February, 2018 Project Syndicate Since the end of World War II, Latin America has maintained a lukewarm stance toward the US-dominated liberal world order, and Brazil is no exception. But at the end of the day, Brazil has much more in common with the
Venezuelans escaping economic crisis at home are also now pouring into Brazil. Though neighboring Colombia has born the brunt of this exodus, Brazil has seen 60,000 crossings from Venezuela and numbers are rising fast.
The question is whether our world leaders are capable of fully understanding what is happening in real time and can muster the collective action to set new rules of the road.
Lessons from Colombia Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bogotá A signed agreement between warring parties does not guarantee peace. Indeed, empirical evidence shows that peace processes often fail during the implementation stage if clauses in the agreement remain unfulfilled. Institutional inertia, political resistance, lack of
iPolitics Fevereiro, 2018 Three competing versions of the future world order clashed at the World Economic Forum’s gathering in Davos last week. There was the one pushed by a feisty Donald Trump calling for economic nationalism and his country’s retreat from the current order. Another was advanced by Chinese
We are fixated to the forward march of democracies and the underlying principles on which they are based, yet we must learn to compromise and accommodate multiple value systems.
The 2030 Agenda as Strategic Entry Point Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in Bogotá In 2017, UN Secretary General António Guterres stepped up efforts to promote sustaining peace, a vision for a more preventive and effective approach to international peace and security. The concept calls for
It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of the global liberal order hangs precariously in the balance.
Adriana Erthal Abdenur In the 19th century Max Weber, a keen student of purpose-driven bureaucracies, hinted that institutions sometimes change their missions even when their original objectives are deeply embedded within founding charters and mission statements. In international affairs, few organizations can attest to this tendency
Esta semana se celebró en El Salvador el foro internacional “Diálogos sobre seguridad urbana: datos, diseño e innovación para la seguridad urbana”, organizado por Instituto Igarapé y otras organizaciones.
La proporción entre el número de asesinatos y el tamaño de la población en los respectivos estados fue más alta que el de dos de los países más violentos del mundo.
While the order has come under criticism in the past, it has never experienced anything quite like the assault of the present.
Para Katherine Aguirre- Tobón, investigadora del instituto Igarapé, un día sin homicidios es una anomalía en el sistema y no un logro.
Lessons from Colombia, Somaliland & Southern Somalia Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Laurie Druelle As part of the peace effort between the Colombian government and the FARC, a pilot program was launched in 2015 allowing ex-combatants from the guerrilla to collaborate with Army soldiers
While some world leaders resist global cooperation, city leaders are working across borders to tackle big issues like global warming, immigration and terrorism.
Brazil-Ethiopia Exchanges in Peacekeeping Training Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Giovanna Kuele, in Addis Ababa How can states that contribute troops, police, and civilians to peacekeeping operations learn from one another about training for such deployments? Although TCCs/PCCs have historically operated in a relatively
Salvadorans were first granted TPS in 2001 after a large earthquake struck El Salvador, but the Department of Homeland Security now argues that the “original conditions” no longer exist.
How did El Salvador become so violent? These four articles shed some light on the country’s complex crime problem. Spoiler: It’s not just about the gangs.
[In Spanish] Las masacres de 2017 dejaron más de 100 presos muertos por una guerra que libran al interior de los presidios de todo el país. El 2018 también empezó teñido de sangre.
While the global liberal democratic order is most certainly down, it is far from out.
Razón Pública January, 2018 En medio de una reñida campaña presidencial, el aumento en las hectáreas de coca podría revivir las fumigaciones y endurecer otra vez la “guerra” contras la drogas. ¿Cómo reducir los cultivos ilícitos sin hacer daño a la paz y al desarrollo?
The murders in a popular Brazilian favela reflect rising violence in a country in crisis.
[In Spanish] Crímenes que suceden en destinos turísticos de México tienen gran repercusión internacional, pero son parte de un fenómeno de violencia que afecta a todo el país.
En un año, sólo ocho personas fueron sujetas a proceso penal por introducir ilegalmente al país armas de fuego.
Jane Wakefield hears from Rahul Tandon in Kolkata about India’s air pollution nightmare, and from Robert Muggah of the Igarapé Institute in Brazil, who explains how interactive mapping can help pinpoint global pollution hotspots.
Harnessing Trust for Conflict Prevention in Colombia Adriana Erthal Abdenur, in San Vicente del Caguán, Caquetá, Colombia Christmas preparations are in full swing at the church offices in San Vicente del Caguán, in the department of Caquetá. Groups of children sit cross-legged on
In some gang-controlled parts of Rio, just wearing the religious garb of Candomblé or Umbanda is a crime punishable by expulsion.
The UN’s Pre-DDR Experiment Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Giovanna Kuele, Instituto Igarapé Half of the 4.7 million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) currently depend on humanitarian assistance for basic needs, and a full one-fourth of the population has been forcibly displaced. Armed
Current regional mediation efforts in Burundi still provide limited results Gustavo de Carvalho and Priyal Singh In early December 2017, a new round of talks, led by the East African Community (EAC), was initiated in Arusha, with the aim of reaching an agreement to
Violent competition over key trafficking routes erupted in late 2016 after Brazil’s two biggest gangs ended a 23-year truce, notes Robert Muggah, research director at Instituto Igarapé.
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