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--FILE--Chinese peacekeepers line up during a departure ceremony before flying to South Sudan for UN peacekeeping missions at Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport in Jinan city, east China's Shandong province, 7 April 2015.China will contribute 8,000 troops for a United Nations peacekeeping standby force, China's President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday (28 September 2015), a move that could make it one of the largest players in U.N. peacekeeping efforts. Xi's pledge comes as China is trying to show it is a responsible international player amid concern over its growing military might and territorial disputes in the Asia-Pacific region. During a state visit to Washington on Friday, Xi agreed with U.S. President Barack Obama that both countries would increase their "robust" peacekeeping commitments. "China will join the new U.N. peacekeeping capability readiness system, and has thus decided to lead in setting up a permanent peacekeeping police squad and build a peacekeeping standby force of 8,000 troops," Xi said.No Use China. No Use France.

China

China’s pragmatic approach to UN peacekeeping

Richard Gowan

Monday, September 14, 2020

China

China’s expanding influence at the United Nations — and how the United States should react

Jeffrey Feltman

September 2020

China

China’s influence on the global human rights system

Sophie Richardson

September 2020

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External Article

U.N. relevance depends on US leadership

Jeffrey Feltman

The Foreign Service Journal September 2020

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Climate Change

Accelerating the low carbon transition

David G. Victor, Frank W. Geels, and Simon Sharpe

Monday, December 9, 2019

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Climate Change

The Paris Agreement and its future

Todd Stern

October 2018

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Brookings experts on Trump’s UNGA speech

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

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Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

Managing the new threat landscape

Bruce Jones, Charles T. Call, Daniel Toubolets, and Jason Fritz

September 2018

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Report

China’s long game on human rights at the United Nations

Ted Piccone

September 2018

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Order from Chaos

What did the US accomplish with its South China Sea legal statement?

Robert D. Williams

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Order from Chaos

Counterterrorism and the UN: The rise and hapless fall of American leadership

Eric Rosand

Monday, July 20, 2020

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Order from Chaos

Debating UN peacekeeping in Lebanon

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, June 15, 2020

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What happened at the UN climate change summit?

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What is the US doing on climate change?

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People, places, and problems: Time for specifics on the Sustainable Development Goals

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