Jake Sherman, Director of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations
Jake Sherman is the Director of the International Peace Institute’s Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations, where he develops and manages IPI’s programs and research agenda on peace and…
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Youssef Mahmoud, Senior Adviser
Dr. Youssef Mahmoud is Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute (IPI) supporting the Africa, Middle East, and peace operations programs and serving as focal point on mediation and…
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Lesley Connolly, Senior Policy Analyst
Lesley Connolly (de Sylva) is a Senior Policy Analyst in the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations within IPI. Lesley joined IPI in 2016. Her work focuses on issues peacebuilding and…
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Aïssata Athie, Program Assistant
Aïssata joined IPI in February 2017 working within the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations, where she’s responsible for monitoring programs and budgets, as well as providing support in…
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Namie Di Razza, Research Fellow
Namie Di Razza joined IPI as a post-doctoral fellow in October 2016. She works on UN peace operations and protection of civilians with IPI’s Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations. Prior to…
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Arthur Boutellis, Non-resident Senior Adviser
Arthur Boutellis is a Non-resident Senior Adviser at IPI, where he was Director of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations, responsible for developing and managing IPI’s programs and…
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Paul D. Williams, Non-resident Senior Adviser
Paul D. Williams is a Non-resident Senior Adviser working on the “Providing for Peacekeeping” project. Paul is currently an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Security Policy…
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Marie-Joëlle Zahar, Non-resident Senior Fellow
Marie-Joëlle Zahar is a Non-resident Senior Fellow at IPI. She is also Director of the Research Network on Peace Operations and Professor of Political Science at the Université de Montréal.
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IPI has been at the forefront of making peace operations more reliable and effective for over 40 years. From the training of UN peacekeeping troops in the 1970s, to the current work on multidimensional peace operations, IPI aims to deepen the understanding of peace operations around the world and to develop policy ideas to improve their chances of success. The center is named for Sir Brian Urquhart, the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General who played a crucial role in the founding and development of UN peace operations.
Read about the work of the Center for Peace Operations (CPO) staff at these links:
Mediation
Peace Operations
Sustaining Peace and Prevention
UN Reform
African Union-United Nations Partnership
Preventing Violent Extremism
Leadership & Management Training
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