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Multilateral Reform: Rethinking Humanitarianism Episode 6

January 04, 2021
As we close out a year in which the UN marked its 75th anniversary, we’re taking a hard look at whether reform of multilateral agencies has a chance. Two guests with extensive backgrounds in diplomacy and international service join co-hosts Heba Aly and Jeremy Konyndyk on this sixth episode of Rethi...
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Strengthening Approaches to Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding at the UN and IFIs: Key Ideas and Recommendations

December 09, 2020
All three of the recent UN secretary-general reports on peacebuilding and sustaining peace (2018, 2019, and 2020) take note of the need to enhance collaboration between the UN—not only its development system but also its peace and security and humanitarian arms—with international financial instituti...
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Reinvigorate Multilateralism by Replacing its Operating Principle

October 26, 2020
The global policy debate on multilateralism has taken an intriguing turn during recent months and its focus has been widened, raising the question of how, under the current global geopolitical realities, a reinvigoration of multilateralism could realistically be achieved.
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Power, Money, and Influence: Broadening the Dialogue on Humanitarian Action at UNGA

October 07, 2019
At the 74th UN General Assembly meetings, Jeremy Konyndyk and I held a high-level side event at the Rockefeller Foundation headquarters focused on a vital but inadequately addressed aspect of the humanitarian system and humanitarian reform in particular: who has power, who lacks power, and how to ch...