Can Services Deliver Legitimacy and Build Peace?

While it seems that the ability to provide public services is important to measure a government's legitimacy, this is not always the case.

The Post-2015 Development Agenda and Its Rule of Law Dilemma: A Report From the 13th UN Crime Congress

Despite holding the 13th UN Crime Congress, there is still uncertainty about the status of justice and the rule of law in the SDGs agenda.

The Value of Regional Approaches to Peacebuilding

Should peacebuilding efforts become increasingly regionalized, rather than being kept within national or global contexts?

Sobiah Becker

Sara Fernandes

Nuno Lopes

Elsa Estevez

Elsa Estevez is a Senior Academic Programme Officer at the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV), located in Guimarães, Portugal.

Akiko Sato

Akiko Sato was a member of the Fukushima Global Communication (FGC) Programme research team at UNU-IAS.

What the Iran Nuclear Deal Means

Now that a framework nuclear accord has been reached with several major world powers, what will this mean for the future of Iran's nuclear program?

David Paulus