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A Malawian trader sells maize near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs. About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Future Development

Sustainable intensification in aggregate: Phase 2 of Kofi Annan’s uniquely African green revolution

Glenn Denning

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Report

The ‘Second Half’ of the Sustainable Development Goal era: Ideas for doing things differently

John W. McArthur

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

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Hey journalists, we have a story for you

Matthew Bishop

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attend a joint news briefing, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Yarysh

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine tested the international legal order

Oona A. Hathaway

Monday, April 3, 2023

Reports

Essay

Rebooting global cooperation is imperative to successfully navigate the multitude of shocks facing the global economy

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Friday, September 16, 2022

Sustainable Development Goals

Local leadership driving progress on the Sustainable Development Goals

Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet

Friday, June 24, 2022

United-Kingdom, Glasgow, 2021-10-16. Banners announcing the COP26 along the river Clyde. The Scottish city is getting ready to host the international event at the end of the month. Photograph by Julien Marsault / Hans Lucas.Royaume-Uni, Glasgow, 2021-10-16. Des affiches annoncent la tenue de la COP26 le long de la riviere Cyde. La ville ecossaise se prepapre a accueillir l evenement qui debutera a la fin du mois. Photographie de Julien Marsault / Hans Lucas.

Report

Leveraging the Biden-Harris climate agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals

Anthony F. Pipa and Kaysie Brown

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Second team of the ninth batch of Chinese Peacekeeping force in the Republic of South Sudan finish their mission and arrive at an airport in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province, 29 September 2019. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

The new geopolitics of fragility: Russia, China, and the mounting challenge for peacebuilding

Bruce Jones and Alexandre Marc

October 2021

Syrian refugees walk as they carry containers at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Report

Revisiting and going beyond the EU-Turkey migration agreement of 2016

Kemal Kirişci

April 2021

Blog Posts

A demonstrator yells in front of a burning barricade during a protest for the recent killings of police officers by armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

Order from Chaos

Haiti in 2023: Political abyss and vicious gangs

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, February 3, 2023

African activists protests demanding climate action and Loss and Damage reparations on the seventh day of the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC in Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, Egypt on November 12, 2022. COP27, running from November 6 to November 18 in Sharm El Sheikh focuses on implementation of measures already agreed during previous COPs. The Conference in Sharm El Sheikh focuses also on the most vulnerable communities as the climate crisis hardens life conditions of those already most disadvantaged. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Planet Policy

Can COP keep up with an evolving climate effort?

Emily Carlton and David G. Victor

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Houlin Zhao Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

TechTank

The most important election you never heard of

Tom Wheeler

Friday, August 12, 2022

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Events

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The Russia-Ukraine War: Year two and strategic consequences

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American leadership in advancing the sustainable development goals

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

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Experts

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Multimedia

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Bruce Jones and Adrianna Pita

Friday, September 16, 2022

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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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