UN Reform

CIC's central source for insight and commentary on the UN reform process. Read more>>

 

UN Reform

Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

The Pathfinders are a group of member states, international organizations, global partnerships, and other partners who are working to foster peacful, just and inclusive societies that are free from fear and violence. The roadmap>>

Pathfinders

Global Peace Operations 2018: Year In Review

This new report adds fresh analysis and insights into recent developments in UN peace operations. Read more>>

 

Global Peace Operations 2018

The Arc of Protection: Toward a New International Refugee Regime

CIC Senior Policy Analyst Leah Zamore co-authors a groundbreaking study of the international refugee crisis, The Arc of Protection. Read the first five chapters of the draft book here>> 

The Arc of Protection

The Art of the Possible

The Congo Research Group argues that the United Nations Security Council should take bold steps to tackle the political crisis at the heart of the current conflict when it renews MONUSCO’s mandate. Read the full report here>>

 

The Art of the Possible

Enhancing Access to Education: Challenges and Opportunities in Afghanistan

In 1996, the Taliban movement, a majority of who were religious students from Deobandi madrasas (religious schools) in Pakistan and rural Afghanistan, established a short-lived Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. On arrival in Kabul, the Taliban barred women from working at public or private institutions and banned girls from schools. The Taliban regime said that the ban was because of a lack of facilities and security.

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May 26, 2016
Barnett Rubin, Clancy Rudeforth
South Asia, Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Humanitarian Crises, South Asia
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Independent Review of the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States

The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States rests upon the mutual commitment of national and international partners to country-owned and country-led exits from fragility. Externally-imposed solutions do not work. In 2011, at the Busan Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the New Deal was launched with a powerful message: 1.5 billion of the world’s poorest people lived in fragile situations. Without partnerships for first building peace, resilience and institutions, the eradication of poverty was not possible. The Millennium Development Goals failed to address this. 

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Apr 17, 2016
Sarah Hearn, Jeffrey Strew
Fragile States, Peace Operations

The Next Secretary-General, Secretariat Reform, And the Vexed Question of Senior Appointments

Executive Summary

The appointment of a new United Nations Secretary-General in 2016 will provide special opportunities for the reform and renewal of the UN Secretariat. While an ambitious agenda for reform may be unrealistic, the relationship between the UN bureaucracy and Member States needs to be reevaluated. The way senior staff are recruited must change. Building a merit-based group of top level officials around the incoming Secretary-General should be a priority. Creating a special transitional team to manage their selection process could be one way to achieve this goal. 

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Apr 11, 2016
Thant Myint-U
United Nations
Prevention and Peacebuilding

Who are the Killers of Beni?

Since October 2014, the region around the town of Beni in north eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has been the site of some of the worst massacres in the country’s recent history. Over five hundred people have been killed and tens of thousands have fled their homes. The UN mission and the Congolese government have publicly stated that the massacres are the work of Ugandan rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).

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Mar 22, 2016
Jason Stearns
Sub-Saharan Africa
Crises, Humanitarian Crises
Congo Research Group

GPOR Annual Compilation now available via print-on-demand

For almost a decade, the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations (ARGPO) was the flagship publication of the Center on International Cooperation (CIC). During that time, CIC also released three editions of the Review of Political Missions.

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Mar 21, 2016
Center on International Cooperation
China, Central Asia, East Asia, Europe, Horn of Africa, Middle East, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa
Global Governance, United Nations
Prevention and Peacebuilding

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Programs in Focus

  • Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

    China-U.S. Cooperation in Central and South Asia

    This publication examines the main cooperation fields between China and the US in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the post-NATO period. In doing so, this study looks at the initiation of various bilateral joint projects as a distinctive turning point in China-US relations. It argues that existence of such bilateral projects and cooperation in this region does not only produce added value for the countries in question but also have the potential to enhance the mutual relations between China and US. This study also reveals the main common priorities and practices between China and the US and concludes that they have a partial convergence in their attitude towards the infrastructure projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

  • Congo Research Group

    All the President's Wealth: The Kabila Family Business

    For the past 20 months, the Congo Research Group has documented the vast and eclectic business portfolio of Joseph Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and his family. This report presents our conclusions, based almost entirely on legal documents.

    You can find the whole report and examine the underlying documents here

  • Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

    The Roadmap for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies: A Call to Action to Change our World

    The roadmap was developed by the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, a group of member states, global partnerships, international organizations, and other partners.

    It is available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. For a summary, see the overview and presentation.

    The Pathfinders group is convened by the governments of Brazil, Sierra Leone, and Switzerland, with support from the Center on International Cooperation.

  • Prevention and Peacebuilding

    Global Peace Operations Review

    The Global Peace Operations Review is a website providing analysis and data on the spectrum of issues surrounding global peace and security, including civilian-led peacemaking and peacebuilding as well as uniformed peacekeeping by the United Nations, regional organizations and ad-hoc coalitions. The site’s objective is to contribute to the effectiveness of all peace operations.

    We seek to provide the most comprehensive overview of multilateral contributions to conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and post-conflict peacebuilding. In doing so, we seek to integrate thematic and cross-cutting issues including, but not limited to, the women, peace and security agenda and countering violent extremism.