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An opportunity the United Nations and its Secretary-General must not miss

By Michael von der Schulenburg 14. August 2020

Behind the doom and gloom over mounting great-power tensions, fading hopes for a liberal world order, a decline of multilateralism there might be a unique opportunity to reposition the United…

Conflicts inside states demand a new global security regime

By Michael von der Schulenburg 14. August 2020

Dark clouds of war are gathering once again. Military posturing among major powers has increased and spending on ever more sophisticated and deadly weapons systems is soaring. The tone of…

Keeping or Building Peace?

By Michael von der Schulenburg 13. August 2020

The world faces old and new security challenges that are more complex than our multilateral and national institutions are currently capable of managing. International cooperation is ever more necessary in…

Afghanistan: Peace In A Glasshouse

By Michael von der Schulenburg 28. July 2002

The Emergency Loya Jirga is over. Given circumstances it was no doubt a success. It took place at the time foreseen in the Bonn Agreement; it brought together in apparent…

Foreign Troops And Peace In Afghanistan

By Michael von der Schulenburg 1. February 2002

The President of the Interim Administration for Afghanistan has recently made great efforts to convince the international community to increase the deployment of foreign troops in his country. In doing…

Fighting Terrorism In Afghanistan And Milton Friedman’s Airplane

By Michael von der Schulenburg 30. January 2002

All wars are fought with money. If one wants to know who wins and who looses, simply watch the money markets: the money of the winner wins while the money…