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Russia Wants To Send ‘Peacekeepers’ To The MH17 Crash Site

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced last Wednesday that he plans to propose a resolution to the U.N. Security Council to send Russian “peacekeeping” forces to the site of the flight MH17 crash.

Read the full Think Progress article Russia Wants To Send ‘Peacekeepers’ To The MH17 Crash Site

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Jul 30, 2014
Richard Gowan
Europe
Prevention and Peacebuilding
Humanitarian Crises

The United States Lowers Israel's Diplomatic Shield at the United Nations

U.S. support for Israel has suddenly changed.

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Jul 29, 2014
Richard Gowan
Europe, United States
Prevention and Peacebuilding
Crises, Humanitarian Crises, United Nations

Security council ties that bind

The pragmatic approach and active diplomacy of Australia’s UN ambassador are paying huge dividends in the wake of MH17.

Read the full The Saturday Paper article here

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Jul 26, 2014
Richard Gowan
East Asia, Europe
Prevention and Peacebuilding
Crises, United Nations

Why the U.N. Can’t Solve the World’s Problems

The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, not to mention the war in Syria, have presented diplomats with emotional testimonies of civilian suffering, even alleged crimes against humanity. Yet the 15-member Council has been unable to end these conflicts. The problem is not that the major world powers don’t care. It is that they care too much.

Read the full New York Times article here

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Jul 28, 2014
Richard Gowan
Europe, Middle East
Prevention and Peacebuilding
Crises, Fragile States, Humanitarian Crises, United Nations

How the obscure OSCE ended up at the center of the MH17 investigation

In the aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash over eastern Ukraine, few people have been able to take charge of what has been, by all accounts, a chaotic and tragic scene. But one group, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has been able to send international observers to the site of the disaster.

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Jul 21, 2014
Richard Gowan
Europe
Prevention and Peacebuilding
Crises, Humanitarian Crises

West Needs New Rules to Contain Proxy Wars With Russia

Russia seemed ready to mount a full-scale incursion into eastern Ukraine as early as April, it avoided such an open challenge to the West. The U.S. and Europe reciprocated by limiting sanctions against Moscow in the second quarter of this year. But these signs of restraint have given way to chaos.

Read the full World Politics Review article West Needs New Rules to Contain Proxy Wars With Russia

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Jul 21, 2014
Richard Gowan
Europe
Prevention and Peacebuilding
Crises, Humanitarian Crises, Peace Operations

UN Crisis Diplomacy and Peacekeeping: An Emergency Health Check

The UN is currently in poor health but the severity of its condition is not yet clear, Richard Gowan argues in this paper commissioned by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue for the 2014 Oslo Forum for senior mediators. Gowan assesses the impact of events in South Sudan, Syria and Ukraine for the UN, and warns that the organization's operational and political credibility is weakening.

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Jul 15, 2014
Richard Gowan
Europe, Horn of Africa, Middle East
Peace Operations, United Nations
Prevention and Peacebuilding

Despite Risk of Escalation, West and Russia Keep Ukraine Crisis Limited

Is Ukraine a promising model for the management of future international crises? At first glance, it looks like nothing of the sort. Kiev is in the middle of a bloody military campaign to regain control of towns and cities in the east of the country from pro-Russian rebels. More and more civilians have been caught in the crossfire.

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Jul 15, 2014
Richard Gowan
Europe
Prevention and Peacebuilding
International Security, Peace Operations

The US and the international power structure: Reviewing 'Still Ours to Lead'

In Still Ours to Lead: America, Rising Powers, and the Tension Between Rivalry and Restraint, Brookings Senior Fellow and my CIC colleague Bruce Jones sets out a compelling analysis of the present global power structure.

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Jun 19, 2014
China, East Asia, Europe, Brazil, United States, South Asia
Emerging Powers, International Security

Australia in the UN Security Council

In this Lowy Institute Analysis, Richard Gowan reviews Australia’s time as a non-permanent member of the Security Council. Gowan argues that while it has not changed the world, Australia has acquitted itself well, bringing extra rigour and professionalism to the Council’s debates. It has carved out a niche on the issue of humanitarian access in the Syrian conflict, and solidified its reputation as a good international citizen and a serious country.

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Jun 12, 2014
Richard Gowan
Europe, South Asia
South Asia, United Nations
Prevention and Peacebuilding

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