Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group and the former Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, offered a bold observation to an IPI audience about the United Nations. “The UN, sadly, is a very risk averse organization,” he declared. “It’s much better not to take risks for a career at the UN. But it’s […]
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A “clash of extremisms” is currently playing out around the world, with violent religious fundamentalists and a subsequent right-wing backlash threatening to upset the fabric of many societies. This was one of the key points during an event on July 1 at the International Peace Institute’s MENA office, which brought together religious leaders representing more […]
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Regional organizations have been playing increasingly important roles in the maintenance of international peace and security in recent years. In parallel, their interactions with the UN Security Council have grown, presenting new opportunities and challenges for collaboration in advancing peace. How can the Security Council and regional organizations work together more effectively?As organizations try to […]
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When 16-year-old Abdelaziz from Bahrain joined the group known today as the Islamic State, it was because he felt “imprisoned” and “tied up” in his life at home and longed to be free, living the honorable life of his “brothers” fighting in Syria. After deceiving his parents, Abdelaziz managed to get into Syria and joined […]
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Iyad Madani, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), reaffirmed at IPI the Muslim world’s commitment to religious tolerance and human rights and sought to distance Islam from the recent violent actions at the hands of extremist groups across Africa and the Middle East.Speaking to an overflow IPI audience on September 19th on […]
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When the United Nations was established after the Second World War, organized crime and terrorism had almost nothing to do with international peace and security. Yet the collapse of Communism, the opening of illicit markets through globalization, and the proliferation of underdeveloped and weakly governed states has given rise to a new era of global […]
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“What is material support to terrorism? Is it building a school that someone would potentially take over?”These questions were posed by Jan Egeland, the Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and a former UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, at an IPI panel event cosponsored by NRC and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]
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On September 9 and 10, IPI, together with the Centre 4S, and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), will co-host a high-level meeting in Tunis that will bring together officials and specialists working on the Mali issue with the objective to conduct a critical examination of the realities underlying the crises in Mali and the […]
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On May 14-15, the IPI Vienna Seminar took place, focusing on the dangerous nexus between crime, conflict and terrorism, particularly in failing states. This 43rd session of the Vienna Seminar–which was held in the historic Marble Hall of the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs–was attended by over one hundred participants from around the […]
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Most, if not all, of today’s conflicts are guerilla wars. From the war in Afghanistan to the volatile conflict in Syria, guerilla tactics have become the standard model in modern warfare. To help better understand these conflicts, Max Boot, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, presented his new book Invisible Armies: An Epic […]
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