In July, Stimson’s Just Security 2020 Program contributed to a rich set of discussions on the future of global governance, as the international community fast approaches the two-years-to-go mark for the expected Leaders Summit, in September 2020 in New York, on the occasion of the United Nations 75th Anniversary commemoration. These diverse conversations highlighted the growing … Continued
On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, the Stimson Center, along with the Alliance for Peacebuilding and United Nations Association of the National Capital Area, co-hosted a “preview conversation” with leading policy-makers, practitioners, and scholars in advance of the April 24-25, 2018 U.N. General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace. A fundamental question explored by the … Continued
Just Security in an Undergoverned World examines how humankind can manage global problems to achieve both security and justice in an age of antithesis. Global connectivity is increasing, visibly and invisibly-in trade, finance, culture, and information-helping to spur economic growth, technological advance, and greater understanding and freedom, but global disconnects are growing as well. Ubiquitous electronics … Continued
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ much anticipated Report on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace was recently released, in the lead-up to the U.N. General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace to be held April 24-25 2018 in New York, in accordance with the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council “peacebuilding resolutions” (A/RES/70/262 and S/RES/ 2282). Breaking new ground … Continued
2018 will be a crucial year for the United Nations in its efforts to address fundamental peace and security challenges of a rapidly changing world. Central to the 2016 peacebuilding resolutions of the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council (A/RES/70/262 and S/RES/2282) are the preparation of a U.N. Secretary-General Report on Sustaining Peace and the … 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
