The International Association of Athletics Federations has been widely criticised for the way in which it has dealt with South African athlete Caster Semenya. She’s been barred from participating in certain events unless she takes medication to artificially lower her testosterone. Steve Cornelius argues that the case against Semenya goes far beyond so-called differences of sex development: it is about the fundamental human dignity and privacy of every athlete participating on the global stage.

Narendra Modi has been re-elected as India’s Prime Minister. Chandrima Chakraborty writes that his victory is partly explained by his ability to portray himself as a selfless Hindu ascetic devoted to the nation – an image carefully cultivated over decades by the Hindu right.

Tomorrow marks 71 years since the first UN peacekeeping mission was established in 1948. Since then, the role of peacekeepers has evolved from monitoring ceasefire agreements to becoming actively involved in conflict situations. Adam Day argues that, despite some important successes, peacekeeping is unlikely to resolve today’s most intractable conflicts while Charles T. Hunt reflects on peacekeeping’s guiding principles and suggests that the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations may need a new doctrine for a new era. Elsewhere, Day and Hunt explain what ordinary people in South Sudan think of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in that fragile nation. And Rachel Ibreck discusses how women in South Sudan and UN peacekeepers can work together to keep women safer.