Yoko Watanabe is Global Manager of the GEF Small Grants Programme at UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Nina Kantcheva is Senior Policy Adviser, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement
Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.
An interfaith campaign is confronting one of the most powerful groups driving unconditional support for Israel and the genocide in Gaza with spiritual resistance.
For decades, international treaties and diplomatic pressure largely constrained the militarization of space. But in the 2020s, open defiance has replaced subtle circumvention, and the prospect of full-scale weaponization is no longer theoretical.