Dr. Richard Ponzio, Director of the Just Security 2020 Program at the Stimson Center, joined the Planetary Podcast team to discuss the UN’s role in addressing the climate crisis. The interview is part of Common Home Conversations: Beyond UN75, a podcast series featuring leading global experts on how the proposal of recognizing the existence of … Continued
On September 16th and 17th (with community-driven sessions to follow on Sept. 18th), we will gather virtually to honor the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.
Today, on the 75th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter, humanity faces the defining question: How do we harness our collective power to advance the UN’s founding principles, in a new age of connectivity to cope better with the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, armed conflict, potentially disruptive technologies, and other pressing global challenges?
The 75th anniversary of the United Nations offers a special opportunity to assess and reimagine the role of the United Nations worldwide. In recent weeks, the Stimson Center’s Just Security 2020 Program and its partners have organized and produced several events and publications addressing topics ranging from regional-global governance connections in Africa, the Americas, and … Continued
Toward Innovation and Renewal of Regional and Global Governance An open conversation about the future of multilateralism and its impact at the global, regional, and national levels in the Americas. Co-sponsored by: The Stimson Center, Organization of American States, the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Global Challenges Foundation, Igarapé Institute, Adelphi, Together … Continued
Following over a year of preparations and more than twenty international consultations, the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance, a flagship project of The Hague Institute for Global Justice and The Stimson Center (Washington, D.C.), will hold the inaugural launch of its Final Report on Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance from The Hague, The City of Peace & Justice, on 16 June 2015.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Nigerian Foreign Minister Ibrahim Gambari will co-chair a new commission focusing on conflict-affected states, the cyber-economy, and climate change, The Hague Institute for Global Justice and The Stimson Center announced today. The new initiative — the Commission on Global Security, Justice, & Governance — will release a … Continued
On Friday, 6 February, at a side event to the Munich Security Conference, The Hague Institute and The Stimson Center convened a panel discussion on “Fragile States and the Fault-Lines of Global Security and Justice” in support of the work of the Commission on Global Security Justice and Governance. The expert meeting brought together numerous … Continued
A New United Nations Civilian Response Capability: (to give the UN a responsive capacity to deploy civilian talent as needed in support of urgent peacebuilding requirements, as an integral part of the next generation of peace operations, in close coordination with regional and other actors, and in support of the R2P norm’s Responsibility to Rebuild) … Continued