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Peacekeeping at the Precipice: Is Everything Going Wrong for the UN?

On October 14 through 16, Richard Gowan participated in the Challenges Forum, an annual peacekeeping conference in Beijing. The Challenges Forum is a strategic and dynamic platform for dialogue among policymakers, practitioners and academics on key issues and developments in peace operations. The aim is to shape the debate by promoting awareness of emerging issues and identifying key challenges facing military, police and civilian peace operations.

Publication Date: Oct 14, 2014

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

Region/Country: China, Europe

Topic(s): Peace Operations

Building Capacity for Peace Operations in Response to Diversified Threats: What Lies Ahead?

On October 14 through 16, Richard Gowan will be participating in the Challenges Forum, an annual peacekeeping conference in Beijing. The Challenges Forum is a strategic and dynamic platform for dialogue among policymakers, practitioners and academics on key issues and developments in peace operations. The aim is to shape the debate by promoting awareness of emerging issues and identifying key challenges facing military, police and civilian peace operations.

Event Date: Oct 14, 2014

Author(s): Richard Gowan

Region/Country: China, Europe

Topic(s): Peace Operations

Program(s): Peace and Security

Now Is Not the Time for a 'Grand Bargain' With Russia

Throughout the Ukrainian crisis, Russia has demonstrated a keen appetite for both territory and power. While Moscow has largely kept the United Nations out of the conflict, it has permitted the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the situation on the ground.

Read the full World Politics Review article Now Is Not the Time for a 'Grand Bargain' With Russia

Publication Date: Oct 07, 2014

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

Region/Country: Europe

Program(s): Peace and Security

Topic(s): United Nations

U.S. Sidelines Russia at U.N., but Real-World Gains Remain Elusive

Last week’s top-level session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York offered three basic lessons. The first is that the United States can still dominate the U.N. when it wants to. The second is that a clear majority of other countries’ leaders are quite relieved to follow an American lead. But the third is that the U.N. is only really still relevant in two—admittedly sensitive—regions: Africa and the Middle East.

Publication Date: Sep 29, 2014

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

Region/Country: Europe, Middle East, Syria, United States

Program(s): Peace and Security

Topic(s): United Nations

Russian Credibility on Ukraine Low at U.N. Meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly defied the international community's wishes regarding Ukraine, first by annexing Crimea then by supporting a separatist movement that has the country on the brink of civil war. This week, the Russian government arrived in New York to demonstrate its sincerity about making peace with Ukraine.

Publication Date: Sep 26, 2014

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

Region/Country: Europe, United States

Program(s): Peace and Security

Topic(s): United Nations

US making strategic use of UN to build case

During his speech at the opening session of the UN General Assembly as well as when advocating for the binding resolution on foreign fighters, US President Barack Obama shifted some attention from the short-term threat posed by ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) to the longer-term goals of attacking extremist ideology at its source.

Read the full Asia News Network article US making strategic use of UN to build case

Publication Date: Sep 26, 2014

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

Region/Country: Europe, Middle East, Syria, United States

Program(s): Peace and Security

Topic(s): United Nations

Do We Really Want A Reformed United Nations? A Special Interview With Richard Gowan

MUNPlanet brings you a special interview with Richard Gowan on the occasion of the Sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Publication Date: Sep 26, 2014

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

Region/Country: Europe, Middle East, Syria, United States, West Africa

Program(s): Peace and Security

Topic(s): United Nations

Previewing the UN General Assembly Session

Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, Ukraine and Russia in conflict and the Ebola virus are all continue grabbing headlines as the 69th UN General Assembly gets underway this week. Earlier this week, NY1's Michael Herzenberg got a preview of the session from Richard Gowan of the NYU Center on International Cooperation.

Watch the full NY1 video here

Publication Date: Sep 26, 2014

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

Region/Country: Europe, Middle East, Syria, United States, West Africa

Program(s): Peace and Security

Topic(s): United Nations