Richard Ponzio

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Fellow and Director at Stimson

Stimson Center, Author, Global Governance Innovation Network, Climate Governance and Global Security, Justice & Gov Commissions; former State Dept., UN official

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Articles

In Defense of Reformed Multilateralism

3 days ago | passblue.com | Richard Ponzio |Nudhara Yusuf

The deepening fiscal crisis is even more jarring when juxtaposed against recent signs of renewed multilateral commitment. At the World Health Assembly, member states adopted the first agreement to prevent and respond to future pandemics, while the International Maritime Organization finalized a legally binding commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The Just Security Podcast: Key Trends and Takeaways from the 2024 U.N. General Assembly’s High-Level Week

Oct 2, 2024 | justsecurity.org | Richard Ponzio |Viola Gienger |Paras Shah |Clara Apt

More than 130 world leaders just completed a week of meetings in New York for the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly.
A Milestone That Can Set a Path for Change

Oct 2, 2024 | justsecurity.org | Richard Ponzio

(Editor’s note: Author Richard Ponzio also discusses the U.N. General Assembly’s Summit of the Future and high-level week in the Just Security Podcast.
Key Trends and Takeaways from the 2024 U.N. General Assembly’s High-Level Week

Oct 2, 2024 | justsecuritypodcast.buzzsprout.com | Richard Ponzio |Viola Gienger |Paras Shah

More than 130 world leaders just completed a week of meetings in New York for the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly.
Chapter 5: “Transforming Global Governance”

Sep 9, 2024 | stimson.org | Richard Ponzio |Joaquin Matamis

From continued volatility and inequality in the global financial and economic system and fears of renewed health risks to the present triple planetary crisis (climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution) and need to overcome growing divisions between the BRICS+ and G7 countries, divergent views animate current debates on reform of the United Nations, international financial institutions, World Trade Organization, and G20 toward forging a more coherent and effective way for managing...
OP-ED | Can the Pact for the Future Tackle Rising Human Insecurity, By Richard Ponzio & Nudhara Yusuf - African Newspage | Reporting Africa’s Development

Jul 19, 2024 | africannewspage.net | Richard Ponzio

Richard Ponzio and Nudhara Yusuf posit the Summit of the Future (SOTF) represents both a milestone and another step in the long journey toward achieving human security for all, noting that the older generation owe this renewed commitment to collective global action to today’s younger generation and all succeeding generations to fulfill their most urgent human needs, while charting a sustainable course to realize their highest aspirations.
Can the Pact for the Future Tackle Rising Human Insecurity?

Jul 16, 2024 | passblue.com | Richard Ponzio |Nudhara Yusuf

Since the release of the 1993 Human Development Report, the powerful notion of human security has evolved, incorporating principles of justice while elevating nature and technology’s roles in protecting and enriching human life. Still, the United Nations report’s original insight from more than three decades ago still holds true: secure nations require a sense of security, well-being and belonging among their citizens too.
The Day After: A UN Transitional Authority for Gaza

Jun 25, 2024 | stimson.org | Richard Ponzio |Joaquin Matamis

Editor’s Note: Marshall J. Breger is a Professor of Law at the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America. He was a special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and his liaison to the US Jewish community. Richard Caplan is a Professor of International Relations at Oxford University and the author of International Governance of War-torn Territories: Rule and Reconstruction (Oxford University Press). Larry D.
The UN Optimist Promoting the Summit of the Future

Jun 5, 2024 | passblue.com | Maria Luisa Gambale |Maya Linstrum-Newman |Nadine Gloss |Arthur Bassas |Dan Becker |Richard Ponzio

With the Summit of the Future now a mere three months away, opinions about its chances to produce meaningful change for the United Nations if not the world are extremely mixed. The promised documents related to the summit - the Pact for the Future, Digital Global Compact and Declaration on Future Generations - are running through their second major draft reviews, while time is running out.
Summit of the Future: A Historical Pivot or Mere Footnote?

May 10, 2024 | stimson.org | Richard Ponzio

The United Nations’ Summit of the Future in September offers a historic opportunity to adopt several far-reaching, high-impact global governance innovations. The summit’s success also hinges on a robust, closely monitored follow-up effort, championed by developing and developed countries alike, to support the goals and commitments adopted at the summit. With only four months until the gathering, to be held at the UN headquarters from Sept.