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Here’s Hoping Steve Mnuchin Ignores What John Bolton Has to Say about the IMF and MDBs
Scott Morris
December 14, 2016
To say that John Bolton, President-elect Trump’s expected pick for #2 at the State Department, is a well-known UN critic would be an understatement. But it’s well worth noting that he has opinions about the IMF and the multilateral development banks too.
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Using Financial Incentives to Increase the Number of Women in UN Peacekeeping
Charles Kenny
October 17, 2016
At present rates of progress, it will take more than three centuries for the UN to see the same number of women as men in peacekeeping operations, even though evidence suggests that increasing the proportion of women in operations will improve the success rate of peacekeeping missions and reduce lev...
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Wanted: More Women Peacekeepers
Charles Kenny
October 11, 2016
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) recently introduced a bill that tackles an important subject in global security: the under-representation of women in the world’s security forces and, in particular, United Nations peacekeeping operations. That's a grea...
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AMR Gets the UNGA Spotlight; Now Can It Get Meaningful Action?
Rachel Bonnifield
September 26, 2016