It elaborates the emerging core principles of liberal democratic approaches to a democratic order built around individual expression o autonomy, the delegation of authority to officials through processes of open elections, and the accountability of such systems based on judicially overseen rule of law principles founded on the protection of individual human rights. [read post]

At an UNGA side event led by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron in September 2019, the founding companies announced that GIFCT would spin off as an independent 501(c)(3) with its own dedicated technology, counterterrorism, and operations teams. [read post]

O’Hanlon, director of research in the Brookings Foreign Policy program, will moderate a discussion with Omar Sharifi, senior research fellow and Kabul director at the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies; Omar Sadr, assistant professor of political science at the American University of Afghanistan and Muska Dastageer, lecturer of gender, peace and security at the American University of Afghanistan. [read post]

Suifon, peace and development advisor to the United Nations resident coordinator for Nigeria; Sophia Comfort Michael, manager of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Nigeria; and Siobhan O’Neil, project director of the managing exits from armed conflict project at United Nations University. [read post]