A conversation with David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about US-led airstrikes on ISIS and their effects on the humanitarian response in Syria.
Author: Marie O'Reilly
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A conversation with Nassim Nicholas Taleb about the concepts of risk, resilience, volatility, and their meaning for international relations.
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With Chinese President Jinping’s first visit to India underway, the former Indian Permanent Representative to the UN discusses the future of Sino-Indian relations.
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International NGOs still struggle to achieve ‘local ownership’ in peacebuilding, but a new approach is working on putting local people in the lead.
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Recent polls shed light on the grievances that drive support for ISIS and highlight possible solutions to the crisis.
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France’s decision to redeploy 3,000 of its troops to the Sahel as part of Operation Barkhane shows continuity in the country’s defense policy as well as its need to maintain political influence in Africa.
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With violence on the rise, Libya’s road to democracy and statehood needs better political dialogue, stronger institutions, and a stronger UN mandate.
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The continuing spread of conflicts across the Middle East and Africa demonstrates the inadequacy of the centralized-state system and the growing appeal of federal solutions.
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The reason behind Nicaragua’s lower levels of violence compared to other countries in the region has to do with the way Central American governments have tackled the problem of citizen security.
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In this interview, IPI’s Andrea Ó Súilleabháin speaks with New York Peace Institute CEO Brad Heckman about the linkages between community-level disputes and international mediation.