Credit: AP/Rahmat Gul How to Fix Afghanistan’s Broken Peace Process For the past five years, the Afghan government has unsuccessfully sought a peace deal with the Taliban. Recent talks indicate that the new government is renewing its dedication to resolving the conflict, but achieving peace is only possible if the Afghan people feel ownership of the solution. Without meaningful inclusion, the agreement won’t be worth the paper it’s printed on. Read more » 20 Years After the Srebrenica Massacre Check out our multimedia webpage for videos, photos, and stories honoring women’s contributions to rebuilding and healing Bosnia. Read more » More Than 35,000 People Rally Behind Nigerian Women to Bring Back Our Girls It’s been more than a year since 276 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram. While the world has long since looked away, Nigerian women continued daily demonstrations, calling on the government to intensify the search. We asked our supporters and friends to sign a petition letting these activists know they are not forgotten. Read more » LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Credit: AP/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin Draft Bills Feature Language on Women’s Inclusion Through the support of champions in Congress, Inclusive Security Action secured language in the US House of Representatives’ and Senate’s draft State and Foreign Operations funding bills for fiscal year 2016. If passed by the full House and Senate, the bills will provide funding for the recruitment and retention of women in Pakistan’s police forces and support women’s inclusion in peace processes in South Sudan, Syria, and Afghanistan.   ADVOCATES IN ACTION Michelle Barsa attended a Regional Summit on Countering Violent Extremism hosted by the Kenyan government in Nairobi. Jacqueline O’Neill and Allison Peters participated in an expert dialogue on “Just and Sustainable Security Responses to Violent Extremism” hosted by the US Institute of Peace and Saferworld. Jacqueline O’Neill also participated in a discussion about how multilateral systems—such as the UN—need to adapt to a changing world, hosted by the Independent Commission on Multilateralism.   WHAT WE’RE READING UN Envoy Draws on Her Past to Help Abused Women Women Waging Peace Network member Zainab Bangura grew up in Sierra Leone and witnessed firsthand the disadvantages girls face. She now serves as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Sexual Violence in Conflict. Read more » Malala Opens School for Syrian Refugee Girls Youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 18th birthday by opening a school for more than 200 Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. Read more » Will the Next UN Secretary General be a Woman? A Guardian poll found that 96 percent of respondents believe it’s time for a woman to lead the UN. Read more » Facebook Twitter YouTube Copyright © 2015 The Institute for Inclusive Security, All rights reserved. Make a donation Our mailing address is: The Institute for Inclusive Security 1615 M Street NW Suite 850 Washington, DC 20036

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Friend, Last week, we asked Fix the Court supporters to sign a petition urging three Supreme Court justices to give up day-to-day management of their stocks until they’re off the bench. It makes no sense to us that Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito would own hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock in companies that often have cases come before the court. You responded - and thanks to you, we reached our goal of getting more than 2,000 signatures for a petition that we'll be delivering to the high court next week. So, thank you - for signing the petition, for sharing it on social media and for telling your friends about Fix the Court's mission to make the justices more open and accountable. And it's not too late to sign - you can do so before Monday via this link! Enjoy the rest of your summer, Gabe Roth Fix the Court

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Shell expects oil price recovery to take several years

Shell expects oil price recovery to take several years

Jul 16th, 2015 

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Ron Bousso, Karolin Schaps andDmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell expects oil prices to recover gradually over the next five years, with progress slowed by persistent global oversupply and receding Chinese demand growth.

The Anglo-Dutch energy giant is betting on crude rising to $90 a barrel by 2020, a key assumption in its move to buy rival BG Group for $70 billion to help transform it into a leading player in the costly deepwater oil production and liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets.

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Tagged: Gas · LNG · Oil Prices · Royal Dutch Shell Plc · Shell

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Shell’s Arctic Drilling Adventure Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Shell’s Arctic Drilling Adventure Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Jul 16th, 2015 

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By Rebecca Leber: 15 July 2015

This month may mark the end of a decade-long saga that’s highlighted the lengths to which oil companies will go to drill in the Arctic—and the huge risks such endeavors entail.

If everything goes according to plan, Royal Dutch Shell will soon bury its first drill bit into the Arctic seabed since 2012. The exploration project, which began in 2005, has faced numerous setbacks—logistical issues, expensive equipment repairs, regulatory hurdles, environmental challenges. To date, Shell has sunk more than $7 billion into this hunt for oil and natural gas, and even if successful, it won’t see anything resembling financial success for more than a decade. But if it hits the substantial deposit of oil it believes to be under the Chukchi Sea, the payoff could be enormous.

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Environmentalists insist feds must block Shell’s Arctic drilling while icebreaker is away

Environmentalists insist feds must block Shell’s Arctic drilling while icebreaker is away

Jul 16th, 2015 

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By Jennifer A. Dlouhy: 15 July 2015

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration cannot allow Shell to launch exploratory oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean — even initial site preparation — without the company’s two contracted icebreakers on site, environmentalists argue.

One of those icebreakers, the MSV Fennica, is headed to Oregon for repairs after its hull was gouged July 3, and it could be weeks before it is able to patrol the waters around Shell’s drilling site in the Chukchi Sea.

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We are engaged, Shell says after Iranian deal

We are engaged, Shell says after Iranian deal

Jul 16th, 2015 

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“Shell continues to comply with all relevant international sanctions”

By Daniel J. Graeber

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 14 (UPI) — With a nuclear deal in hand, Royal Dutch Shell said Tuesday it’s exploring the “immediate and long-term” implication of an opening Iranian oil door.

Representatives from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, Germany and Iran announced the signing of a breakthrough agreement that pulls Iran back from the brink of developing a nuclear weapons program in exchange for sweeping and staged relief from economic sanctions.

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