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Policy Brief
Why do Countries Walk Away from International Organizations? And What do Current Breakups Mean for Global Politics?
An analysis shows that withdrawals from international organizations are often strategic, costly, and temporary.
Report
Understanding Middle Powers in Development Cooperation
Capabilities, behaviors and values drive a new era of development leadership.
Policy Brief
Deep-sea Mining
Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
Policy Brief
Verification of Frontier AI Models
Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
Policy Brief
Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies
Brief of the Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
Report
Unlocking AI’s Potential to Serve Humanity: Robotics, Geospatial AI and Communications Networks
How AI can advance human and planetary well‑being through responsible deployment.
Report
Disaster risk reduction
GeoAI-enabled systems strengthening disaster risk reduction and resilience.
Report
Social assistance
Designing and deploying socially assistive robots for societal benefit.
Report
Education
AI-enabled approaches supporting equitable and inclusive education.
Policy Brief
Foundations of Scientific Consensus for International Cooperation
How scientific consensus mechanisms can remain independent, adaptive, and credible while guiding global cooperation on emerging technologies like AI.