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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 28, 2015
International Organizations
The Good, the Bad, and the Sad of the High-Level Report on UN Peace Operations
The following is a guest post by Charles T. Call, associate professor in American University’s School of International Service and author of Why Peace Fails: The Causes and Prevention of Civil War Re…
June 10, 2011
International Organizations
The Dragon and the Eagle at the UN: Limits to Cooperation
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao sit across from one another during a September 2009 meeting at the United Nations (Kevin Lamarque/ Courtesy Reuters). --Beijing, Jun…
November 22, 2011
Egypt
The Miscalculations of Egypt’s Military
A protester throws a tear gas canister, which had earlier been thrown by riot police, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 20, 2011 (Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Courtesy Reuters). Please see below for my l…
June 5, 2013
International Organizations
Global Development 2.0: Assessing a New UN Roadmap
Last week the UN’s latest “High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons” released a long-awaited report on global development. The resulting document—A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform …
September 23, 2011
International Organizations
Taking Conflict Prevention Seriously
A member of the Spanish E.U. troops patrols in the capital Kinshasa November 7, 2006. International peacekeepers have bolstered their presence on the streets of the edgy Democratic Republic of Cong…
