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Author Christoph Mikulaschek

Christoph Mikulaschek

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  • Policy Papers 12-11-2013by Christoph Mikulaschek and Chris Perry

    When Do Civil-War Parties Heed the UN? Findings from the IPI Security Council Compliance Database

    A UN Security Council delegation visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 6, 2013. UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti.[/caption] The Security Council issued 1,557 demands to conflict parties in civil wars in the 15 years following the end of the Cold War, through its resolutions. Based on a statistical analysis of IPI’s Security Council Compliance Database, […]

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    UN Security Council
  • Meeting Notes 03-29-2012by Arthur Boutellis and Christoph Mikulaschek, rapporteurs

    Strengthening Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation

    In July 2011, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey hosted an informal retreat for members of the UN Security Council in Istanbul, organized by IPI. This report, “Strengthening Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation: Istanbul Retreat of the UN Security Council,” captures the discussions that took place during this meeting.

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    Mediation
  • Issue Briefs 07-27-2011by Arthur Boutellis, Edward C. Luck and Christoph Mikulaschek

    Issue Brief: Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation

    In anticipation of the Secretary-General’s report on preventive diplomacy and the coming Security Council debate in the fall, heightened attention has been paid to the topic of preventive diplomacy in 2011.This issue brief serves to provide a background to the current discussions as well as to provide a summary of recent developments.It is based on […]

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    Mediation
  • Policy Papers 03-01-2011by Christoph Mikulaschek and Hans Winkler

    The UN Security Council and the Responsibility to Protect: Policy, Process, and Practice

    The International Peace Institute (IPI) and the Diplomatic Academy Vienna have put together the first comprehensive analysis of the role of the UN Security Council in the ongoing process of implementing the responsibility to protect (RtoP).

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    Responsibility to Protect, UN Security Council
  • Policy Papers 09-07-2010by James Cockayne, Christoph Mikulaschek and Chris Perry

    The United Nations Security Council and Civil War: First Insights from a New Dataset

    This new IPI report examines trends in how the Security Council has engaged with civil wars since 1989 and the gradual evolution of the Council’s civil-war response strategies, including where and when it chose to engage.

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    UN Security Council
  • Meeting Notes 11-30-2008by John L. Hirsch, Christoph Mikulaschek and Pim Valdre

    2008 Vienna Seminar: Coping with Crisis in Africa — Strengthening Multilateral Capacity for Peace and Security

    The thirty-eighth annual IPI Vienna Seminar, Coping with Crisis in Africa: Strengthening Multilateral Capacity for Peace and Security, was held at the Austrian National Defense Academy and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna on June 1-3, 2008.

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  • Meeting Notes 02-13-2008by James Cockayne and Christoph Mikulaschek

    Transnational Security Challenges and the United Nations: Overcoming Sovereign Walls and Institutional Silos

    The International Peace Institute’s 2007 West Point Seminar brought together participants from over forty Permanent Missions to the UN and four governmental and nongovernmental organizations to discuss how the UN can address transnational security challenges more effectively.

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    Multilateral System

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About the International Peace Institute

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