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 June 29, IPI launched a new book by Philip Remler entitled Chained to the Caucasus: Peacemaking in Karabakh. The book recounts twenty-five years of (mostly failed) diplomatic attempts to broker peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh.At a roundtable discussion at IPI’s Vienna office, Mr. Remler (a retired US diplomat […]
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Is it possible to protect borders and refugees at the same time? This was the question posed at a round table discussion at IPI’s Vienna office on June 7th. With so many people on the move around the world, and states desperate to protect their sovereignty, governments are increasingly under pressure to control and even […]
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With international challenges including terrorism, the refugee crisis, and the volatile security situation in fragile states directly affecting them, Africans are especially keen to take charge of their continent’s destiny.UN cooperation with regional organizations like the African Union (AU) is at an all time high, El Ghassim Wane, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, […]
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Thabo Mbeki, a former President of South Africa who remains active in foreign policy, has been hailed as the most important African political figure of his generation. Adekeye Adebajo, editor of a new book on the politician, said the pan-African philosopher’s legacy will be “African identity.”Mbeki set out a sweeping vision of an African renaissance […]
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Panelists at an IPI policy forum on, “How Mass Atrocities End: What are the Lessons from the Past for Today?” agreed that putting an end to mass killing is the beginning of a larger undertaking of ending atrocities.“Diminishing mass atrocities is quite a separate project than rebuilding in their aftermath,” Bridget Conley-Zilkic, Research Director, World […]
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