Browse Research and Commentary

A Life in War and Peace: A Statesman’s Forum with Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan

October 18, 2012

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Losing Syria (And How to Avoid It)

October 18, 2012, Salman Shaikh

Ahmadinejad's Last Words at the U.N. General Assembly

September 27, 2012, Suzanne Maloney

A Preview of the 2012 UN General Assembly Meetings

September 20, 2012, Bruce Jones

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Syria, Human Rights and the United Nations

September 9, 2012, Ted Piccone

Brazil Hosts Workshop on "Responsibility While Protecting"

August 29, 2012, Thomas Wright

World Humanitarian Day: It's Personal

August 17, 2012, Elizabeth Ferris

Report to the General Assembly: Protection of and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons

August 10, 2012, Chaloka Beyani

It’s Time for an Education Breakthrough: Coming Together for 2015 and the Agenda Beyond

August 7, 2012, Justin W. van Fleet

Outlaw of the Sea: The Senate Republicans' UNCLOS Blunder

August 7, 2012, Thomas Wright

New Technologies and Human Rights Monitoring

August 6, 2012

A Conversation on the UN’s Special Procedures

July 2012, Ted Piccone and Cherif Bassiouni

The UN’s Handling of Syria: Another Horrific Episode of Ineptitude?

July 13, 2012, Salman Shaikh

Catalysts for Change: How the UN's Independent Experts Promote Human Rights

2012, Ted Piccone

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Translating Human Rights into Practice: A Conversation on the United Nations Human Rights Council

July 11, 2012

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UN Human Rights Council: An Effective Mechanism for Protecting Human Rights

July 9, 2012, Ted Piccone

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Getting Real on Human Rights at the UN

July 6, 2012, Ted Piccone

Afghan National Security Forces: A Glass 55% Full

June 29, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The Shortcomings of Annan’s "Plan B" in Syria

June 29, 2012, Salman Shaikh

Taiwan’s UN Dilemma: To Be or Not to Be

June 2012, Sigrid Winkler

Shaming Russia for Arming Assad Won’t Help End Syria’s Civil War

June 13, 2012, Tamara Cofman Wittes

Workshop on Protecting Rights of Civilians in Natural Disasters in Central Asia and the Caucasus

May 15, 2012

Annan’s Mission Impossible in Syria

May 8, 2012, Salman Shaikh

The Syrian Conflict and the International Alliance Race

April 24, 2012, Ruth H. Santini

Options for U.S. Policy in Syria

April 19, 2012, Tamara Cofman Wittes