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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

In recent weeks, massive protests have erupted in Kenya’s major cities triggered by discontent over the finance bill 2024. The people on the streets are almost exclusively young people, forming a kind of political movement the country has never seen before. Pr...

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The tide may be turning in Turkey

Istanbul election shows that people have become tired of Erdogan’s divisiveness

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Xi Jinping is weaker than many observers believe

Why I do not think that China proves authoritarianism to be effective

Right-wing populism

Modi won – but did India?

In recent elections, India’s incumbent prime minister thrived on divisiveness

CPS

The Civil Peace Service turns 20

CPS experts bring knowledge and an outsider’s perspective to conflicts

Long-term impacts of strife

A traumatised nation

So far, Cambodia’s health system is ill-equipped to deal with mental-health issues

Traditional healers

Respect the local context

In Cambodia, a civil-society organisation is promoting mental-health care at the local level

War

Scars on young bodies

The civil war in Syria has left many children injured and traumatised

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When border-security forces are a cause of flight

In regard to democracy promotion, western governments’ credibility currently looks dented

Gender

“Public health crisis”

India’s suicide rates are above world average

Stigma and shame

Unacknowledged suffering

To a large extent, Indian society is simply not prepared to deal with mental-health problems

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.