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Recruits to join Ethiopia's Defense Force gather during the farewell ceremony at the Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Order from Chaos

How the UN can solidify Ethiopia as an African success story

Abigael Ajuma and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

On the day of 'World Refugee Day,' people across Europe commemorate the 44,000+ victims who died on European borders in the past years. On the beach of Scheveningen, in The Hague, a pop-up memorial monument was placed close to the sea to pay the last respect to the victims. The memorial monument consisted of 44,000 memorial signs out of wood sticking out of the sand on the beach with the names of the victims written on them. (Photo by /Sipa USA)

Order from Chaos

The 1951 Refugee Convention is falling short of its mission. Could the Global Compact on Refugees help?

Kemal Kirişci

Monday, July 26, 2021

Workers from Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count votes at an analysis centre in Kerbala, south of Baghdad May 2, 2014. Iraq held a democratic vote to choose a leader with no foreign troops present for the first time on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought to hold power for a third term in a country again consumed by sectarian bloodshed. The electoral commission said 60 percent of all voters had so far cast a ballot, according to initial data - but returns were not yet in from some areas. Counting may take three weeks. The commission hopes to declare final results by the end of May. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Order from Chaos

The prospects and limitations of United Nations election observation in Iraq

Marsin Alshamary and Maya Nir

Monday, May 3, 2021

Migrants are seen in a migrant camp Lipa near Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Biden’s decision to pull troops from Afghanistan risks a major refugee crisis

Kemal Kirişci and Fulya Memisoglu

Just Security Monday, April 26, 2021

Reports

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

Members of the European Parliament hold placards for a campaign called "Rights for People, Rules for Corporations Ð Stop ISDS" as they take part in a voting session in Strasbourg, France, February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Report

Reforming the investment treaty regime

Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen and Geoffrey Gertz

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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

Blog Posts

Order from Chaos

It is now time to focus on multilateral order

Bruce Jones and Susana Malcorra

Monday, April 19, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Order from Chaos

UN Human Rights Council: As the US returns, it will have to deal with China and its friends

Ted Piccone

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Head of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces delegation A. Amhimmid Mohamed Alamami (L) wearing a protective face mask, shakes hands with Head of the Government of National Accords (GNA) military delegation Ahmed Ali Abushahma (R) after signing an agreement for a complete and permanent ceasefire in Libya during fourth round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission talks.

Order from Chaos

UN engagement with nonstate armed groups for the sake of peace: Driving without a roadmap

Jeffrey Feltman

Friday, January 15, 2021

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