On March 11-12, 2014, CIC and the Chinese Institute of International Studies (CIIS) co-hosted two trilateral discussions, the US-China-Afghanistan Dialogue and the US-China-Pakistan Dialogue. CIC Director Dr. Barnett Rubin and CIIS's Qu Xing and Dong Manyuan chaired the event, which brought together a group of nearly 30 scholars, US officials, and former officials from the four countries for candid, in-depth discussions on approaches to the upcoming transition in Afghanistan.
UN mulls its handling of Rwandan crisis
As Rwanda marks the 20th anniversary of the country’s genocide, the UN is set to debate its failings in handling the crisis. The international body was severely criticized following the genocide, which saw between 500 thousand and a million Rwandans slaughtered over a 100 day period. Questions are being raised over whether the UN has changed enough to prevent similar atrocities from happening again.