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Pyongyang, North Korea.- The photo, published on June 24, 2022, by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), shows the chairman of the North Korean State Affairs Committee, Kim Jong-un presiding over the third day of the third enlarged meeting of the eighth Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party (WPK), held the day before, in Pyongyang. North Korea has approved an "important issue" to strengthen its "war deterrence" during a key party session discussing major policies and defense strategies this week, the KCNA reported.

Order from Chaos

Why further sanctions against North Korea could be tough to add

Andrew Yeo

Friday, July 8, 2022

A general view of Johannesburg in this recent file photo

Africa in Focus

Realizing the New Urban Agenda in Africa: The centrality of local politics

Danielle Resnick

June 22, 2022

Up Front

Perspectives on the future of the global order

Colin I. Bradford

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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Events

Assessing UN state-building in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and beyond

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

The state of international cooperation and multilateralism: A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, representative of the United States to the United Nations

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

The new geopolitics of state fragility

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Experts

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Multimedia

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

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Introducing 17 Rooms, a podcast about the people driving a new approach for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Monday, November 15, 2021

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Reports

Assessing UN state-building in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and beyond

The state of international cooperation and multilateralism: A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, representative of the United States to the United Nations

The new geopolitics of state fragility

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Latin America Initiative

Director - Center for Sustainable Development

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Director - Project on International Order and Strategy

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology