On October 3rd, IPI commemorated the end of the event-filled high-level week beginning the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly with its traditional “Sigh of Relief” party. The guest of honor was the newly installed President of the GA,…
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On Sunday, September 22, 2019, IPI held its fourteenth Ministerial Dinner on the Middle East in its Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security, and Development. The working dinner drew the participation of foreign ministers, United Nations officials, special representatives of the Secretary-General to countries in the region, heads of humanitarian agencies, and other high-level representatives […]
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What contributions have the countries of the informal partnership between Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, and Australia (MIKTA) made to United Nations peacekeeping operations, and how can MIKTA model international cooperation to address the future challenges of peacekeeping?These questions were the subject of an October 2nd seminar held at IPI’s MENA office in […]
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There has been a 25% reduction in United Nations peacekeeping troops since 2014, and while that is “largely a story of success,” the future will be more complicated, said Jake Sherman, Director of the IPI Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations. Five years ago, the UN had 16 peacekeeping missions, 127,000 uniformed authorized personnel, more […]
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High-risk challenges are undermining the international rule-based order on multiple fronts. This view has been growing in acceptance for several years, and recent developments have reinforced the sense that the UN-based system of multilateral cooperation is “under siege.”Yet, international cooperation has never been more necessary. What is at stake in the weakening of the international […]
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