United Nations

The COVID-19 fallout: Challenges for the international humanitarian system

Monday, Dec 07, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

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Oakwood avenue in Los Angeles, California

Up Front

American leadership in advancing the SDGs to achieve equity and sustainability

Anthony F. Pipa, Max Bouchet, and Krista Rasmussen

Thursday, November 12, 2020

2020

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Running to Stand Still? The Impact of the United Nations in the Middle East, 75 Years On

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM AST

United Nations

Restoring (some) impartiality to UN senior appointments

Jeffrey Feltman

The Cairo Review of Global Affairs Thursday, October 29, 2020

Reports

Chinese President Xi Jinping (on screens), addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 75th session.

International Affairs

Competing for order: Confronting the long crisis of multilateralism

Bruce Jones and Susana Malcorra

Monday, October 5, 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

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

Blog Posts

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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

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Order from Chaos

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

Eric Rosand

Monday, July 20, 2020

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) patrol in southern Lebanese town of Ramyah, Lebanon September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Order from Chaos

Debating UN peacekeeping in Lebanon

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, June 15, 2020

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Podcast Episode

What have ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions against Iran accomplished?

Suzanne Maloney and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, September 23, 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

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What is the US doing on climate change?

Nathan Hultman and Adrianna Pita

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Reports

Leave no one behind: Time for specifics on the sustainable development goals

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What’s next for Libya?

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