The UN Secretary General’s New Agenda for Peace places a strong emphasis on national action to prevent conflict and achieve sustainable development. As a result, national parliaments have an important role to play in the pursuit of a strengthened system…
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“These weapons are here to enable the self-defense and secure the territorial integrity of the lake’s inhabitants–a goose and three ducks,” artist Ray Bartkus announced to the participants of the 2015 IPI Salzburg Forum entitled “The Rule of Law and the Laws of War.” “We artists have nothing to do with it and deny all […]
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Last week in Tunisia, President Beji Caid Essebsi received Nejib Friji, Director of IPI’s MENA office. The president reiterated his nation’s commitment to peace and pledged support to IPI’s effort in this regard. Mr. Friji delivered President Essebsi a message from IPI President Terje Rød Larsen calling for an international stand against violent extremism.
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“I think ‘Twilight Zone’ is an apt term to describe what is happening” between Arabs and Israelis, said IPI Vice President Hardeep Singh Puri in his opening remarks as moderator of a January 24th panel at the Jaipur Literature Festival on the topic. “We have a situation when the negotiating process, I think, suffered a […]
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Margaret was first and foremost a scholar and researcher at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. She subsequently became an important voice (leader) at the African Union and the United Nations in the decades long promotion of conflict resolution and the advancement of women’s rights in Africa. She passed away on September 23, 2014.
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As part of its work on advocating and implementing lessons learned from 1814 and 1914 for today, the International Peace Institute, with the support of Canada and Norway, has created a short documentary film entitled “Architects and Sleepwalkers.”
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