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Women's role in war must extend to peace
News, Carolyn Chisadza, Published on 27/05/2025
» Despite all the progress that has been made toward gender equality globally, many are still tempted to view armed conflict as primarily the domain of men. In fact, women often prove decisive in such settings, including in combat, non-combat, and leadership roles. Nonetheless, they are routinely sidelined in formal peace processes and post-conflict governance. This pattern reflects a moral and practical failure.
Global business leaders to join Forbes CEO meet
News, Published on 20/09/2024
» Forbes Media will hold the 22nd Forbes Global CEO Conference in Bangkok on Nov 20-21.
Try as it may, Iran can't ban social media platforms
News, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Published on 11/01/2019
» Iran's National Cyberspace Council is planning to block Instagram, the last social-media platform freely accessible in the country. This is unlikely to trouble Iranian Instagrammers, who will continue to use the platform through virtual private networks, or VPNs, that route traffic through internet connections abroad. This workaround allows Iranians to evade government filters and access banned platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, and apps like WhatsApp and Telegram.
'Resistance' does not equate to crisis
News, Noah Feldman, Published on 07/09/2018
» On the surface, it sounds a bit like a coup d'état. An anonymous senior official in Donald Trump's administration has written an op-ed article for The New York Times saying the official is part of the "resistance" to the president from within. But don't get taken in by the hype. What the writer describes is a lot like what happens in many, probably most administrations: Officials who share some but not all the president's goals use bureaucratic tools to avoid or delay implementing presidential initiatives they don't like.