region: Asia and the Pacific
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Horrific acts of terrorism, such as the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, underscore the regional nature of the terrorist threat in South Asia, and they point to a need for greater cooperation within the region to address it.
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On March 13th, the International Peace Institute and the EastWest Institute (EWI) jointly hosted an expert roundtable on “Building Consensus on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament: A Chinese Perspective.” Roundtable speakers included senior experts from the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, the China National Defense University, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the China […]
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Earlier this month, the International Peace Institute hosted a lunchtime policy forum on “Tracking Al-Qaida: Terrorism and the Internet in the Twenty-First Century,” with speakers Dr. Marc Sageman, Scholar in Residence at the New York Police Department, and Mr. Evan Kohlmann, an international terrorism consultant. The event, attended by diplomats, practitioners, and researchers, focused on […]
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On November 13th-14th, the International Peace Institute (IPI) together with the Center for Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCTC) convened a roundtable of counterterrorism practitioners and experts to discuss “Implementing the United Nations Global Counterterrorism Strategy in South Asia.”Held in IPI’s Trygve Lie Center, the two-day workshop sought to identify ways in which the UN’s Global Counter-Terrorism […]
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On June 25th, IPI convened a meeting of its Forum on World Affairs for a discussion on the political and security situation in Afghanistan. The high-level roundtable meeting attracted a select group of UN ambassadors and senior officials from the UN Secretariat, among others, who discussed the question “What are the strategies to address the […]
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The International Peace Institute, together with the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations, organized an expert-level policy forum on counterterrorism capacity-building in Asia and Africa. Based on two reports examining the role of bi- and multi-lateral assistance to counterterrorism efforts in developing countries, the standing-room-only event was designed to inform the forthcoming September […]
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IPI organized the latest event its “SRSG Series” which featured Mr. Ian Martin, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Nepal and Head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). Mr. Martin spoke about the challenges of the rapidly evolving peace process in Nepal and the role of United Nations.Ian Martin has had a long, distinguished […]
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Reflecting a growing awareness of the need to integrate security and development agendas in the field of conflict management, the authors of this original volume focus on the case of the Pacific Islands.In the process, they also reveal the sociopolitical diversity, cultural richness, and social resilience of a little-known region. Their work not only offers […]
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