BERLIN, Mar 04 (IPS) – The writer is is Senior Fellow, Hertie School, Berlin and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Governance, Washington DC.The majority of the world wants peace. This is clear by now. Just consider the many large-scale anti-war demonstrations taking place around the world; and the outpour of solidarity and support for the people in the Ukraine and the more than one million Ukrainians who fled from their country.

Married at 13, pregnant and starving: Child brides of Yemen
Guterres: Old global order must change as power shifts to emerging economies
‘Where do we go?’: How Israel’s ‘yellow line’ is closing in on Palestinians
The world just had the hottest August ever
Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors mark 9/11 with counter-terrorism push on AI and drones
Surge in displacement following fighting in southwest Yemen