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20 September 2010Crisis of Relevance at the UN BY Bernard Gwertzman

With delegates from around the world assembling in New York for the sixty-fifth annual UN General Assembly, Stewart Patrick, CFR'

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14 October 2010India in the Security Council BY Sidharth Bhatia

India’s election as a non-permanent member of the Security Council after 19 years is a significant event not only for the country but also for the Council itself. It’s five veto-carrying members

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1 November 2010Irresponsible Stakeholders? BY Stewart Patrick

A major strategic challenge for the United States in the coming decades will be integrating emerging powers into international institutions. The dramatic growth of Brazil, China, and India -- and

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Obama administration
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8 November 2010A Moment for UN Security Council Reform BY Stewart Patrick

U.S. President Barack Obama's surprise announcement of support for India's permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a bold foreign policy stroke.

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1 December 2010How’s That New World Order Working Out? BY Parag Khanna

Looking for a sign of when the multipolar moment suddenly seemed real? You could do worse than mark the day when Brazil and Turkey -- two of the world's most avidly internationalist emerging

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1 January 2010Multidimensional Poverty Index BY Alkire, Sabina and Maria Emma Santos

The 2010 United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report introduces the Multidimensional

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health
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1 January 2010Multidimensional Poverty Index BY Alkire, Sabina and Maria Emma Santos

The 2010 United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report introduces the Multidimensional

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health
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Poverty
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United Nations
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25 March 2011WikiLeaks: Indian diplomats emerge unscathed BY

In an amazing turn of events, some newspapers and analysts, who are traditionally sceptical of everything American, have begun to swear not only by the leaked cables of the State Department, but

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23 March 2011Foundations of Bangladesh’s Foreign Policy Interactions BY Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury

The two major foreign policy aspirations of Bangladesh are security and preservation of sovereignty, and the quest for resources for development. Both these objectives combined with the fact that

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12 April 2011New Trends in the Management of Upheaval BY

The romantic glow from the upheavals in the Arab world has begun to dim. The Egyptian army, which had been hailed as a saviour and partner in the protest movement, is now the focus of protests in

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