UN leaders laugh at US president in New York

Harvard scholar assesses human progress – and how to enable further progress

An expert on the Congo explains who is operating militarily in the country and why, and what a peaceful solution might look like

The tasks carried out by the European border agency have changed since its creation in 2005

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex is controversial

North Korea’s leadership is keen on weapons of mass destruction

ASEAN leaders have long resisted China’s claims to the South China Sea, but the Philippines’ new president is strangely ambivalent

Parties who want to contribute to a peace process need to interpret the narratives of conflict causes prudently

Tensions are growing and violence is increasing within Burundi’s security forces

How the regime in Tehran ticks