GPDI Co-Chair María Fernanda Espinosa Calls for UN Reform Centered on Preventive Diplomacy in Interview with GZERO Media
Paris — On the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum , María Fernanda Espinosa , Co-Chair of the Global Preventive Diplomacy Initiative (GPDI) and former President of the United Nations General Assembly , spoke with GZERO Media’s Tony Maciulis about the u…
CIRSD Vice President Participates at International Conference on Responsible Management Education
Belgrade, October 2025 — CIRSD Vice President Stefan Jovanović participated in the 12th Responsible Management Education Research Conference (RMERC), held last week in Belgrade. The event was organized by the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, and th…
Maria Fernanda Espinosa Calls for Stronger Preventive Diplomacy as the UN Marks its 80th Anniversary
As the United Nations commemorates its 80th anniversary, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, former President of the UN General Assembly and Co-Chair of the Global Preventive Diplomacy Initiative (GPDI), spoke to CGTN’s flagship program The Agenda about the urgent need to modernize the UN and make preventive d…
CIRSD and NGIC Coorganize a High-Level Conference at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
Vienna, October 21, 2025 — The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) and the Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC), convened a high-level international conference titled “Shifting Grounds: The Caucasus, Central Asia and Europe in a New Global Order”, in partners…
Vuk Jeremić Addresses the China Institute’s Thinkers Forum on the Future of the World Order
Shanghai, October 2025 — President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) Vuk Jeremić, took part in the Thinkers Forum organized by the China Institute, marking the jubilee 10th anniversary of this distinguished institution. The Forum brought together prominent…
Kazakhstan Will be an Enduring Geopolitical Convergence Point
Stefan Antić is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), the Managing Editor of Horizons , and a Teaching Assistant at Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs. As the history of humanity repeatedly demonstrates, being blessed…
Global Preventive Diplomacy Initiative Launched in New York Ahead of UNGA 80
New York, NY — The Global Preventive Diplomacy Initiative (GPDI) was launched at an exclusive event organized by the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) on the top floor of New York’s iconic MetLife Building, bringing together diplomats, philanthropists, business l…
Global Preventive Diplomacy Initiative
Global Preventive Diplomacy Initiative The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) has launched the Global Preventive Diplomacy Initiative (GPDI)—a strategic effort to enhance early action, dialogue, and multilateral cooperation in the face of rising global instability…
The forgotten promise of preventive diplomacy
Vuk Jeremić is a former president of the UNGA and former minister of foreign affairs of Serbia Maria Fernanda Espinosa is a former president of the UN General Assembly and former Ecuadorian foreign and defence minister The op-ed was published in The National on September 15, 2025. Eighty y…
CIRSD President Vuk Jeremić to SINA Finance: Multilateralism Will Evolve, Not Disappear
The President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), Vuk Jeremić, gave an interview to SINA Finance, one of China’s leading financial media platforms. Since its founding in 1998, SINA Finance has been among the most influential outlets in the Chinese-speaking …