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India and the Ascendency of the Global South
The ascendency of the Global South is reinforced in the United Nations Development Programme’s 2013 Human Development Report aptly titled The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World. In particular 40 countries, including India, made gains on their human development index scores between 1990 and 2012. Several factors, including integration with the world economy and enhanced South-South cooperation, contributed to the improvement in human development.
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Publication Date: May 07, 2013
Author(s): WPS Sidhu
Region/Country: South Asia, India
Program(s): Securing Development
Topic(s): Emerging Powers
Diplomatic Fallout: Has Russia Won the Syrian War?
If you take any interest in the Syrian war and international diplomacy, you may well experience a disturbing sense of deja vu this week. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Moscow. His visit is part of a renewed American campaign to make Russia rethink its strategy of support for the regime in Damascus, which could culminate in talks between Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin at the June G-8 summit in Northern Ireland.
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Publication Date: May 06, 2013
Author(s): Richard Gowan
Region/Country: Middle East, Syria
Program(s): Crisis Diplomacy and Peace Operations
Topic(s): Crises, Peace Operations, United Nations
Brahimi to quit as Syria peace envoy - diplomats
United Nations-Arab League Syria peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is on the verge of quitting amid growing frustration at deadlocked international efforts to end the worsening conflict, diplomats. Brahimi, who took over from former UN leader Kofi Annan in August last year, is “itching to resign but being persuaded to hang on for a few more days,” said one UN Security Council diplomat.

Read the full Gulf News article here.

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Publication Date: May 01, 2013
Author(s): Richard Gowan
Region/Country: Middle East, Syria
Program(s): Crisis Diplomacy and Peace Operations
Topic(s): Crises, Peace Operations, United Nations
Diplomatic Fallout: Chemical Weapons Charges Offer Chance for Diplomacy in Syria
The Obama administration not only confirmed that it is “very likely” that the Syrian military has “used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria” but also added that “the United States and international community have a number of potential responses available, and no option is off the table.”

Read the full World Politics Review article here.

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Publication Date: Apr 29, 2013
Author(s): Richard Gowan
Region/Country: Middle East, Syria
Program(s): Crisis Diplomacy and Peace Operations
Topic(s): Crises, Fragile States, United Nations
UN Workshop Discusses Preventing the Proliferation WMD to Non-State Actors
The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in collaboration with the United Nations University (UNU) on 24 April 2013 concluded a 3-day workshop focused on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to non-state actors with particular reference to the Arab world.
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Publication Date: Apr 26, 2013
Author(s): WPS Sidhu
Program(s): Securing Development
Topic(s): Transnational Threats, United Nations
Diplomatic Fallout: Is Failure an Option for Older U.N. Peace Operations?
As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his advisers look for the resources for a new generation of missions, they will face pressure to cut costs and downsize existing missions -- even if that means leaving some fragile states’ problems unresolved.

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Publication Date: Apr 22, 2013
Author(s): Richard Gowan
Region/Country: Middle East, Syria, West Africa
Program(s): Crisis Diplomacy and Peace Operations
Topic(s): United Nations
European Hard Power Hit by Eurozone Crisis
In this exclusive interview with ECSSR Website Richard Gowan, talks about a range of issues related to conflict prevention and resolution. Gowan also sheds light on the progress on United Nations reforms, EU’s peacekeeping ambitions, ongoing conflict in Syria and possibilities of conflagration in the Korean peninsula. The interview was conducted on the sidelines of ECSSR’s 18th Annual Conference – The Future Warfare in the 21st Century.
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Publication Date: Apr 15, 2013
Author(s): Richard Gowan
Region/Country: East Asia, Europe, Middle East, Syria
Program(s): Crisis Diplomacy and Peace Operations
Topic(s): United Nations

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On April 15, 2013, Norway's Minister of International Development, Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås, spoke at the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute. Mr. Holmås' lecture focused on issues of development, income inequality, and global poverty.

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