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Order from Chaos

Extremely loud and uncomfortably close: Lessons of the “Great War” 100 years on

Elizabeth Cousens and Jeffrey Feltman

Friday, November 9, 2018

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gather at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. Tatyana Zenkovich/Pool via REUTERS - RC16DD62C000

Op-Ed

How France and Italy’s rivalry is hurting Libya

Federica Saini Fasanotti and Ben Fishman

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe looks on next to Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena during the "Vision 2025" future plans of Sri Lanka launching ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte - RC166B794690

Order from Chaos

Sri Lanka: An urgent case for conflict prevention

Jeffrey Feltman

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

A Syrian refugee teacher distributes books to her refugee students in their classroom at Fatih Sultan Mehmet School in Karapurcek district of Ankara, Turkey, September 28, 2015. Out of 640,000 Syrian children in Turkey, 400,000 are not at school, a Turkish official told Reuters on Friday, warning that those who miss out are likely to be exploited by "gangs and criminals". Educating the children among more than 2.2 million Syrian refugees in Turkey - most of whom live outside purpose-built camps - is seen as a critical part of the humanitarian response to the four-and-a-half-year-old conflict. Picture taken September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - GF10000230197

Future Development

Syrian refugees and the schooling challenge

Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Reports

Green lights are projected onto the facade of the Hotel de Ville in Paris, France, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his decision that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement at a news conference June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - UP1ED611NP15U

Climate Change

The Paris Agreement and its future

Todd Stern

October 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Report

Brookings experts on Trump’s UNGA speech

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

A member of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stands with a civilian on the rubble of the Carlton Hotel, in the government controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC181701B570

Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

Managing the new threat landscape

Bruce Jones, Charles T. Call, Daniel Toubolets, and Jason Fritz

September 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during a high-level event in the Assembly Hall at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - LR1ED1I1CPTBS

Report

China’s long game on human rights at the United Nations

Ted Piccone

September 2018

The Proton-M booster blasts off with the Spanish Hispasats Amazonas 5 communication satellite at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1FD95AED70

Report

Safeguarding the heavens: The United States and the future of norms of behavior in outer space

Frank A. Rose

June 2018

Blog Posts

Teacher Moulay Ismael Lamrani poses for a picture with his class in the Oudaya primary school in Rabat, September 15, 2015, at the start of the new school year in Morocco. Nearly three years after Taliban gunmen shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist last week urged world leaders gathered in New York to help millions more children go to school. World Teachers' Day falls on 5 October, a Unesco initiative highlighting the work of educators struggling to teach children amid intimidation in Pakistan, conflict in Syria or poverty in Vietnam. Even so, there have been some improvements: the number of children not attending primary school has plummeted to an estimated 57 million worldwide in 2015, the U.N. says, down from 100 million 15 years ago. Reuters photographers have documented learning around the world, from well-resourced schools to pupils crammed into corridors in the Philippines, on boats in Brazil or in crowded classrooms in Burundi. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalPICTURE 41 OF 47 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD"SEARCH "EDUCATORS SCHOOLS" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000226475

Education Plus Development

Investing in global knowledge sharing for our children

Sara Coffey and Jenny Perlman Robinson

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

A lab worker holds up a test-tube of blood before conducting HIV tests at Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland (AZG)'s clinic in Yangon February 21, 2012. Tens of thousands of lives are at risk in Myanmar due to an anticipated funding shortfall to treat people living with HIV and tuberculosis, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned Wednesday, urging international donors to provide immediate support to the impoverished country. Myanmar is already facing "a devastating gap" between people's needs and access to treatment and a decision by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to cancel funding for 2013 because of a lack of donor money could worsen the situation, the report "Lives in the balance: the urgent need for HIV and TB treatment in Myanmar" said. Picture taken February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) - GM1E82M0ZJO01

Future Development

We need breakthrough technologies to reach the Sustainable Development Goal targets for health

Gavin Yamey and Alexander Gunn

Friday, October 5, 2018

France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - HP1EE9P1AE44M

Order from Chaos

Man on wire: An acrobatic act of faith by a Frenchman in New York

Célia Belin

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

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Children walk to school in Kharay, Dolkha District, some 190 km (118 miles) northeast of Kathmandu September 15, 2013. Devi Budhathoki and three of her children, Manjura, Mandira, and Niraj all suffer from Congenital Hypertrichosis Lanuginosa, a very rare disease that causes excessive body hair growth, and which is sometimes referred to as "werewolf syndrome". They are undergoing laser hair removal in order to lessen their symptoms. Picture taken September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY EDUCATION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 07 OF 37 FOR PICTURE PACKAGE "LIVING WITH 'WEREWOLF SYNDROME'". TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'BUDHATHOKI' - RTX1522K

Global Development

Scaling to sustainability: Meeting the challenge of the Sustainable Development Goals

Jenny Perlman Robinson, John McArthur, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

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United Nations

Extremely loud and uncomfortably close: Lessons of the “Great War” 100 years on

How France and Italy’s rivalry is hurting Libya

Sri Lanka: An urgent case for conflict prevention

Syrian refugees and the schooling challenge

Reports

The Paris Agreement and its future

Brookings experts on Trump’s UNGA speech

Managing the new threat landscape

China’s long game on human rights at the United Nations

Safeguarding the heavens: The United States and the future of norms of behavior in outer space

Blog Posts

Investing in global knowledge sharing for our children

We need breakthrough technologies to reach the Sustainable Development Goal targets for health

Man on wire: An acrobatic act of faith by a Frenchman in New York

Events

On refugee integration and the Global Compact on Refugees: Lessons from Turkey

Crisis in Congo: The way forward in 2017 and beyond

How to manage global catastrophic risk

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