Weltweit gibt es eine beträchtliche Zahl an bewaffneten Konflikten, die als langwierig gelten. Als Grund für ihre Fortdauer werden häufig illegale Ökonomien und deren Verbindungen zu Gewaltakteuren genannt. Immer wieder in den Fokus geraten ist die Drogenwirtschaft in Ländern wie...

There are currently a significant number of protracted armed conflicts worldwide. Illicit economies and their links to violent actors are frequently cited as reasons for their persistence. Drug cultivation, production, and trafficking in places as diverse as Afghanistan, Colombia, and Myanmar...

Nach wie vor bestehen eine Reihe von UN-Waffenembargos, deren Zweck es ist, den Zufluss von Kriegsgerät und militärischem Material in Konfliktgebiete zu unterbinden. Zwar ist der UN-Sicherheitsrat bei diesem Thema nicht generell blockiert, doch hat er während der letzten zehn Jahre nur in...

There are still a number of UN arms embargoes in place to prevent the flow of arms and military material into conflict zones. Although the UN Security Council is not generally deadlocked on this issue, it has only taken relevant decisions to re-design the embargoes in a few cases over the last...

Surprise and jubilation in the United Nation Security Council (UNSC): 2028 begins with a bang. The permanent members of the body declare that they will voluntarily renounce their right of veto in cases of mass atrocities. This self-limitation, achieved after a long struggle, would have been...

Over the last decade, researchers and policy-makers have paid increasing attention to diasporas. They have focused on diasporas not merely as a challenge, but as a source of largely untapped potential. Their transnational nature and peculiar position as non-state actors linking host and home...