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No Research About Us Without Us: Participatory Policy-Oriented Research With Children and Youth Affected by Conflict
A participatory workshop model to assess the needs of children and youth impacted by conflict.
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Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Five Goals to bolster the industry’s response to modern slavery and human trafficking.
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The Iraqi State, Geopolitics, and the Popular Mobilization Forces
Policies that could potentially to chip away at paramilitary groups' power, mitigate their abuses, and enforce their accountability.
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Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
This project aims to enhance understanding of how and why individuals exit armed conflict and how to encourage transitions away from the battlefield.
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Citizenship and Its Discontents in the Middle East: Kurdish Nationalism at an Impasse
The challenges facing Kurdish national identity in Iraqi Kurdistan's stalled political transition and the possibility for a new social contract.
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The New Geopolitics of Converging Risks: The UN and Prevention in the Era of AI
The emerging impacts of AI convergence on the United Nations’ prevention agenda.
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Assessing the Effectiveness of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan
An assessment of the achievements and impacts of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
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UN Sanctions and Mediation: Establishing Evidence To Inform Practice
Twenty policy recommendations to enhance complementarity, following discussions in New York and Geneva.
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Minimum Order: The Role of the Security Council in an Era of Major Power Competition
Amid rising great power tensions, the UN Security Council grapples with challenges in addressing conflicts.
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Surges and Swarms: A Conversation on Responsible Coverage of Migration
Recommendations for best practices for newsmakers, media regulators, United Nations entities and Member States when reporting on issues of migration.
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Fragile Contexts Are Increasingly Battlegrounds in Geopolitical Contests
Rising global involvement in civil wars demands preventive measures like diplomacy frameworks and anti-intervention incentives.
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The Shia View of Dealing With ISIS Suspects in the Hands of Iraqi Justice
The degree of support among Iraqi Shia for current legal practices regarding ISIS suspects and their openness to alternative leniency approaches.
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What Works in UN Resident Coordinator-Led Conflict Prevention: Lessons From the Field
Lessons from Resident Coordinator-supported preventive action in nine countries, where such support has generally been effective.
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The Limits of Punishment: Transitional Justice and Violent Extremism
If, when and how transitional justice can contribute to transitions away from conflict in settings affected by major jihadist groups.
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Capturing UN Preventive Diplomacy Success: How and Why Does It Work?
The impact the UN can have in conflict settings and the many challenges in linking short-term interventions with longer-term sustainable peace.
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Assessment Framework for UN Preventive Diplomacy: An Approach for UN Mediators and International Policymakers
A clear layout of the methodological challenges in evaluating political interventions in conflict and an impact assessment tool for practitioners.
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Preventing Tomorrow’s Conflicts and Sustaining Peace
Informing UN policy deliberations with a proactive, over-the-horizon approach to prevent and sustain peace.
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Protecting the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of UN Sanctions
Challenges in UN Security Council sanctions, particularly in counter-terrorism.
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Children and Extreme Violence: Cradled by Conflict
Understanding child recruitment by armed groups, including terrorist organizations, and identifying obstacles to releasing children from such groups.
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Group Cohesion and Peace Processes
Internal cohesion of non-State armed groups during peace processes.