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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

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Bruce Jones and Adrianna Pita

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal speaks as a video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is displayed on a screen during the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2022), in Lugano, Switzerland, July 4, 2022. Michael Buholzer/Pool via REUTERS

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What are the West’s strategic goals in the Ukraine war?

Monday, August 29, 2022

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Essay

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

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Friday, September 16, 2022

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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

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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

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Blog Posts

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

Friday, August 12, 2022

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

Friday, July 8, 2022

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Africa in Focus

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

Danielle Resnick

June 22, 2022

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Events

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

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

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The new geopolitics of state fragility

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Experts

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Thousands of people takes part in a demonstration against climate change in Brussels, Belgium on October 10, 2021, ahead of the COP26 climate summit. | Credit: Alexandros Michailidis

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Do COP26 pledges make enough progress on climate change?

Samantha Gross and Adrianna Pita

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

A vehicle blocks a road during a protest against the fall in Lebanese pound currency and mounting economic hardships in Khaldeh, Lebanon March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

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South Africa's Ambassador to the UN Mathu Joyini speaks during the 11th emergency special session of the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a video conference with French President Emmanuel Macron holds and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday March 8, 2022 to discuss the dramatic consequences of Russia invasion of Ukraine. For a ceasefire and the guarantee of people\'s access to humanitarian aid, President Xi has given his support behind France, according to France presidential office statement.

China’s choices and the fate of the post-post-Cold War era

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