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Middle Powers Reengaging in UN Peace Operations: Strategic Policy Recommendations
- Analysis
- September 13, 2021
Though a debated category, “middle power” countries use multilateralism and peacekeeping to pursue their interests, build relationships and exert influence globally. Recently, however, commitments have shifted toward regional military alliances and “smart”, technical engagements, reducing the risks to personnel and appealing more directly to national interests. The result has been declining contributions to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping since the 1990s. Recently, the UN and the Secretary-General have called for renewed commitments, which alongside
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Action for Peacekeeping? Middle Powers, Liberal Internationalism, and the Future of UN Peace Operations
- Analysis
- September 13, 2021
In late May 2021, CIPS scholars hosted a virtual workshop on the topic of middle powers, liberal internationalism, and the changing geopolitical environment around UN peace operations. Workshop participants joined us from six different countries to present original research papers. These papers addressed a variety of questions about how changes in global order are likely
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The Fate of Unwanted Art: Poland’s Symbolic Dealing with the Communist Past
- Analysis
- September 7, 2021
Ever since the regime changes in Eastern Europe in 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, communist-era monumental art has become a controversial subject. Post-communist states, both the pre-existing ones and those which emerged after the Soviet disintegration, followed very different paths of handling the artistic remains of their immediate past. Dealing
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Covid Vaccine Apartheid and the Failure of Global Cooperation
- Analysis
- September 6, 2021
Scientists responded rapidly to the Covid-19 pandemic by developing vaccines effective against infection, serious illness, and death. These medical breakthroughs presented an opportunity to manage the pandemic from a truly global perspective. Yet, it is an opportunity we have thus far failed to seize In July 2020, months before the approval of any vaccine, eight presidents
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