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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On February 3rd, John Burnett, author of Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas, spoke at IPI on the resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia and on international responses to prevent and address it.The discussion, moderated by Warren Hoge, IPI Vice President and Director of External Relations, was the first […]
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On January 14th, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) Mr. Y.J. Choi addressed a select group of diplomats and other members of the United Nations and NGO communities in IPI’s Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security, and Development.
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On January 22nd, IPI welcomed Stephan Faris, author of the book Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley, who led a discussion on “Climate Change and Conflict.” Warren Hoge, IPI Vice President and Director of External Relations, moderated the event.The event will be aired on […]
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On December 12th, IPI hosted a meeting of its Forum on World Affairs to discuss the global financial crisis with keynote speaker James D. Wolfensohn, former President of the World Bank: “Global Financial Meltdown: Where are We Now? Where do We Go?”The goal of the meeting was to develop a better understanding of the extent […]
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As part of its evening events series Beyond the Headlines, IPI recently invited Gary J. Bass, Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and author of Freedom’s Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention (Knopf 2008), to speak on “The Case for Humanitarian Intervention.”A former reporter for The Economist, Mr. Bass spoke candidly […]
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