The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation has granted $250,000 to the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, an initiative hosted by NYU’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC) to develop an international people-centered justice and artificial intelligence (AI) framework, followed by work with three national governments to adapt and pilot its guidance.
Join CIC’s side events during UNGA to explore AI governance, justice, economics and inequality, UN reform, local governance, and more.
CIC is joining the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service after a long and constructive tenure at NYU Arts & Science. This strategic transition to a prominent graduate school of public service, founded in 1938, will facilitate mutually productive CIC-Wagner engagement and support CIC in broadening its mission and strengthening its influence in the New York and global public service communities.
The Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University (NYU) is a research center and think tank that, for over three decades, has been a leader in applied policy, connecting politics, security, justice, development, and humanitarian issues.
High-level highlights from the 2026 Data for Peace Conference, with a focus on the defining tension of the data for peacebuilding field: the gap between how fast technology evolves and how slowly governance and norms catch up.
The NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC) is pleased to share our 2025 Annual Report, which covers CIC's activities and achievements from January through December 2025 and highlights key developments and challenges from the past year.
This paper examines how private-sector participation in multilateral artificial intelligence (AI) governance can be structured to support knowledge, accountability, and implementation.
Indonesia faces a paradox: 18 million jobs created, yet the middle class is shrinking. This new policy brief unpacks the context behind this.
This report looks at the growing institutional divide regarding the United Nations Security Council's approach to artificial intelligence (AI) governance, especially in peace and conflict settings.
The paper organizes reform options according to who actually has the authority to implement them, and highlights a series of practical next steps for the next United Nations Secretary-General.
The next Secretary-General takes office on January 1, 2027, in a UN whose governance architecture has become so congested that it impairs the Organization's ability to act—a process overload.
This piece follows that choice through three moments. Before anyone can reduce inequality, someone has to define it, decide how to measure it, and choose how to respond; and none of those steps are neutral.
How can we take a people-centered approach to Africa’s debt reform agenda after the adoption of the African Union’s Harare Declaration on the Dialogue on Debt Sustainability and Reform?
As the NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC) celebrates its 30th anniversary, we reflect on three decades of work at NYU Arts & Science and mark an exciting new chapter as CIC joins the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Building on this legacy, this high-level event will focus on advancing more effective, inclusive, and accountable international cooperation in a rapidly changing world. A particular challenge is ensuring that negotiated global agreements are prioritized and translated into on-the-ground action that supports development and improves people’s lives.
Join us on September 28th, from 4:30 to 6:00pm for the launch of Branka Panic’s new book “Foreign Policy at the AI Frontier: How AI is Reshaping Progress, Power, and Peace.” Organized around three themes—Progress, Power, and Peace—the book explores how AI is reshaping the future of foreign policy.
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