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Perspectives on a Pandemic: COVID-19 Analysis from CIC

CIC staff, fellows, and partners are working to shed light on the intersections between the global coronavirus pandemic and the issues we study, from the future of multilateralism and the global humanitarian response to the ongoing work of building peaceful, just and inclusive societies. This is a regularly updated collection of our articles, blog posts, and policy papers on COVID-19.

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CIC and COVID–19: A Message from the Director

The NYU Center on International Cooperation, like our partners and colleagues around the world, is adapting our work to cope with the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic and contribute within our own areas of expertise. This message from CIC Director Sarah Cliffe explains how our work on peace, justice, inclusion, and reducing inequalities will continue, as we also strive to to contribute to the global conversation about how governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society can respond to COVID–19.

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Mar 23, 2020
Sarah Cliffe
2030 Agenda, Crises, Global Governance, Humanitarian Crises
Humanitarian Crises, Multilateral Reform, Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

I Need You, I Don’t Need You: South Africa and Inga III

South Africa is preparing to back one of the largest infrastructure projects on the continent: the Inga III hydroelectric dam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A new report from CIC’s Congo Research Group and Phuzumoya Consulting, I Need You, I Don’t Need You: South Africa and Inga III, places South Africa’s backing of Inga III in the context of foreign policy, arguing that the contradictory and uncertain dynamics of South African support for the dam puts into question the bankability—and indeed the feasibility—of the whole project. 

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Mar 19, 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo Research Group

Experts Group on the Global Compact on Refugees: Working Papers

Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

These working papers share perspectives and recommendations of the Experts Group on the Global Compact of Refugees (CCRF), a joint initiative of the New School’s Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility and New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, convened with support from the Open Society Foundations. 

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Feb 13, 2020
Humanitarian Crises
Humanitarian Crises

Peace Operations Review 2019

Closure ceremony of the Senegalese Formed Police Unit, MINUJUSTH headquarters, Port-au-Prince.

After several years at a crossroads, United Nations peace operations took a definitive turn in 2019, shifting away from large, multidimensional, "conflict management" operations toward models that are smaller, more flexible, and have greater reliance on partnerships.  This edition of Peace Operations Review surveys a year of reforms, the twentieth anniversary of the first protection of civilians mandate, and innovative approaches to peace operations transitions.

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Dec 18, 2019
Peace Operations
Peace and Security

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