The upcoming Summit of the Future is an opportunity to turbocharge efforts toward a more peaceful, secure, and sustainable world. Discussions on revitalizing the work of the General Assembly and the Security Council reform can further serve as avenues…
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“It is a simple equation,” Emilia Pires, Minister of Finance of Timor Leste, said. “War costs more than development. When I began as Minister of Finance, even I was staggered by how citizen-state contracts could help solidify security, help rebuild lives, and put the state on a path to stability.”Speaking to a policy forum at […]
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This year’s New York Seminar examined the recent political transitions that have taken place across the Middle East and North Africa, with special attention given to Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, and Syria. The societal upheaval that has swept through these countries continues to redefine the political landscape of the region producing new and complex challenges […]
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“There is no predetermined space of work for humanitarian action—there is no what we would call an ‘intangible right’ for humanitarian space that NGOs could claim by virtue of them being true humanitarians,” Sophie Delaunay, Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) USA told an IPI lunchtime policy forum on April 11, 2012. […]
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Outlining the ideas in his new book, No One’s World, Charles A. Kupchan told an IPI audience on April 11th that, “I don’t think that the pendulum is swinging to China or Asia in general or anywhere else. It is swinging everywhere, and therefore nowhere. The 21st century will not be America’s; it will not […]
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“Peaceful societies are not built on the shoulders of war criminals,” David Tolbert, President of the International Center for Transitional Justice, told an IPI policy forum entitled “International Justice in a Time of Transition” on March 28, 2012. Mr. Tolbert was speaking to the recurring debate of peace versus justice, saying, “There has to be […]
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