Can small states at the United Nations serve as the effective champions of the rules-based order and international law at a time when those essential elements of global governance are under challenge?IPI and the Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United…
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The widening appeal of strongman authoritarian rule is undermining traditional liberal governance, historian Robert Kagan said, speaking at a March 28th IPI Distinguished Author Series discussion of his new book The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World.“We see it in Europe, we see it around the world in the rise of nationalism, in […]
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When the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) deployed in 2007, the AU and the UN Security Council expected that the United Nations would eventually take over from the AU force. But while a UN peacekeeping operation remains a theoretical option for the council, its prospects have diminished. Instead, the focus of Somali and international […]
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UN peacekeeping missions are facing cash-flow problems and financial strains due to the late payment and withholding of assessed contributions. Since the inception of UN peacekeeping, the financing of missions has been a challenge, with periods of calm followed by periods of crisis. The UN has been particularly vulnerable to withheld and late payments from […]
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“Water, and the proper provision of water for civilians around the world, is critical to every dimension of what the UN multilateral system seeks to do in partnership with member states,” said Kevin Rudd, the former Prime Minister of Australia and chair of IPI’s Board of Directors.Mr. Rudd, who is also Chair of the Sanitation […]
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