IPI together with the Permanent Missions of Finland and The Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN cohosted a policy forum on March 20th on the topic of “Specialized Police Teams in UN Peace Operations: A Survey of Progress and Challenges.”United Nations…
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IPI held a commemorative policy forum on February 21st to mark the centennial of Sir Brian Urquhart, the British diplomat born February 28th, 1919 who in 1946 became the second staff member of the United Nations and in the succeeding decades of advising five Secretaries-General rose to the official position of Under-Secretary-General for Special Political […]
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We are not just witnessing a fraught moment in history, we are living it, with no clear outcome in view, Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, told attendees to a Distinguished Author Series event February 20th discussing his book A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old […]
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IPI and the Carnegie Corporation of New York held a policy forum on December 13th predicated on the notion that local communities—those most directly impacted and living the realities of violent conflict—are the experts on the problems they face, and therefore should be the ones, rather than outside experts, to define what peace means in […]
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On December 11th, IPI and the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations held a policy forum to explore the many unremarked upon but necessary functions required to place and enable UN missions in the field.IPI Vice President Adam Lupel opened the conversation by pointing out that while these activities were under-explained and under-appreciated, […]
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How are humanitarian workers able to achieve meaningful engagement with armed groups at a time when they are multiplying, fragmenting, unstructured, and fighting in coalitions of state- and non-state armed groups?These conflict scenarios informed a November 30th IPI policy forum co-hosted with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). While showcasing the ICRC report, […]
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