“Diplomacy is about the alignment of interests, and politics is the pursuit of interests, often in contradiction to other parties’ interests,” said Alan Doss, the veteran leader of multiple United Nations peacekeeping missions. “I found that…
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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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On November 7th, IPI hosted a panel discussion to launch the new volume, Peace Operations: Trends, Progress, and Prospects, edited by Donald C. F. Daniel, Patricia Taft, and Sharon Wiharta (Georgetown University Press 2008).Trends in the number and scope of peace operations since 2000 indicate heightened international appreciation for their value in crisis response and […]
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IPI recently held a panel discussion to launch the new book, Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo, by Peter Andreas.IPI Senior Adviser John Hirsch chaired the event, which featured remarks by author Peter Andreas, while discussants Phil Williams of the US Army War College and James Cockayne […]
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On October 8th, the International Peace Institute convened a “Multistakeholder Consultation on Chad,” together with the United States Institute of Peace and Caring for Kaela, a Chadian advocacy organization.With fifty participants drawn from diverse backgrounds–including African ambassadors, representatives of the African Union , the European Union, and the United Nations Secretariat, as well as members […]
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IPI recently held a roundtable on the de-alerting of nuclear weapons, an issue raised by several resolutions of the General Assembly. In providing a diverse selection of views on this important issue, the discussion saw a lively debate on the operational status of nuclear weapons systems, the risks associated with high-level alert status, and the […]
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