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The note below was first published as part of NIAS-IPRI Conflict Weekly. See, "Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Gaza I Escalation/De-escalation in Greenland," Conflict Weekly #316, 23 January 2026, Vol 7, No. 3 What happened this week? 1. Guinea-Bissau On 22 January, the military authorities in Guinea-Bissau announced the presidential and legislative elections for...
Brighty Ann Sarah, Lekshmi MK and Anu Maria Joseph Conflict Weekly Focus Note The War in Gaza: Trump’s Board of Peace and the Challenges to Phase Two Brighty Ann Sarah In the news On 21 January, President Trump warned that Hamas has three weeks to surrender their weapons, or the group will “be blown away…That's what they agreed to. They've got to do it.”...
Brighty Ann Sarah and Anu Maria Joseph Protests in Iran: Continuing Stalemate and Shifting US Position Brighty Ann Sarah In the news On 15 January, the US Department of Treasury imposed sanctions on five Iranian officials, including the Secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and law enforcement forces commander, for the violent crackdown...