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The Global Observatory (GO) provides timely analysis on issues and trends in international affairs. Published by the International Peace Institute, we feature concise analytical articles by experts and interviews with leading policymakers.

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Blog 7 days ago
Most Countries Will Not Win the AI Race, but They Still Need a Strategy
Artificial intelligence is often described as a global race. In reality, very few countries are racing. In 2025, US institutions produced 59 notable AI models and Chinese institutions 35. More than 90% of prominent frontier models came from industry. The
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Blog 11 days ago
What Happens after UNIFIL?
A year ago, on August 28, 2025, the UN Security Council decided to close the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), a large UN peacekeeping mission that has been stationed in southern Lebanon for nearly 50 years. What little attention this decision attract
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Blog 13 days ago
Who Will Govern Gaza? Women Are Missing from the Emerging Transition
On July 30th, the US-led Board of Peace announced a potential breakthrough in efforts to implement the roadmap for Gaza's political and security transition. Under the proposed arrangement, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) would
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Blog 14 days ago
Reckoning with 20 Years of UN Counterterrorism
For the first time in the history of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, consensus has fractured. On July 1st, the General Assembly adopted the Strategy's ninth review resolution by a vote rather than by consensus, with 141 member states
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Blog 18 days ago
Peace Was Missing at the First UN AI Dialogue in Geneva, but the UN Can Still Correct Course
The first Global Dialogue on AI Governance, convened in Geneva on July 6 and 7, 2026, is the UN's flagship multistakeholder forum on artificial intelligence (AI). Together with its companion body-the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI-it for
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