Aware but Unwired
This report looks at the growing institutional divide regarding the United Nations Security Council's approach to artificial intelligence (AI) governance, especially in peace and conflict settings.
The United Nations General Assembly 2026
Join CIC at our side events over the course of UNGA! These events cover topics such as governing artificial intelligence (AI), justice issues, economics and inequality, reform at the United Nations, local governance, and more.
NYU Center on International Cooperation at 30 to Join NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
CIC is joining the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service after a long and constructive tenure at NYU Arts & Science. This strategic transition to a prominent graduate school of public service, founded in 1938, will facilitate mutually productive CIC-Wagner engagement and support CIC in broadening its mission and strengthening its influence in the New York and global public service communities.
Multilateral Action to Prevent Crisis and Build Peace, Justice, and Inclusion.
The Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University (NYU) is a research center and think tank that, for over two decades, has been a leader in applied policy, connecting politics, security, justice, development, and humanitarian issues.
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Financing the United Nations
The paper organizes reform options according to who actually has the authority to implement them, and highlights a series of practical next steps for the next United Nations Secretary-General.
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How Can the United Nations Escape Process Overload?
The next Secretary-General takes office on January 1, 2027, in a UN whose governance architecture has become so congested that it impairs the Organization's ability to act—a process overload.
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No Neutral Number: The Politics of Defining and Measuring Inequality
This piece follows that choice through three moments. Before anyone can reduce inequality, someone has to define it, decide how to measure it, and choose how to respond; and none of those steps are neutral.
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Why Africa’s Debt Crisis Is a Question of Rights
How can we take a people-centered approach to Africa’s debt reform agenda after the adoption of the African Union’s Harare Declaration on the Dialogue on Debt Sustainability and Reform?
Lucia Makamure
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Featured Events
September 24, 2026
CIC at 30: Local Governance for Global Impact
As the NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC) celebrates its 30th anniversary, we reflect on three decades of work at NYU Arts & Science and mark an exciting new chapter as CIC joins the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Building on this legacy, this high-level event will focus on advancing more effective, inclusive, and accountable international cooperation in a rapidly changing world. A particular challenge is ensuring that negotiated global agreements are prioritized and translated into on-the-ground action that supports development and improves people’s lives.
September 28, 2026
Book Launch—Foreign Policy at the AI Frontier: How AI is Reshaping Progress, Power, and Peace”
Join us on September 28th, from 4:30 to 6:00pm for the launch of Branka Panic’s new book “Foreign Policy at the AI Frontier: How AI is Reshaping Progress, Power, and Peace.” Organized around three themes—Progress, Power, and Peace—the book explores how AI is reshaping the future of foreign policy.
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