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Author Adam C. Smith

Adam C. Smith, Founder, Providing for Peacekeeping

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  • Policy Papers 08-05-2015by Donald C. F. Daniel, Paul D. Williams, and Adam C. Smith

    Deploying Combined Teams: Lessons Learned from Operational Partnerships in UN Peacekeeping

    Only fifteen United Nations’ member states provide more than 60 percent of the 104,000 UN uniformed personnel deployed worldwide. How can a more equitable sharing of the global peacekeeping burden be produced that generates new capabilities for UN operations?Operational partnerships are one potentially useful mechanism to further this agenda. They are partnerships that occur when […]

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    Peacekeeping
  • Policy Papers 07-29-2015by John Karlsrud and Adam C. Smith

    Europe’s Return to UN Peacekeeping in Africa? Lessons from Mali

    In a break from recent tradition, European member states are currently contributing significant military capabilities to a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation in Africa. Europeans are providing more than 1,000 troops to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) by staffing a wide range of operations including an intelligence fusion cell, transport and […]

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    Peacekeeping
  • Policy Papers 02-03-2014by Arthur Boutellis and Adam C. Smith

    Engineering Peace: The Critical Role of Engineers in UN Peacekeeping

    Members of the Chinese engineering company of MONUC work on a road rehabiliation project in April 2008 to allow greater access to the Ruzizi One Dam Power Plant, the only source of electricity for the east of the country. UN Photo/Marie Frechon.[/caption] Although engineering may be the least critically analyzed aspect of peacekeeping, it is […]

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    Peacekeeping
  • Policy Papers 06-13-2013by Chris Perry and Adam C. Smith

    Trends in Uniformed Contributions to UN Peacekeeping: A New Dataset, 1991–2012

    Despite the tremendous and continuing efforts associated with UN peacekeeping operations, the full range of available data on uniformed contributions to UN peacekeeping has not been readily available to researchers, limiting the use of quantitative methods on questions related to UN peacekeeping.

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    Peacekeeping
  • Policy Papers 05-08-2013by Adam C. Smith and Arthur Boutellis

    Rethinking Force Generation: Filling Capability Gaps in UN Peacekeeping

    This report analyzes the limitation of the UN system for generating contributions of personnel and equipment for peace operations, otherwise known as force generation.

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    Peacekeeping
  • Books 07-31-2012by Adam C. Smith and Arthur Boutellis, editors

    The Management Handbook for UN Field Missions

    Since 2010, the International Peace Institute has partnered closely with a number of practitioners, researchers, and experts to produce a one-of-a-kind handbook on management for civilian staff in UN peace operations. This resource is aimed at filling a critical gap in the management of the UN’s many field operations around the world.The Management Handbook for […]

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    Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, Training for Senior Leadership
  • Policy Papers 01-26-2012by Francesco Mancini and Adam C. Smith, editors

    Partnerships—a New Horizon for Peacekeeping?

    What role do partnerships play in forming a global peacekeeping system that can respond effectively and predictably to today’s security challenges? This special issue of the journal International Peacekeeping addresses the political, strategic, and operational challenges inherent in partnerships and proposes strategies for addressing them.

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    Peacekeeping
  • Meeting Notes 09-20-2010by Adam C. Smith and Vanessa Wyeth, rapporteurs

    Security Council Istanbul Retreat: At the Crossroads of Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding

    This meeting note draws on the discussions held during the informal retreat of the UN Security Council in Istanbul, Turkey on June 25-26, 2010. The retreat was co-organized by the government of Turkey and the International Peace Institute.

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    Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping
  • Comment & Analysis 10-09-2009by Adam C. Smith

    Peacekeeping Reform Continues, But Have We Learned the Right Lessons?

    In UN circles, the Report of the UN Panel on Peace Operations (2000), better known as the Brahimi report, is considered conventional wisdom, if not outright gospel.

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    Peacekeeping
  • Meeting Notes 06-30-2009by Caty Clement and Adam C. Smith, editors

    Managing Complexity: Political and Managerial Challenges in UN Peace Operations

    This publication, drawn from a December 2008 IPI-GCSP (Geneva Centre for Security Policy) conference in New York, outlines the challenge of UN peacekeeping being overmatched by complexity, while offering suggestions for understanding and dealing with complex environments.

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  • One Crisis, Multiple Norms: Strengthening Human Protection in Mali and the Sahel

    June 17, 2022 by Adrian Gallagher, Blake Lawrinson, Charles T. Hunt

    The UN Security Council does not have the luxury of choosing between normative imperatives associated with preventing…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, sahel
  • Peacebuilding Financing in Guinea-Bissau and Lessons for Overlooked Countries

    June 3, 2022 by Gustavo de Carvalho

    Despite the instability it faces, Guinea-Bissau—alongside countries like Madagascar, Chad, or the…

    Analysis, africa, peacebuilding, united nations
  • The Role of Peacekeepers in Protecting Civilians from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

    May 25, 2022 by Jenna Russo

    There are a number of reasons why it is difficult for…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, protection of civilians, women peace and security
  • Protecting Peace? How the Protection of Civilians Contributes to Peace Processes

    May 23, 2022 by Jenna Russo

    Without a corresponding political process, UN protection activities are an ineffective bandaid in situations of…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, protection of civilians
  • Russia, NATO, and International Organizations

    May 23, 2022 by Kseniya Oksamytna
    As Finland and Sweden begin the process of applying for NATO membership, misleading narratives about the role of NATO’s so-called eastward expansion in “provoking” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue to hold sway.
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  • Sanctions and the Costs of Russia’s War in Ukraine

    May 12, 2022 by Erica Moret
    The sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine mark a new page in global sanctions practice yet lessons from earlier cases could help increase efficacy and minimize costs.
    Analysis, conflict, europe, ukraine
  • A4P+ and Uniformed Women’s Participation in Peacekeeping

    April 26, 2022 by Gretchen Baldwin, Jake Sherman

    The UN, in its implementation of A4P+, must address the heavily masculine, exclusionary, and militarized structures which often preclude women (and anyone outside of a very…

    Analysis, Action for Peacekeeping, peacekeeping, women peace and security
  • Despite Constraints, MINUSMA Remains the Legitimate International Partner to Mali

    April 21, 2022 by Rida Lyammouri

    Facing its most difficult period since its inception in April 2013, MINUSMA, and…

    Analysis, africa, mali, peacekeeping
  • While Afghans Wait, States and Banks Decrypt the Humanitarian Exception in the Taliban Sanctions Regime

    April 14, 2022 by Agathe Sarfati

    Amid mounting pressure to…

    Analysis, Afghanistan, humanitarian affairs
  • What Are the International Military Options for the Sahel?

    April 12, 2022 by Nina Wilén, Paul D. Williams

    The complex, and not always coordinated, ecosystem of military operations across the Sahel has been aptly labeled a security traffic jam. Why are external forces in the Sahel?…

    Analysis, mali, peacekeeping, sahel

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