
Professor John Langmore AM
Professorial Fellow and Chair, Initiative for Peacebuilding Board, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
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Politics & Society
A breakthrough for justice and peace
A new UN agenda makes transformational international policy within reach and with it goals of peace, security and stability

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Making common cause
Amid worsening conflicts and global challenges, members of the United Nations are backing new efforts to revive multilateralism through “Our Common Agenda.”

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Celebrating 75 years: The UN’s past and future
It’s 75 years since the United Nations was formed in 1945 after the Second World War, and one of its major achievements is to have survived for so long

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The Kofi Annan I knew
The former Secretary-General of the United Nations will be remembered as a principled and compassionate leader

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Daring to resolve conflicts without war
As the world experiences the second most number of state-based conflicts since 1945, Australia must make greater efforts to support international peace-building

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Is populism pushing Europe’s left-wing parties into long-term decline?
Europe’s social democratic parties are failing to articulate a vision for the future, fuelling the rise of the populist Right

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Government: When enough is enough
Are Australians hooked on middle class welfare and nanny state regulation or is government the key to fairness?

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Peacemaker: Is Australia up to the task?
Why continued apathy to conflicts outside our borders could ultimately come back to haunt us