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Research center housed at nyu.edu 🏫 | Strengthening global cooperation for peace, justice, and inclusion 🕊️ ⚖️ 🌐 | #NYUCIC

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🤖 Tech firms have a seat at the AI governance table. But who gets access and who is accountable?

#NYUCIC’s Thibault Camelli, Joris de Mooij, and Nur Laiq, together with Dr. Anda Bologa, explore how to tap private-sector expertise without letting economic power dictate influence.

#AIGovernance
Tech at the Table | Center on International Cooperation
This paper examines how private-sector participation in multilateral AI governance can support knowledge, accountability, and implementation.
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September 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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⚖️ How can justice systems harness AI while protecting #HumanRights & keeping people at the center?

With a new grant from @pjmfdn.bsky.social, @sdg16.plus will develop a global people-centered justice & #AI framework, then work with 3️⃣ countries to adapt & pilot it. ⤵️

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September 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Indonesia 🇮🇩 created 18 million new jobs between 2018 and 2024, yet its middle class shrank from 22.5% to 17.2%.

Why is this?

⏩ Download our new policy brief to learn more🔻
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#PublicPolicy #MiddleClass #EconomicGrowth #LaborMarket #SocialProtection
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September 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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🇺🇳 It’s that time of year again: #UNGA is returning to New York, bringing vital conversations to the city.

We’ve curated a selection of insightful events for our community + look forward to connecting with you in the weeks ahead.

Learn more ▶️ cic.nyu.edu/events/un-ge...
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September 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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🤖 AI is reshaping international peace and security, but is the UN Security Council ready?

A new #NYUCIC piece identifies 5️⃣ practical gaps limiting its response to AI-enabled conflict and offers realistic ways to move from awareness to action.

🔗 Read: cic.nyu.edu/resources/aw...

#ArtificialIntel
Aware but Unwired | Center on International Cooperation
This new report examines the United Nations Security Council in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and conflict.
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September 10, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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🎉 Four promotions at NYU’s Center on International Cooperation!

. Fernando Marani → Deputy Director
. Luisa Portugal & Thibault Camelli → Senior Program Officers
. Joris de Mooij → Program Officer

Join us in congratulating them as #NYUCIC marks 30 years and joins NYU Wagner!

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September 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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🤖 AI governance is about power, equity, sovereignty, & who gets a say.

🌐 In an interview with the UN Foundation’s [Re]Group, #NYUCIC Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Nur Laiq explores how the UN can advance inclusive, accountable AI governance.

📖 Read: open.substack.com/pub/regroupp...

#AIGovernance
Governing the Machine
This interview with Dr. Nur Laiq explores the United Nation's position to govern Artificial Intelligence and the role of the next Secretary-General.
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September 1, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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🎉 Introducing Cohort 3️⃣ of the #YoungJusticeLeaders!

Please welcome these amazing global changemakers working actively to achieve #PeopleCenteredJustice for all 🌐.

✨ Meet them + learn about the Young Justice Leaders program at Pathfinders: www.sdg16.plus/young-justic....

#SDG16Plus #YouthLead
August 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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🇺🇳 How can the next United Nations Secretary-General restore coherence and participation at the UN given its current “process overload?”

In the first of 5 pieces, CIC experts examine this concept in order to chart a practical reform roadmap for the next #UNSG.

Explore ⬇️
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August 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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💰 In this new guest blog, Lucia Makamure breaks down why Africa’s debt crisis is a question of rights—featuring lessons learned from Ghana’s debt crisis.

READ: cic.nyu.edu/resources/wh...

#Inequality #DebtCrisis #InternationalFinancing
Why Africa’s Debt Crisis Is a Question of Rights | Center on International Cooperation
How can we take a people-centered approach for Africa’s debt reform agenda after the adoption of African Union’s Harare Declaration.
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August 19, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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🏙️ At the #UN High-Level Meeting on the #NewUrbanAgenda, Fernando Marani, Program Director, @nyucic.bsky.social, moderated a panel on adequate & affordable housing, w/UNDP, UN Women, the UN Special Rapporteur on housing, & the Mayor of Quito.

The through line 〰️ trust local governments & communities.
July 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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💰🇺🇳 This new in-depth analysis looks at how the financial crisis at the #UN is impacting #PeaceOperations.

Now—UN peacekeeping is being scaled back without any political decision to do so.

✍️ @thibaultc.bsky.social
🗒️ cic.nyu.edu/resources/un...

#UNPeacekeeping #LiquidityCrisis
UN Peace Operations Gone Broke: How the United Nations’ Financial Crisis is Dismantling Peace Operations | Center on International Cooperation
This new analysis looks at how the financial crisis at the United Nations (UN) is impacting peace operations.
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July 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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📊 #Inequality is about more than income.

Fernando Marani, representing @sdg16.plus, joined ECLAC's Regional Seminar on Social Development to discuss why multidimensional measures matter for better policymaking.

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#Inequality #SDGs #LatinAmerica #Agenda2030
July 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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💬 "But focus and austerity are different things..."

As calls for #UN reform grow louder, our latest analysis asks: What does "back to basics" really mean? The answer: protecting the UN's indispensable functions, not simply doing less.

📖 Read: cic.nyu.edu/resources/ba....

#UNReform
July 1, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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🤔 How can #AccessToJustice contribute to building resilient societies as new technologies continue to be deployed?

🌍 As the Global Dialogue on AI Governance convenes member states, academia, civil society, and the private sector, now is the time to start introducing justice into the discourse.
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July 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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💡 This week at UN #PeacebuildingWeek, CIC’s Betty Wainaina moderated the panel “Showcasing Kenya’s Peacebuilding Architecture." She highlights the importance of nationally-owned + led prevention & how Kenya is taking proactive steps towards a #PBAR system considering a “whole-of-society” approach.
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June 26, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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What a night! 🎉

With @open-society.bsky.social and Mercociudades, PiOC co-organized a rich fireside conversation w/two mayors on the real-world challenges + breakthroughs shaping their cities’ approach to violence prevention on the sidelines of the @uclg.bsky.social #WorldCongress in Tangier, 🇲🇦.
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June 25, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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🚨 Our new Policy Guidance for Effective National Prevention Strategies is now available.

🙏 Thank you to our Advisory Group: their work shows that prevention isn't just possible—it's already happening around the world.

Read now ⤵️
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#NationalPreventionStrategies
June 25, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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“Justice is where otherwise abstract regulatory frameworks become meaningful to ordinary people.”—@natekedwards.bsky.social, Program Officer, Justice for All.

Read the full piece:
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#NYUCIC #AI #SDG16f="/hashtag/SDG16Plus" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#SDG16Plus #SDG16 #JusticeForAll #GlobalGovernance
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June 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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What does an effective National Prevention Strategy look like?

💡 New guidance from #NYUCIC and Australia's DFAT helps countries strengthen prevention efforts and avoid the far greater costs of conflict and violence.

Learn more ⤵️
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#NationalPreventionStrategies
June 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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🙌 Welcome Winona Firdausya to @sdg16.plus at #NYUCIC!

📊 She will be working on the #InequalitySolutions portal, a one-stop public resource of applied, well-researched global policies driving progress towards a more equitable and inclusive world.
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June 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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As gov'ts work to regulate AI, many governance frameworks overlook how people will access the rights that the law provides if they are harmed.

A piece by @natekedwards.bsky.social argues that AI governance will become meaningful to ordinary people when legal systems deliver equal #AccessToJustice.
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June 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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🙌 Welcome Foluke Adetola Ojelabi to #NYUCIC!

💡 Foluke is an @afsee-lse.bsky.social and a #NYUCIC Visiting Fellow, as part of a partnership between CIC and LSE. She is a social change leader with expertise in strategic insights, planning, monitoring, and reporting, and has worked at both national an
June 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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🚨 AI is scaling faster than justice.

💪 In our latest #CICInsights, we call upon international policymakers to adopt a #PeopleCenteredJustice approach to build capacity in legal systems while creating AI governance frameworks.

Check out all of our featured resources 👇
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June 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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“Across the world, the desire for a world free of war and empire exists, waiting to be mobilized and given fresh political voice.“ From my essay published this week in @ForeignAffairs. Related podcast link below

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How to Prevent the Next World War
A Conversation With Thant Myint-U
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June 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM