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CIC's Barnett Rubin Addresses Arria-Formula Meeting on Afghanistan at the Security Council

CIC, Barnett Rubin, Arria-Formula, Afghanistan

At the most recent Arria-formula meeting on Afghanistan on November 27, 2017, Barnett Rubin spoke on the importance of regional approaches in fostering development and peace. In his talk, Partners for Afghanistan: Linking Security, Development and Peace in the Central Asian Region.

Publication Date: Nov 28, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: China, Central Asia, South Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

China provides most number of troops for UN peacekeeping force

The People’s Liberation Army is the biggest single provider of troops for the United Nation’s peacekeeping force, known as the Blue Helmets.

CGTN’s John Terrett reports.

We seldom, if ever, see the PLA or its generals at United Nations headquarters, but we do see Ambassador Liu Jieyi and Beijing’s team of diplomats everyday in the Security Council dealing with the most serious of world issues.

Publication Date: Aug 01, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): John Terrett, Sarah Cliffe

Region/Country: China

Program(s): Peace and Security

Topic(s): United Nations

UN leader: US leaving Paris accord will harm its global influence

In five months in office, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has so far publicly avoided challenging new US President Donald Trump.

But on Tuesday, he threw the equivalent of a last-minute "Hail Mary" pass during a speech at New York University -- making the case for the US to remain committed to the Paris climate accord in terms that he hoped would change Trump's mind, by warning of a drop in the US's global influence if it pulls out of the agreement.

Publication Date: May 31, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Richard Roth

Region/Country: China, United States

Program(s): Peace and Security

Topic(s): Transnational Threats, United Nations

China-India-US cooperation in Afghanistan could have huge potential

India’s decision to boycott China’s Belt and Road Forum has reinvigorated the much-needed debate on the strategic relationship between the two Asian giants. This debate comes on the heels of the February 23, 2017 India-China Strategic Dialogue in Beijing, where the two states found, among their divergences, a convergence on Afghanistan that contradicts some of Delhi’s received wisdom.

Publication Date: May 26, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: China, United States, South Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia

The "Graveyard Of Empires"

CNN's Fareed Zakaria in a recent report on the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan highlights Barnett Rubin's War on the Rocks article "It's much bigger than Afghanistan: U.S. strategy for a transformed Region".

Publication Date: May 02, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: China, Middle East, South Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Crises, Humanitarian Crises

It's Much Bigger Than Afghanistan: U.S. Strategy for a Transformed Region

Whether launching a few missiles at a Syrian air base, sailing an aircraft carrier toward North Korea (or not), dropping MOAB, or sending more troops to Afghanistan, tactical demonstrations of U.S. strength not tied to strategic objectives sooner rather than later deteriorate into bloody demonstrations of futility.

Publication Date: Apr 25, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Barnett Rubin

Region/Country: China, United States, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Emerging Powers, International Security, South Asia

China benefits from nuclear disorder

China’s proliferation activities vis-à-vis Pakistan and North Korea have been unmasked on several occasions both before and after Beijing joined the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1992

Publication Date: Mar 27, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): WPS Sidhu

Region/Country: China, East Asia, South Asia, Pakistan

Topic(s): Pakistan, South Asia

The Strategic Chain: Linking Pakistan, India, China, and the United States

Considerable policy analysis has been devoted to bilateral strategic relationships between Pakistan and India, India and China, and China and the United States. But the strategic dynamics among these four nuclear powers cannot be understood or effectively addressed on a strictly bilateral basis. While Pakistan responds strategically to India, India responds both to Pakistan and China, which in turn responds both to India and the United States.

Publication Date: Mar 02, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Robert Einhorn, WPS Sidhu

Region/Country: China, United States, South Asia, India, Pakistan

Topic(s): India, Pakistan, South Asia

Indo-US naval cooperation: steady as she goes?

The US and Indian navies could carry out ‘benign naval and maritime activity’ during periods of diplomatic strain.

Publication Date: Feb 26, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): WPS Sidhu

Region/Country: China, United States, South Asia, India

Topic(s): India, South Asia

Security and Development Along the Belt and Road Initiative

On December 17, 2016 Barnett Rubin made a presentation on the subject of “Security and Development Along the Belt and Road Initiative” at a conference hosted by the Belt and Road Building and Central Asian Studies Institute of Shaanxi Normal University in Xi’an, China.