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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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    Peacekeeping

Recent articles from
the Global Observatory

  • A New Agenda for Peace and the Climate Emergency

    September 25, 2023 by Cedric de Coning, Gracsious Maviza, Kheira Tarif
    The New Agenda for Peace serves as a stark warning that the damage being done now will have significant implications for humanity’s future wellbeing, safety, and stability.
    Analysis, climate change, New Agenda for Peace
  • “A New Agenda for Peace” Interview with UN Director Asif R. Khan

    September 15, 2023 by Jenna Russo

    Asif R. Khan, Director of UNDPPA's Policy and Mediation Division and a lead penholder of the New Agenda for Peace, reflects on the policy brief and next steps ahead of the Summit of the Future.

    Interviews, New Agenda for Peace
  • The Role of African Multilateralism in the New Agenda for Peace

    September 13, 2023 by Bitania Tadesse

    The New Agenda for Peace provides an opening for continental actors to advance priorities at the global level. However, this requires the AU to deliver on…

    Analysis, africa, multilateralism, New Agenda for Peace
  • WPS in the New Agenda for Peace: Seeing Patriarchy but Missing Innovation

    September 11, 2023 by Phoebe Donnelly
    Bold language on transforming patriarchy is not matched with concrete proposals to advance the WPS agenda and gender equality more broadly.
    Analysis, New Agenda for Peace, women peace and security
  • The New Agenda and Peace Operations: Don’t Bet Against the Future

    September 7, 2023 by Arthur Boutellis
    There seems to be a disconnect between the overall diagnosis of the New Agenda for Peace and its prescriptions for peace operations.
    Analysis, New Agenda for Peace, peacekeeping, united nations

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About the International Peace Institute

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