On Monday, November 19th, IPI together with the International Drug Policy Consortium, and the Social Science Research Council are cohosting a policy forum event entitled “Beyond 2019: The Future of Drug Policies, and the Lessons Learned.” Remarks will…
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The Nobel Peace Prize is the most prestigious award of its kind in the world, and Asle Toje, a member of the committee that decides who the winners are, gave an IPI audience on September 17th an informative and entertaining glimpse into its history since it was first granted in 1901.The prize is one of […]
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Incoming President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, was honored at an evening reception at IPI on September 12th. IPI’s president, Terje Rød-Larsen, introduced her, pointing out that she is the fourth woman president in the history of the General Assembly and the first woman ever from Latin America to preside over the assembly.He […]
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Opening a discussion at IPI on Broader Perspectives on the UN of Today and Tomorrow, outgoing President of the United Nations General Assembly Miroslav Lajčák said the “sad reality” facing the international organization was that “multilateralism is under threat.” He said that principles on which the UN were founded are “no longer universally accepted and […]
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“Nowadays, more than ever before, for the survival of humanity, there lies the need to transform our perception of peace from possibility to necessity,” said Abdul Aziz Saud Al-Babtain, a Kuwaiti poet and activist who is director and Founder of the Al-Babtain Foundation.Speaking to a lunchtime side event of the annual United Nations High-Level Forum […]
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A new geopolitics of energy is transforming the Middle East and North Africa. Energy importing countries are turning into exporters, and exporter countries are relying more on energy-related imports. Liquefied natural gas has changed the nature of the game, and investment in renewable energy is at an all-time high.Meanwhile, the flipside of energy abundance is […]
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