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Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, India, Pakistan

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War and peace in the age of Twitter

Several recent episodes have highlighted the potential of Twitter diplomacy to both make peace or enhance relations and raise tensions or wage war

Publication Date: Jan 02, 2017

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

Region/Country: South Asia, India

Topic(s): South Asia

Global trends: discontinuity and disruption

Key global trends include rising income, climate change, growing cyber dependency, ageing population, artificial intelligence, and the changing nature of conflic

Publication Date: Jan 16, 2017

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

Region/Country: South Asia, India

Topic(s): Global Governance, South Asia

Five global scenarios for the Donald Trump era

US President Donald Trump’s disruption, ironically, is more likely accelerate the evolution to allow countries like China and, probably, India to shape its contours

Publication Date: Jan 30, 2017

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

Region/Country: United States, South Asia, India

Topic(s): South Asia

The Art of the Deal in Afghanistan

The United States can best achieve its objective of denying international terrorists sanctuary in Afghanistan by implementing an integrated diplomatic and military strategy.

Publication Date: Feb 01, 2017

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

Region/Country: South Asia, Afghanistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, International Security

GPOR Annual Compilation 2015

For almost a decade, the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations (ARGPO) was the flagship publication of the Center on International Cooperation (CIC). During that time, CIC also released three editions of the Review of Political Missions.

Publication Date: Jan 29, 2016

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Alexandra Novosseloff, Ryan Rappa, Richard Gowan, Alischa Kugel , WPS Sidhu, Sarah Cliffe, Barnett Rubin, James Traub

Region/Country: China, Europe, Middle East, Libya, Syria, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Crises, Fragile States, Global Governance, United Nations

Program(s): Prevention and Peacebuilding

GPOR Annual Compilation 2016

We've produced a video highlighting the launch of the Global Peace Operations Review (GPOR) annual compilation. This second edtion of the compilation, is the first to collect a full year’s worth of content from the website in a single publication.

Publication Date: Jan 27, 2017

Region/Country: Europe, Middle East, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

Program(s): Prevention and Peacebuilding

Topic(s): Global Governance, Humanitarian Crises, International Security, Peace Operations, United Nations

GPOR Annual Compilation 2016

© Global Peace Operations Review

This is the second edition of the Global Peace Operations Review (GPOR) annual compilation. It is the first to collect a full year’s worth of content from the website in a single publication. Using an online platform allows us to constantly innovate, and we plan to continue to evolve between these annual releases. Producing the annual compilation allows GPOR to curate this material thematically in a fully searchable and citable electronic book. If you’re reading this in PDF format, any text highlighted in blue is hyperlinked back to the website.

Publication Date: Jan 27, 2017

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Sarah Cliffe, Alexandra Novosseloff, Hanny Megally , Richard Gowan, Jason Stearns, Ryan Rappa, Gizem Sucuoglu

Region/Country: Europe, Middle East, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

Topic(s): Global Governance, Humanitarian Crises, International Security, Peace Operations, United Nations

Program(s): Prevention and Peacebuilding

Things Change

On December 16, 2016, President Obama, speaking at his last White House press conference, suggested to Donald Trump that, “Since there's only one president at a time,” the president-elect should wait “before he starts having a lot of interactions with foreign governments other than the usual courtesy calls.”

Publication Date: Jan 14, 2017

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

Region/Country: South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Pakistan

Dozens Killed In Bombing Near Afghan Parliament

Bombs exploded in the Afghan capital of Kabul earlier today. It was the first attack in the city in months. The blasts killed at least 30 people and injured dozens more. NPR's Nishant Dahiya reports.

Publication Date: Jan 11, 2017

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

Region/Country: South Asia, Afghanistan

Program(s): Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Crises

Afghanistan's Road to Self Reliance

Dr. Barnett Rubin recently gave a keynote speech entitled "Afghanistan's Road to Self Reliance" to the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan in Stockholm, Sweden on 9 December 2016. A video and summary of the speech is available below.