United Nations

The odd couple at the center of the U.N.’s counterterrorism growth

Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

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Order from Chaos

Debating UN peacekeeping in Lebanon

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, June 15, 2020

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Future Development

Yemen and COVID-19: The pandemic exacts its devastating toll

Omer Karasapan

Monday, June 15, 2020

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Podcast Episode

What happened at the UN climate change summit?

William Burke-White and Adrianna Pita

Monday, December 16, 2019

Reports

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

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Report

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

Blog Posts

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PlanetPolicy

Building an ambitious US climate policy from the bottom up

Nathan Hultman

Monday, December 9, 2019

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Future Development

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

David Batcheck

Friday, October 25, 2019

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Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: UNGA, Zimbabwe, and Sudan updates

Dhruv Gandhi

Saturday, September 28, 2019

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