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• [New] A durable peace on the Korean Peninsula will not come from accepting permanent division or validating the sovereignty claims of the Kim family regime. UPI
• [New] Iran's nuclear and missile programs and its support for regional proxy groups such as Hezbollah will all but certainly be additional sticking points as talks aimed at peace in the region progress. ZeroFOX
• [New] At 20 x if gold swings 2% + in an hour or two after Trump threatens Iran with military action unlike anything ever seen before or declares peace imminent because Iran desperately wants to make a deal, leveraged gold-futures traders positioned wrong risk devastating 40% + losses! investing.com
• The Australia-Solomon Islands pact will be an interesting case to see whether new pacts are actually about local peace and security priorities, or just bilateral aid negotiations by another means, with a side serving of Australia's strategic denial. Lowy Institute
• Chile's success will depend on whether it can reconcile growth and legitimacy - not as competing objectives, but as mutually reinforcing ones. Americas Quarterly
• Given President Trump's unpredictability, it will not be possible to engage in long-term peace processes with the United States - not for the coexistence of Israel and a Palestinian state, not for a sovereign and viable Ukraine, and not for a lasting solution to the conflicts in Africa. Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• If Putin succeeds in portraying the EU sanctions as an obstacle to peace, Trump could call on Hungary or Slovakia, for example, to veto their extension. Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• In a security environment dominated by hybrid threats, Europe's ability to enhance security and peace depends less on uniform spending benchmarks than on effective capabilities, societal resilience and coordinated contributions across countries. InterEconomics
• There is a risk in dismissing Trump's cartography of mass distraction as a frivolous symbolic tactic, since it can have real consequences for what is taught in classrooms, reconciliation efforts with Indigenous peoples, and the badly needed repair of relations between the United States and Canada. Time
• Indonesia and Thailand will continue to work together to encourage ASEAN to play a constructive role in supporting the creation of sustainable peace in Myanmar. Antara
• The latest security pact, between Fiji and Australia makes mention of peace in the title and UN norms of seeking peaceful settlements to disputes but does not explain what peace is and how it might be achieved. Lowy Institute
• The Board of Peace roadmap fails to resolve the dispute over the timing and sequencing of Hamas demobilization: Israel demands Hamas disarm before it would withdraw, and Hamas demands Israel withdraw before it will hand over its weaponry. The Soufan Center
• Disarmament phases will be directly tied to Israel's gradual withdrawal from areas it controls and to a broader implementation of the peace plan. Al Jazeera
• While geopolitical uncertainties have partially eased following an interim peace deal signed by the US and Iran, global financial markets have remained focused on the prospects of higher policy rates in the US amid elevated inflation risks. ST
• Petrol prices are already showing a major reversal in June after an interim peace deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran was signed between the United States and Iran last week, which, analysts have said, could help ease the headline number in June. Al Jazeera
• Europe is becoming a major threat to international peace and security by providing military support to Ukraine, and claimed that the US was no longer trying to be an objective mediator to broker an end to Russia's war against Ukraine. Euronews

Last updated: 14 September 2026