With the Central African Republic (CAR) steeped in ethnic and inter-religious violence, a group of UN officials, government representatives, and members of civil society gathered at IPI on June 23rd …

One year after the establishment of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), the peace process in the country is making some progress, but reconciliation is still the k…

Abdou Dieng, the former Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for the Central African Republic (CAR), said at IPI that relocation within the country is currently the only option for thousands of civili…

“This is not a religious crisis, actually,” said Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Catholic Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) on March 14th. “It is a political and military crisis.” The ar…

Volker Türk, Director of International Protection at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told an IPI audience that rudimentary state structures and immediate life-threaten…

How to prevent catastrophe in the Central African Republic (CAR) was the topic of an event at the International Peace Institute on November 26th. Ten months after a military coup brought the curr…

A panel of civil society youth advocates and experts discussed Resolution 2250—the United Nations Security Council’s recent resolution on youth, peace and security—and offered insight on its imple…

The changing nature of conflict and the emergence of new, asymmetric threats have raised the need for stronger and more effective partnerships in peacekeeping operations, particularly between the …

International peacebuilding is more likely to succeed when it can connect with local- and community-level efforts. This was the main message of a policy forum on “Local Peacebuilding Successes: Le…

Event Video:  Photos Several United Nations peacekeeping missions are deployed in highly complex environments, marked by stalled political agreements, significant protection challenges, dire…