led violence in Yemen

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Conflict Weekly
September 2021 | IPRI # 206
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Protests in Europe and Brazil, and an impending humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

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Latin America
September 2021 | IPRI # 205
IPRI Comments

Lokendra Sharma

Two months of Cuban protests: Is the ‘revolution’ ending?

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Conflict Weekly
September 2021 | IPRI # 204
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Texas' abortion ban, Return of the Thai protests, the Taliban government, and the Guinea coup

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Conflict Weekly
September 2021 | IPRI # 203
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The US exit from Afghanistan, the Houthi violence in Yemen, and Hurricane Ida in the US

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Conflict Weekly
August 2021 | IPRI # 202
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Chaotic evacuation in Kabul, Crimea Summit on seven years of Russian occupation, anti-lockdown protests in Australia, and continuing kidnappings in Africa

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Conflict Weekly
August 2021 | IPRI # 201
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Return of the Taliban and the fall of Afghanistan

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Conflict Weekly
August 2021 | IPRI # 200
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Protests return to Thailand, Taliban gains in Afghanistan, Pandemic action triggers protests in Europe, and new Climate Change report warns Code-Red

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Conflict Weekly
August 2021 | IPRI # 199
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Taliban offensive, New Zealand's apology over the Pacific communities, Peru's new problem, and an inter-State clash in India's Northeast

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Conflict Weekly
July 2021 | IPRI # 198
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

France's anti-extremism bill, Canada's burning churches, and Tunisia's new political crisis

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NIAS Africa Monitor
July 2021 | IPRI # 197
IPRI Comments

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Impending famine in Tigray, should make Ethiopia everyone's problem

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NIAS Africa Monitor
July 2021 | IPRI # 196
IPRI Comments

Anu Maria Joseph

Too late and too little is Ethiopia's international problem

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NIAS Africa Monitor
July 2021 | IPRI # 195
IPRI Comments

Sankalp Gurjar

Africa's Ethiopia Problem

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NIAS Africa Monitor
July 2021 | IPRI # 194
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

Ethiopia's Tigray problem is Tigray's Ethiopia problem

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Afghanistan
July 2021 | IPRI # 193
IPRI Comments

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Five reasons why Afghanistan is closer to a civil war

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NIAS Africa Monitor
July 2021 | IPRI # 192
IPRI Comments

Anu Maria Joseph

Beyond the apology to Rwanda: In Africa, is France still a 'silent colonizer'?

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NIAS Africa Monitor
July 2021 | IPRI # 191
IPRI Comments

Mohamad Aseel Ummer

Migration in Africa: Origin, Drivers and Destinations

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NIAS Africa Monitor
July 2021 | IPRI # 190
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

15 of the 23 global hunger hotspots are in Africa:Three reasons why

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NIAS Africa Monitor
July 2021 | IPRI # 189
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

Libya: A new unity government and rekindled hope, a decade after the fall of Gaddafi

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Conflict Weekly
July 2021 | IPRI # 188
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Floods in Germany, Wildfires in Siberia and the Pegasus Spyware

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Conflict Weekly
July 2021 | IPRI # 184
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Anti-government protests in Cuba, Pro-Zuma protests in South Africa, and remembering the Srebrenica massacre

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Conflict Weekly
July 2021 | IPRI # 183
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, Protests in Colombia, and the Heat Wave 

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Conflict Weekly
June 2021 | IPRI # 182
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Ceasefire in Ethiopia, Berlin Conference on Libya and the World Drug Report

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Conflict Weekly
June 2021 | IPRI # 181
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The US Juneteenth, UN resolution on Myanmar and Global Peace Index

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Europe
June 2021 | IPRI # 180
IPRI Comments

Chetna Vinay Bhora

Spain, Morocco and the rise of rightwing politics in Europe over immigration

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Southeast Asia
June 2021 | IPRI # 179
IPRI Comments

Anju Joseph

Timor Leste: Instability continues, despite 19 years of independence

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Conflict Weekly
June 2021 | IPRI # 178
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Three new reports on Child labour, Ethiopia and Xinjiang, Tensions in Belfast, and the Suu Kyi trial

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Conflict Weekly
June 2021 | IPRI # 177
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The UN report on Taliban-al Qaeda links, Denmark on relocating refugee camps, Burkino Faso massacre, Arctic melt, and Afghan trilateral dialogue

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Israel-Palestine Conflict
June 2021 | IPRI # 176
IPRI Comments

Udbhav Krishna P

Revisiting the recent violence: Three takeaways

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Gender Peace and Conflict
June 2021 | IPRI # 175
IPRI Comments

Vibha Venugopal

The return of Taliban will be bad news for women

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Nepal
June 2021 | IPRI # 174
IPRI Comments

Sourina Bej

Fresh election-call mean unending cycle of instability

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Conflict Weekly
June 2021 | IPRI # 173
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Continuing protests in Colombia, another mass abduction in Nigeria, and a controversial election in Syria

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Conflict Weekly
May 2021 | IPRI # 172
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Ceasefire in Israel, NLD ban in Myanmar and a new Belarus crisis

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Conflict Weekly
May 2021 | IPRI # 171
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Elusive ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict, a migration crisis in Spain, three weeks of protests in Colombia, and the rise of Ransomware reign

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The Maldives
May 2021 | IPRI # 170
IPRI Comments

N Manoharan

The bomb attack on Mohamed Nasheed. Is it political or jihadist?

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Conflict Weekly
May 2021 | IPRI # 169
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Escalating Israel-Palestine violence, an attack and a ceasefire in Afghanistan, and the fallouts of Scotland election for the UK

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Australia's indigenous communities
May 2021 | IPRI # 168
IPRI Comments

Avishka Ashok

The systemic oppression continues despite three decades of the Royal Commission report

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Africa
May 2021 | IPRI # 167
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

15 of the 23 global hunger hotspots are in Africa. Three reasons why

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Afghanistan 
May 2021 | IPRI # 166
IPRI Comments

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

The US decision to withdraw is a call made too early. Three reasons why

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Conflict Weekly
May 2021 | IPRI # 165
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Violent protests in Colombia, US troops withdrawal in Afghanistan, and the battle for Marib in Yemen

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Conflict Weekly
April 2021 | IPRI # 164
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Israel-Syria missile strikes, Clashes in Somalia and Afghan meetings in Pakistan

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Conflict Weekly
April 2021 | IPRI # 163
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

George Floyd murder trial, Fukushima water release controversy, anti-France protests in Pakistan, Report on the Rwandan genocide and another Loya Jirga in Afghanistan

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Conflict Weekly
April 2021 | IPRI # 162
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Riots in Northern Ireland, Sabotage on an Iranian nuclear facility, and a massacre in Ethiopia

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Conflict Weekly
April 2021 | IPRI # 161
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Global gender gap report, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam talks failure, Maoist attack in India, Border tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and the Security forces take control of Palma in Mozambique

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Conflict Weekly
March 2021 | IPRI # 160
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Bloody Week in Myanmar, a Suicide attack in Indonesia and an Insurgency in Mozambique

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Conflict Weekly
March 2021 | IPRI # 159
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Sanctions on China, Saudi Arabia ceasefire in Yemen, the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, and a massacre in Niger

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Conflict Weekly #62
March 2021 | IPRI # 158
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Gender Protests in Australia, Expanding Violence in Myanmar and Anti-protests bill in the UK

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Conflict Weekly # 61
March 2021 | IPRI # 157
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Women’s Day, Swiss Referendum, Myanmar Violence, George Floyd Trial and Lebanon Protests

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Conflict Weekly #60
March 2021 | IPRI # 156
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

From Myanmar and Hong Kong in Asia to Nigeria in Africa: Seven conflicts this week

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Conflict Weekly # 59
February 2021 | IPRI # 155
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Continuing Protests in Myanmar, ‘Comfort Women’ issue in South Korea and Abductions in Nigeria

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Ethiopia
February 2021 | IPRI # 154
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

Five fallouts of the military offensive in Tigray

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Afghanistan
February 2021 | IPRI # 153
IPRI Comments

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

The recent surge in targeted killing vs the troops withdrawal

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Abortions, Legislations and Gender Protests
February 2021 | IPRI # 152
IPRI Comments

Avishka Ashok

In Argentina, an extraordinarily progressive law on abortion brings the Conservatives to protest

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Abortions, Legislations and Gender Protests
February 2021 | IPRI # 151
IPRI Comments

Harini Madhusudan

In Poland, the protests against the abortion law feed into anti-government sentiments

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Abortions, Legislations and Gender Protests
February 2021 | IPRI # 150
IPRI Comments

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

In Honduras, a move towards a permanent ban on abortion laws

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Abortions, Legislations and Gender Protests
February 2021 | IPRI # 149
IPRI Comments

Sukanya Bali

In Thailand, the new abortion law poses more questions

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Myanmar
February 2021 | IPRI # 148
IPRI Comments

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

Civilian protests vs military: Three factors will decide the outcome in Myanmar

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Conflict Weekly # 58
February 2021 | IPRI # 147
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Anti-Separatism bill in France, Protests in Nepal against a gender-specific law, Surge in targetted killings in Afghanistan, and Instability continues in Ethiopia

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Conflict Weekly #57
February 2021 | IPRI # 146
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Anti-Coup protests in Myanmar, a new US strategy on Yemen, and the US-Iran differences on nuclear roadmap

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India and Sri Lanka
February 2021 | IPRI # 145
IPRI Comments

N Manoharan and Drorima Chatterjee

Five ways India can detangle the fishermen issue with Sri Lanka

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Conflict Weekly #56
February 2021 | IPRI # 144
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Coup in Myanmar and Protests in Russia

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Conflict Weekly #55
January 2021 | IPRI # 143
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Farmers' protests in India, Vaccine Wars, another India-China border standoff, and Navalny's imprisonment

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Conflict Weekly # 54
January 2021 | IPRI # 142
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

New President in the US, new Chinese Village in Arunachal Pradesh, new Israeli settlement in West Bank, and another massacre in Sudan

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Conflict Weekly # 53
January 2021 | IPRI # 141
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Trump impeached by the US House, Hazara miners buried in Pakistan, Farm laws stayed in India, and the Crisis escalation in CAR

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Conflict Weekly # 52
January 2021 | IPRI # 140
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

GCC lifts Qatar blockade, Iran decides to enrich uranium, Argentina legalizes abortion, French soldiers targeted in Mali, and the AFSPA extended in India's Northeast

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Conflicts around the World in 2020
December 2020 | IPRI # 139
IPRI Comments

Lakshmi V Menon

The Middle East: The Abraham Accords may be the deal of the century, but comes with a heavy Palestinian cause  

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Conflicts around the World in 2020
December 2020 | IPRI # 138
IPRI Comments

Sourina Bej

France:  Needs to rethink  the state-religion relation in battling extremism

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Conflicts around the World in 2020
December 2020 | IPRI # 137
IPRI Comments

Teshu Singh

India and China: A tense border with compromise unlikely

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Conflicts around the World in 2020
December 2020 | IPRI # 136
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

Ethiopia: The conflict in Tigray and the regional fallouts

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Conflicts around the World in 2020
December 2020 | IPRI # 135
IPRI Comments

Kamna Tiwary

Europe: From anti-government protests in Belarus to ‘United for Abortion’ in Poland 

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Conflicts around the World in 2020
December 2020 | IPRI # 134
IPRI Comments

Harini Madhusudan

Brexit: A year of the UK-EU transition talks and finally, a Deal 

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Conflicts around the World in 2020
December 2020 | IPRI # 133
IPRI Comments

Mallika Devi

Hong Kong: Slow Strangulation of Protests, Security Law and China's victory

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Conflicts around the World in 2020
December 2020 | IPRI # 132
IPRI Comments

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

Thailand: For the pro-democracy protests, it is a long march ahead 

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Conflicts around the World in 2020
December 2020 | IPRI # 131
IPRI Comments

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Nagorno-Karabakh: Rekindled fighting, Causalities and a Ceasefire

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Conflict Weekly
December 2020 | IPRI # 130
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Hot on the Conflict Trails: Top Ten Conflicts in 2020

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Conflict Weekly
December 2020 | IPRI # 129
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Boko Haram abductions in Nigeria, Violence in Afghanistan and Farmers' protest in India

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Gender Peace and Conflict
December 2020 | IPRI # 128
IPRI Comments

Pushpika Sapna Bara

From Poland to India: More attacks on abortion rights coincide with the emergence of right

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Conflict Weekly
December 2020 | IPRI # 127
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Farmers protest in India, Radicals target idols in Bangladesh, UK reaches out to the EU and Saudi Arabia to mend ties with Qatar

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Conflict Weekly
December 2020 | IPRI # 126
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

An assassination in Iran, Massacre in Nigeria and Suicide bombings in Afghanistan

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The Friday Backgrounder
November 2020 | IPRI # 125
IPRI Comments

D Suba Chandran

J&K: Ensure the DDC elections are inclusive, free and fair

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Conflict Weekly
November 2020 | IPRI # 124
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Electoral violence in Africa, War crimes in Afghanistan, COVID's third global wave, and Protest escalation in Thailand

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Domestic turmoil and South Asia
November 2020 | IPRI # 123
IPRI Comments

Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare

Sri Lanka’s 20-Amendment is more than what was bargained for

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Conflict Weekly
November 2020 | IPRI # 122
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The US troops withdrawal, Violent protests in Thailand, Refugee crisis in Ethiopia, Anti-France protests in Pakistan and the Indo-Pak tensions along the LoC

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The Friday Backgrounder
November 2020 | IPRI # 121
IPRI Comments

D Suba Chandran

J&K: The Gupkar Alliance decides to fight the DDC elections together. The ballot may be thicker than principle

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Conflict Weekly
November 2020 | IPRI # 120
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

A peace agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh and a brewing civil war in Ethiopia

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Conflict Weekly
November 2020 | IPRI # 119
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

IS terror in Vienna and Kabul, new controversy along Nepal-China border, and a boundary dispute in India’s Northeast

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J&K
October 2020 | IPRI # 118
IPRI Comments

D Suba Chandran

The Friday Backgrounder: Union Government amends the land laws, and the Kashmiri Opposition protests. There is politics in both

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GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING DURING A PANDEMIC
October 2020 | IPRI # 117
IPRI Comments

Kabi Adhikari

In Nepal, rising gender violence shadows COVID-19 pandemic

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GLOBAL PROTESTS MOVEMENT
October 2020 | IPRI # 116
IPRI Comments

Apoorva Sudhakar

Lebanon: One year of protests; it is more setbacks and little reforms

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GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING DURING A PANDEMIC
October 2020 | IPRI # 115
IPRI Comments

Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare

In Sri Lanka, pandemic has eclipsed women’s role in peacebuilding

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J&K
October 2020 | IPRI # 114
IPRI Comments

Akriti Sharma

The new demands within the State over the Official Language Act

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India's Northeast
October 2020 | IPRI # 113
IPRI Comments

Sourina Bej

The Naga Peace talks: Caught in its own rhetoric, NSCN(IM) will lose its stakes

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J&K
October 2020 | IPRI # 112
IPRI Comments

Akriti Sharma

The Gupkar Declaration: Vociferous Valley and an Indifferent Jammu

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The Friday Backgrounder
October 2020 | IPRI # 111
IPRI Comments

D. Suba Chandran

J&K: Flag, Constitution, Media Freedom and Local Elections

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Conflict Weekly
October 2020 | IPRI # 110
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Solidarity in France, Emergency withdrawn in Thailand, Terror tag removed in Sudan and Hunger in South Asia

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Conflict Weekly
October 2020 | IPRI # 109
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Protests against sexual violence in Bangladesh, One year after Xi-Modi summit, Assassination of a Deobandi scholar in Pakistan and continuing violence in Yemen

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Conflict Weekly
October 2020 | IPRI # 108
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

An Afghan woman nominated for the Nobel and a Dalit woman assaulted in India. External actors get involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING DURING A PANDEMIC
October 2020 | IPRI # 107
IPRI Comments

Fatemah Ghafori

In Afghanistan, women peacebuilders need more than a seat at the table

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GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING DURING A PANDEMIC
October 2020 | IPRI # 106
IPRI Comments

Tamanna Khosla

In India, home has been the most violent place for women

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GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING DURING A PANDEMIC
October 2020 | IPRI # 105
IPRI Comments

Pushpika Sapna Bara

In India, pandemic relegates women peacebuilders to the margins

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Conflict Weekly
October 2020 | IPRI # 104
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Six million COVID cases in India, Abdullah Abdullah's visit to Pakistan, China's naval exercises in four seas, and the new tensions in Nagorno Karabakh

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Conflict Weekly
September 2020 | IPRI # 103
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Al Qaeda module in India, Naga Peace talks and the Polio problem in Pakistan

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Conflict Weekly
September 2020 | IPRI # 102
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The Afghan summit in Doha, India-China Five Points agreement, Women protest in Pakistan, New amendment in Sri Lanka and the Bahrain-Israel rapprochement

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The Middle East
September 2020 | IPRI # 101
IPRI Comments

Samreen Wani

Lebanon: Can Macron's visit prevent the unravelling?

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Africa
September 2020 | IPRI # 100
IPRI Comments

Sankalp Gurjar

In Sudan, the government signs an agreement with the rebels. However, there are serious challenges

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Conflict Weekly
September 2020 | IPRI # 99
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Targeted Violence in Pakistan, Protests in Hong Kong and the Charlie Hebdo Trial in France

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The Friday Backgrounder
September 2020 | IPRI # 98
IPRI Comments

D. Suba Chandran

J&K: The PDP meeting, Muharram clashes and the Kashmiri parties vis-à-vis Pakistan

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Conflict Weekly
September 2020 | IPRI # 97
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Anti Racist Protests in the US and the Floods in Pakistan

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Discussion Report
August 2020 | IPRI # 96
IPRI Comments

Sukanya Bali and Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Sri Lanka: Election Analysis, Expectations from the Government, Challenges Ahead, & a road map for India

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The Friday Backgrounder
August 2020 | IPRI # 95
IPRI Comments

D Suba Chandran

J&K: The Gupkar Resolution is a good beginning. So is the NIA charge sheet on the Pulwama Attack.

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Conflict Weekly
August 2020 | IPRI # 94
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Proposed amendment in Sri Lanka, Verdict on the gunman in New Zealand, Peace Conference in Myanmar and the Ceasefire troubles in Libya

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The Friday Backgrounder
August 2020 | IPRI # 93
IPRI Comments

D. Suba Chandran

J&K: Baby steps taken. Now, time to introduce a few big-ticket items

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Conflict Weekly
August 2020 | IPRI # 92
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Further trouble to the Naga Peace Talks, Taliban attack on woman negotiator, Protests in Thailand, Belarus and Bolivia, Israel-UAE Rapprochement, and the Oil Spill in Mauritius

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Friday Backgrounder
August 2020 | IPRI # 91
IPRI Comments

D Suba Chandran

J&K: Integration and Assimilation are not synonymous.

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Conflict Weekly
August 2020 | IPRI # 90
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Release of Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan, Troubles in Naga Peace Talks in India’s Northeast, and a deadly week in Lebanon

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Friday Backgrounder
August 2020 | IPRI # 89
IPRI Comments

D Suba Chandran

J&K: One year later, is it time to change gears?

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Discussion Report
August 2020 | IPRI # 88
IPRI Comments

Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare

Sri Lanka Elections 2020 - A Curtain Raiser: Issues, Actors, and Challenges

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Conflict Weekly
August 2020 | IPRI # 87
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

J&K a year after 5 August 2019, Militant ambush in Manipur, Environmental protests in Northeast India, and the return of street protests in Iraq

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Friday Backgrounder
July 2020 | IPRI # 86
IPRI Comments

D Suba Chandran

J&K: Omar Abdullah complains, there is no space for mainstream leaders. Should there be one?

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Conflict Weekly 28
July 2020 | IPRI # 85
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Floods in Bihar, Nepal and Bangladesh, Abduction of a journalist in Pakistan, Neutralization of militants in Srinagar and the UNAMA report on Afghanistan

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WOMEN, PEACE AND TWENTY YEARS OF UNSC 1325
July 2020 | IPRI # 84
IPRI Comments

Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare

In Sri Lanka, 20 years later women still await the return of post war normalcy

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Friday Backgrounder
July 2020 | IPRI # 83
IPRI Comments

D. Suba Chandran

J&K: After the Hurriyat, is the PDP relevant in Kashmir politics today?

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Conflict Weekly 27
July 2020 | IPRI # 82
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Devastating floods in Assam, and a mob Lynching of cattle smugglers along India-Bangladesh border

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WOMEN, PEACE AND TWENTY YEARS OF UNSC 1325
July 2020 | IPRI # 81
IPRI Comments

Mehjabin Ferdous

In Bangladesh, laws need to catch up with reality

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Conflict Weekly 26
July 2020 | IPRI # 80
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Violence in India's Northeast, FGM ban in Sudan, the UN warning on Global Hunger & the Return of Global Protests

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Friday Backgrounder
July 2020 | IPRI # 79
IPRI Comments

D Suba Chandran

J&K: Four years after Burhan Wani

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Conflict Weekly 25
July 2020 | IPRI # 78
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Conflict and COVID in J&K, Dispute over constructing a temple in Islamabad, Return of the Indian fishermen into the Sri Lankan Waters, and the water conflict over River Nile in Africa

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Friday Backgrounder
July 2020 | IPRI # 77
IPRI Comments

D. Suba Chandran

The Rise, Fall and Irrelevance of Geelani. And the Hurriyat

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Conflict Weekly 24
July 2020 | IPRI # 76
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Geelani's Exit and Continuing Violence in J&K, and the BLA attack on Pakistan stock exchange in Karachi

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June 2020 | IPRI # 75
IPRI Comments

Sudip Kumar Kundu

Cyclone Amphan: West Bengal, Odisha limp back to a distorted normalcy

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June 2020 | IPRI # 74
IPRI Comments

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

An olive branch to the PTM in Pakistan: Will the PTI heed to the Pashtun rights movement

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Conflict Weekly 23
June 2020 | IPRI # 73
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Baloch Disappearance issue returns, Nepal tightens Citizenship rules, and Egypt enters the conflict in Libya

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Conflict Weekly 22
June 2020 | IPRI # 72
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Violence escalates along the India-China border, Cartographic tensions over India-Nepal border, Gas explosion in Assam and Deadly attacks by the Boko Haram in Nigeria

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Conflict Weekly 21
June 2020 | IPRI # 71
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Echoes of Black Lives Matter, Violence in Kashmir Valley, Rohingyas in the deep blue sea, One year of Hong Kong protests, Conflict in Libya and the human-wildlife conflict in South Asia

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Conflict Weekly 20
June 2020 | IPRI # 70
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

A week of violence in the US, Afghanistan and Africa, Urban drivers of political violence, and anti-racism protests in Europe

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Conflict Weekly 19
May 2020 | IPRI # 69
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal, Ceasefire in Afghanistan, Indo-Nepal border dispute in Kalapani, Honour Killing in Pakistan, New protests  in Hong Kong & the Anti-lockdown protests in Europe

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Conflict Weekly 18
May 2020 | IPRI # 68
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Kalapani dispute in India-Nepal border, Migrants exodus in India, Continuing violence in Balochistan and KP

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Conflict Weekly 17
May 2020 | IPRI # 67
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The return of Hong Kong Protests, a new Ceasefire in Myanmar, China-Australia Tensions on COVID & Trade, and the Al Qaeda-Islamic State clashes in Africa

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Conflict Weekly 16
May 2020 | IPRI # 66
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The Binge-fighting in Kashmir Valley, SIGAR report on Afghanistan, Killing of a PTM leader in Pakistan, the US Religious Freedom watchlist, and Haftar's ceasefire call in Libya

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Conflict Weekly 15
April 2020 | IPRI # 65
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Ceasefire and Self Rule in Yemen, Syrian war trial in Germany, SIPRI annual report on military spending, and Low civilian casualties in Afghanistan 

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One year after the Easter Attacks in Sri Lanka
April 2020 | IPRI # 64
IPRI Comments

D Suba Chandran

Healing needs Forgiveness, Accountability, Responsibility and Justice

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One year after the Easter Attacks in Sri Lanka
April 2020 | IPRI # 63
IPRI Comments

La Toya Waha

Have the Islamists Won? 

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Conflict Weekly 14
April 2020 | IPRI # 62
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

A new wave of arrests in Hong Kong, One year after Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, ISIS violence in Mozambique, and the coming global Food Crisis

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COVID-19 and the Indian States
April 2020 | IPRI # 61
IPRI Comments

Alok Kumar Gupta

Jharkhand: Proactive Judiciary, Strong Civil Society Role, Rural Vigilantes

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COVID-19 and the Indian States
April 2020 | IPRI # 60
IPRI Comments

Alok Kumar Gupta

Bihar as Late Entrant: No Prompt Action, Punitive Measures, Migrant Crisis 

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COVID-19 and the Indian States
April 2020 | IPRI # 59
IPRI Comments

Anshuman Behera

Odisha’s Three Principles: Prepare for the Worst, Prepare Early, Prevent Loss of Lives

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COVID-19 and the Indian States
April 2020 | IPRI # 58
IPRI Comments

Niharika Sharma

New Delhi as Hotspot: Border Sealing, Curbing Fake News, Proactive leadership

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COVID-19 and the Indian States
April 2020 | IPRI # 57
IPRI Comments

Vaishali Handique

Northeast India: Civil Society in Unison, Media against Racism, Government’s Timely Preparedness 

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COVID-19 and the Indian States
April 2020 | IPRI # 56
IPRI Comments

Shyam Hari P

Kerala: Past Lessons and War-Footing response by the administration

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COVID-19 and the Indian States
April 2020 | IPRI # 55
IPRI Comments

Shilajit Sengupta

West Bengal: Proactive Local Leadership, Early Lockdown and Decentralised Action

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COVID-19 and the Indian States
April 2020 | IPRI # 54
IPRI Comments

P Harini Sha

Tamil Nadu’s Three Pronged Approach: Delay Virus Spread, Community Preparedness, Welfare Schemes 

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COVID-19 and the Indian States
April 2020 | IPRI # 53
IPRI Comments

Hrudaya C Kamasani

Andhra Pradesh: Early course correction, Independent leadership and Targeted Mitigation  

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ONE YEAR AFTER THE EASTER ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
April 2020 | IPRI # 52
IPRI Comments

Sanduni Atapattu

Preventing hatred and suspicion would be a bigger struggle

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ONE YEAR AFTER THE EASTER ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
April 2020 | IPRI # 51
IPRI Comments

Chavindi Weerawansha

A majority in the minority community suffers, for the action of a few

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ONE YEAR AFTER THE EASTER ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
April 2020 | IPRI # 50
IPRI Comments

Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare

The Cardinal sermons for peace, with a message to forgive

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ONE YEAR AFTER THE EASTER ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
April 2020 | IPRI # 49
IPRI Comments

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

Who and Why of the Perpetrators

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ONE YEAR AFTER THE EASTER ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
April 2020 | IPRI # 48
IPRI Comments

Natasha Fernando

In retrospect, where did we go wrong?

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ONE YEAR AFTER THE EASTER ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
April 2020 | IPRI # 47
IPRI Comments

Ruwanthi Jayasekara

Build the power of Co-existence, Trust, Gender and Awareness

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ONE YEAR AFTER THE EASTER ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
April 2020 | IPRI # 46
IPRI Comments

N Manoharan

New ethnic faultlines at macro and micro levels

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ONE YEAR AFTER THE EASTER ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
April 2020 | IPRI # 45
IPRI Comments

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera

A year has gone, but the pain has not vanished

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WOMEN, PEACE AND TWENTY YEARS OF UNSC 1325
April 2020 | IPRI # 44
IPRI Comments

Kabi Adhikari

In Nepal, it is a struggle for the women out of the patriarchal shadows

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WOMEN, PEACE AND TWENTY YEARS OF UNSC 1325
April 2020 | IPRI # 43
IPRI Comments

Jenice Jean Goveas

In India, the glass is half full for the women

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WOMEN, PEACE AND TWENTY YEARS OF UNSC 1325
April 2020 | IPRI # 42
IPRI Comments

Fatemah Ghafori

In Afghanistan, there is no going back for the women

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Conflict Weekly 13
April 2020 | IPRI # 41
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Executing Mujib's killer in Bangladesh, Continuing conflicts in Myanmar, Questioning Government's sincerity in Naga Peace Deal, Releasing Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan, and a report on damming the Mekong river by China

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Conflict Weekly 12
April 2020 | IPRI # 40
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Globally, Coronavirus increases Domestic Violence, deflates Global Protests, threatens Indigenous Communities and imperils the migrants. In South Asia, two reports question the Assam Foreign Tribunal and the Afghan Peace deal

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Afghanistan
April 2020 | IPRI # 39
IPRI Comments

Sukanya Bali

One month after the deal with the Taliban: Problems Four, Progress None

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Conflict Weekly 11
April 2020 | IPRI # 38
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Releasing a former soldier convicted of a war crime in Sri Lanka, Deepening of internal conflicts in Myanmar and the Taliban’s Deal is a smokescreen in Afghanistan

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Report Review
March 2020 | IPRI # 37
IPRI Comments

Lakshmi V Menon

Pakistan: Decline in Terrorism

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Conflict Weekly 10
March 2020 | IPRI # 36
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

More violence in Afghanistan, Naxal ambush in India, Federal-Provincial differences in Pakistan's Corona fight, and a new report on the impact of CoronaVirus on Conflicts

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Conflict Weekly 09
March 2020 | IPRI # 35
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

The CoronaVirus: South Asia copes, China stabilises, Europe bleeds and the US wakes up finally

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Conflict Weekly 08
March 2020 | IPRI # 34
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Triumphant Women's march across Pakistan, Anti-CAA Protests in Dhaka,  Two Presidents in Afghanistan, and Turkey-Russia Ceasefire in Syria

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Conflict Weekly 07
March 2020 | IPRI # 33
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Aurat March in Pakistan, US-Taliban Deal in Doha, Anti-CAA protest in Meghalaya, Sri Lanka’s withdrawal from the UNCHCR Resolution, and the problems of ceasefire in Syria and Libya 

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Conflict Weekly 06
February 2020 | IPRI # 32
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Seven Days of Peace in Afghanistan, Violence in Delhi, Setback to Peace Talks on Libya and the Ceasefire in Gaza

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Conflict Weekly 05
February 2020 | IPRI # 31
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Afghan Election Results, US-Taliban Deal, Hafiz Saeed Conviction, Quetta Suicide Attack, Assam Accord, Mexico Femicide and the Climate Change impact on Bird Species

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Conflict Weekly 04
February 2020 | IPRI # 30
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Sri Lanka drops Tamil anthem, Assam looks for a new census for the indigenous Muslim population, Bangladesh faces a Rohingya boat tragedy and Israel witnesses resurgence of violence post-Trump deal

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Conflict Weekly 03
February 2020 | IPRI # 29
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Continuing Violence in Afghanistan, Bodo Peace Accord in Northeast India, Attack on the anti-CAA protesters in Delhi, and Trump's Middle East Peace Plan

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Conflict Weekly 02
January 2020 | IPRI # 28
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Bangladesh and ICJ's Rohingya Verdict, Taliban and Afghan Peace, Surrenders in India's Northeast, New government in Lebanon and the Berlin summit on Libya

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Conflict Weekly 01
January 2020 | IPRI # 27
IPRI Comments

IPRI Team

Nile River Agreement, Tehran Protests, Syrians meet in Berlin, Honduran Caravans in Mexico, Taliban's ceasefire offer, Quetta Suicide attack, Supreme court verdict on J&K and the Brus Agreement in Tripura

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Myanmar
October 2019 | IPRI # 26
IPRI Comments

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

Will prosecuting Suu Kyi resolve the Rohingya problem?

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Climate Change
October 2019 | IPRI # 25
IPRI Comments

Lakshman Chakravarthy N & Rashmi Ramesh

Four Actors, No Action

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From Okjökull to OK:
September 2019 | IPRI # 24
IPRI Comments

Rashmi Ramesh

Death of a Glacier in Iceland

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The Hong Kong Protests:
August 2019 | IPRI # 23
IPRI Comments

Harini Madhusudan

Re-defining mass mobilization

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The Hong Kong Protest:
August 2019 | IPRI # 22
IPRI Comments

Parikshith Pradeep

Who Wants What?

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Africa
December 2020 | IPRI # 6
IPRI Briefs

Apoorva Sudhakar

Ballots and Bloodshed: Trends of electoral violence in Africa

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Myanmar
March 2019 | IPRI # 5
IPRI Comments

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

The Other Conflict in Rakhine State

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West Asia
February 2019 | IPRI # 4
IPRI Comments

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

Yemen: Will Sa'nna fall?

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China and Islam
February 2019 | IPRI # 3
IPRI Comments

Harini Madhusudhan

Sinicizing the Minorities

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Terrorism
January 2019 | IPRI # 2
IPRI Comments

Sourina Bej

Maghreb: What makes al Shahab Resilient?

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India's Northeast
July 2019 | IPRI # 1
IPRI Briefs

Titsala Sangtam

Counting Citizens: Manipur charts its own NRC

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