"The norm that you can't use violence to solve political conflicts faded. And it's contagious"

Our Director Steven Everts was quoted in a Financial Times article on the rapid fading of peaceful norms. "Normlessness is the historical norm in international affairs. After a brief happy aberration, it's back."

What can be done in the absence of the US and the UN, the two 'global policemen'? Steven argued that while we could appoint some regional 'policemen', a kind of European Neighbourhood Watch ,for instance, it would all feel fragile.