Fausto Aarya De Santis gives an overview of the long-standing debate about security council reform, and asks the key question: can it really be changed at all? And if it can, what would an expanded, representative security council look like?

Miranda Ronghi offers deep analysis into the precedent-setting truth and reconciliation process as experienced in Argentina’s decades-long transition to democracy following a violently repressive military dictatorship.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Remarks at the Alliance of Civilizations Partners Forum. Originally posted by UN News.

UPEACE MA candidate Ragan Dueker analyzes the unsettled conflict in Kosovo by addressing the role of Serbia's upcoming elections in the region’s political and economic future.

Suman Shukla on the important and oftentimes under-appreciated role of teachers in peace building and prevention of violent conflict worldwide.

Aingkaran Kugathasan details the limitations of Sri Lanka's Prevention of Domestic Violence Act in the context of the country's patriarchal socio-cultural and legal history.

Somalia Special Envoy Abukar Arman reports on public perceptions of government in Somalia, the many challenges facing the states and communities in the region, and the threat of violence emanating from the fault lines of religion, ethnicity, economics, and nationalism.

UPeace Professor Nika Salvetti draws attention to new approaches in business that strive to diversify the profit-seeking priorities of the business world toward more sustainable and socially responsible practices. She highlights the contribution of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, whose prescriptions for social business include sustainability, improved working standards,

Kichere Mwita draws attention to the precedent-setting role of the Arab Spring from an international law perspective. Highlighting the shift from international to domestic court jurisdiction over high-level crimes committed during the Arab Spring uprisings, Mwita argues for the implementation of a sub-international criminal court based on the model of

UNSG Ban Ki-moon's Remarks to the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, July 3, 2012