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UN General Assembly Debate on Ensuring Stable and Peaceful Societies

On April 24-25, 2014, the President of the UN General Assembly hosted a debate on the nexus of development, peace, and stability to allow member states to reflect on the theme in the context of ongoing post-2015 development discussions. CIC Senior Fellow David Steven contributed to the meeting by moderating part of the discussions and providing input in the form of a memo to the President of the General Assembly.

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Apr 24, 2014
David Steven
David Steven
Post 2015 Development, United Nations
Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Ensuring Stable and Peaceful Societies: Memo to H.E. John W. Ashe, President of the General Assembly

On April 24th and 25th, the President of the UN General Assembly will lead a thematic debate on ensuring stable and peaceful societies. CIC Senior Fellow David Steven, at the request of the President of the General Assembly, has prepared a memo which highlights why peace and stability is important for sustainable development and how it might be addressed in the post-2015 development agenda. The outcome of this discussion will be included in the President's summary and will be available as an input in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.

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Apr 22, 2014
David Steven
Fragile States, International Security, Post 2015 Development
Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Fueling a New Order? The New Geopolitical and Security Consequences of Energy

The paper Fueling a New Order? The New Geopolitical and Security Consequences of Energy examines impacts of the major transformation in international energy markets that has begun. The United States is poised to overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world’s largest oil producer and, combined with new developments in natural gas, is on track to become the dominant player in global energy markets. Meanwhile, China is in place to surpass the United States in its scale of oil imports, and has already edged out the U.S. in carbon emissions.

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Apr 15, 2014
Bruce Jones, David Steven, Emily O'Brien
China, Europe, Middle East, United States
Emerging Powers, Global Governance, International Security

Still Ours to Lead

America, Rising Powers, and the Tension between Rivalry and Restraint

"What’s become clear to me is that while the rising powers--principally China, India, Brazil, but also Turkey, Indonesia, Korea and others--want to increase their influence and protect their interests, the United States still occupies a central place in their thinking and their strategies. And only the U.S. can help all these players forge an effective international order." —Bruce Jones

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Mar 17, 2014
Bruce Jones
China, East Asia, Europe, Brazil, United States
Emerging Powers, International Security

Peacekeeping in Africa : The evolving security architecture

This new Routledge volume, edited by Marco Wyss and Thierry Tardy provides a comprehensive analysis of the trends and challenges of international peacekeeping in Africa. In their contribution to the volume, former CIC staff member Megan Gleason-Roberts and CIC Senior Program Officer Alischa Kugel analyze the changing dimensions of international peacekeeping in Africa, including how civilian-led political missions, regional deployments and over the horizon security guarantees are increasingly important tools for crisis response.

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Feb 25, 2014
Alischa Kugel , Megan Gleason-Roberts
Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa
Fragile States, International Security, Peace Operations
Prevention and Peacebuilding

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