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COVID-19, Conflict and Risks in the Arab Region: Ending Hostilities and Investing in Peace

This paper highlights the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the humanitarian and economic devastation wrought by prolonged conflict in the Arab region. It also provides an overview of recent and forecasted conflict trends in seven countries, which show that conflict dynamics remain largely unchanged, or in some cases worsened, since the outbreak of the virus.

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Jan 22, 2021
Horn of Africa, Middle East
Humanitarian Crises
Humanitarian Crises

Flagship Policies to Combat Inequality and Exclusion (Consultation Draft)

Following two years of research and mobilization, the Pathfinders Grand Challenge on Inequality and Exclusion is setting out a consultation draft of policy priorities for immediate and longer-term actions to tackle inequality and exclusion, with a particular focus on an inclusive and sustainable COVID-19 recovery.

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Jan 12, 2021
2030 Agenda
Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Reform of the CENI in the DRC: From Necessary Safeguards to the Impossible Task of Depoliticization | Réforme de la Ceni en RDC

A crucial issue in Congolese political life is electoral reform. A new report published by CIC's Congo Research Group focuses on the electoral commission (CENI), the control of which has, despite its mandate, become a key factor in obtaining or retaining power. The report reviews the views of different stakeholders in Congolese political life and demonstrates why it is today unlikely, if not impossible, to be able to completely depoliticize the CENI.

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Jan 07, 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo Research Group

Reimagining U.S. Asia Policy for a Peaceful Afghanistan

This policy paper by Barnett Rubin, Senior Fellow at CIC examines how the Afghan peace process provides the United States with an opportunity to pivot to a strategy that frees it from dependence on military bases in the landlocked backyard of Russia and China, and how that can provide it with an entry point to an expanded and more effective Asia policy focused on some of the most vital threats confronting humanity.

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Jan 06, 2021
Barnett Rubin
Central Asia, East Asia, United States, South Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan
Afghanistan, South Asia
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Annual Report 2019-2020

The Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University is pleased to share our Annual Report 2019-2020. The report covers the activities and achievements of CIC and the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies from October 2019 through September 2020. It describes a year in which COVID-19 has reshaped the landscape of our daily lives and working environments, while deepening our commitment to our core values of peace, justice, and inclusion and our mission of supporting evidence-based policymaking and multilateral engagement.

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Dec 21, 2020
Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project, Congo Research Group, Humanitarian Crises, Multilateral Reform, Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies , Prevention and Peacebuilding

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