Blog Post
To Build Consent in Peace Operations, Turn Mandates Upside Down
What the United Nations High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO) reforms would mean for peace operations mandates.
Project
Assessing the UN's Efforts To Counter Terrorism
The UN's crucial operational impact may extend beyond its counter-terrorism framework.
Blog Post
New Ideas for a New Secretary-General: Implementing Agenda 2030 and the Question of Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
How the Secretary-General-designate, António Guterres, and the UN system will respond to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Project
How António Guterres Can Advance the UN’s Protection Agenda
Guterres will need to pursue action on three fronts in order to advance the UN’s protection agenda.
Blog Post
New Ideas for a New Secretary-General: Reforming the Governance of the United Nations Development System
What Secretary-General-designate Antonio Guterres can do in relation to reforms of the UN Development System.
Blog Post
New Ideas for a New Secretary-General: Fixing the UN’s Human Resources System
Issues with the UN Human Resources system and what the new Secretary-General could prioritize.
Media Coverage
Is Unbridled Globalization Creating Mafia States?
Political and criminal actors appear to be working more closely together than ever before.
Project
Strengthening the Impact of Research on UN Policy
How UN-oriented research entities could more effectively inform major UN policy processes.
Project
Crime-Proofing Conflict Prevention, Management, and Peacebuilding: A Review of Emerging Good Practice
Good practices on incorporating sensitivity to organized crime into conflict prevention and peacemaking activities.
Blog Post
Vulnerability and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean
New book documents and analyzes individual and communal strategies to address and combat daily threats.