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The EMSI project focuses on researching international security institutions and developing effective and innovative security mechanisms. Formed with the goal of transforming the international security environment in the aftermath of September 11th, EMSI provided substantial support to the UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change and to the subsequent UN negotiations. CIC research and outreach contributed to one of the major innovations agreed upon at the World Summit 2005: the creation of the Peacebuilding Commission. The project now continues its efforts to provide ongoing support to the UN and to assess the recent evolution and current prospects for multilateral security institutions.

Lead Researcher: Bruce Jones
Project Staff: Catherine Bellamy, Richard Gowan

Funders: Government of Norway, Government of Sweden

Collaborating Institutions: The Brookings Institution, Center for International Security and Cooperation

Recent Publications

Title	Source	Author	Date
A Global Force for Human Rights? An Audit of European Power at the UN.	European Council on Foreign Relations	Richard Gowan and Franziska Banter	September 2008
Shooting the rapids: multilateralism and global risks	Paper for the Progressive Governance Summit	Alex Evans and David Steven	April 2008
The EU's Security Strategy and the United Nations	Paper for 48th Annual ISA Convention	Richard Gowan	March 2007
Bio-Security, Nonstate Actors, and the Need for Global Cooperation	Ethics and International Affairs	Bruce Jones	December 2006
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News

A Global Force for Human Rights? An Audit of European Power at the UN
September 2008

Richard Gowan and Franziska Banter argue that over the past decade there has been a decline in the European Union's leverage to promote human rights values and its vision of a rules-based world order.

The Hardheaded Case for Human Security
October 2007

Richard Gowan writes about the concept of "human security" and the questions it raises for the next U.S. President.

Does the EU still want the Balkans?
March 2007

From Kosovo to Bosnia, the EU is inextricably entwined in the future of the Balkans. But some in the region are growing more cynical about the prospect of membership, writes Richard Gowan for E!Sharp.

A Special Relationship?
November 2006

Links between the UN and EU have flourished under Kofi Annan. Richard Gowan takes a look at the implications of the end of his tenure for Europe.