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Search ArticlesThe International Criminal Court is Under Attack
The International Criminal Court faces sanctions on its judges, prison sentences in absentia and five withdrawals. Lawrence Wittner on what is at stake. By Lawrence Wittner · October 13, 2026 · 6 min read On October 9, only hours after the announcement of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, a former judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Trump administration imposed its latest sanctions on the global judicial body.
A Campaign to Address Global Economic Inequality
Although the speeches of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu dominated mass media coverage of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, which opened in September 2026, the event also included the announcement of a far more significant matter: a campaign to address the problem of worldwide economic inequality.
It’s Possible to Salvage Canadian-American Friendship―and Much More
Canada US relations, tariffs, and international law: Lawrence Wittner on why cooperation between countries needs institutions with real authority. By Lawrence Wittner · September 7, 2026 · 5 min read Canada and the United States have frequently maintained that they have a special relationship, characterized by the world’s longest undefended international border, peaceful interaction, common values, and a close defense partnership through NATO.
The Way Out: Rekindling Democracy in the 21st Century
The Norman Cousins Lecture brings a member of our National Advisory Council to the public each year. This year, historian Manu Bhagavan asks what recent setbacks for authoritarian populism tell us about the road back.
World Hunger and Starvation Have Reached a Crisis Level
Dr. Arthur Lyon Dahl of Geneva, Switzerland, is President of the International Environment Forum, and a retired Deputy Assistant Executive Director of UNEP, where he was Deputy Director of Oceans and Coastal Areas in Nairobi, and Coordinator of the UN System-wide Earthwatch in Geneva.
Welcome Dr. Arthur Lyon Dahl to the CGS National Advisory Council
Dr. Arthur Lyon Dahl of Geneva, Switzerland, is President of the International Environment Forum, and a retired Deputy Assistant Executive Director of UNEP, where he was Deputy Director of Oceans and Coastal Areas in Nairobi, and Coordinator of the UN System-wide Earthwatch in Geneva.
Andrew Igdal Wins the 2026 New Voices 4 Global Solutions Essay Contest
Andrew Igdal wins the 2026 New Voices 4 Global Solutions Essay Contest with a case for a UN maritime force to protect shipping lanes under Article 109. Citizens for Global Solutions · August 19, 2026 His winning essay argues that the world’s shipping lanes are guaranteed by law and protected by no one in particular, and that a clause of the UN Charter nobody has ever used is the way to fix it.
Room to Maneuver: The Case for a UN Maritime Force Under Article 109
Dr. Arthur Lyon Dahl of Geneva, Switzerland, is President of the International Environment Forum, and a retired Deputy Assistant Executive Director of UNEP, where he was Deputy Director of Oceans and Coastal Areas in Nairobi, and Coordinator of the UN System-wide Earthwatch in Geneva.
Positive Peace as a Tool
A free public session from the Global Governance Fellowship workshop series, led by the Institute for Economics and Peace. Monday, October 5, 2026 3:00 to 5:00 PM ET (19:00 UTC / 21:00 Berlin) Online via Zoom Free to attend Speaker: Michael Collins, Executive Director, The Americas, Institute for Economics and Peace Violence cost the world US$21.81 trillion in 2025, equivalent to 10.5 percent of global GDP, and global peacefulness has now declined for twelve consecutive years.
The Rulers of the Nuclear Powers are Slow Learners
Dr. Arthur Lyon Dahl of Geneva, Switzerland, is President of the International Environment Forum, and a retired Deputy Assistant Executive Director of UNEP, where he was Deputy Director of Oceans and Coastal Areas in Nairobi, and Coordinator of the UN System-wide Earthwatch in Geneva.