Daniel Forti is a Senior Policy Analyst at IPI’s Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations. His current work focuses on issues related to peace operations and partnerships between the United Nations and the African Union. Daniel joined IPI in June 2018.

Daniel previously worked for the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), serving as a Researcher in the Office of the Executive Director from 2012-2016. His research focused broadly on African political conflicts, with specific interests in mediation and peace processes, multilateral peace operations, and social cohesion in South Africa. Daniel also served on the secretariat appointed to the Special Reference Group on Migration and Community Integration in KwaZulu-Natal, an independent commission led by Judge Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Daniel holds a Masters of International Affairs degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).

Select Research Reports

• “White Paper on UN Peacekeeping and Sustaining Peace” (Prepared for the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Preparatory Conference on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, October 2020) (with Richard Gowan)
• “Beyond 2020: Exploring the potential for a stronger UN-AU peacebuilding partnership” (Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies and International Peace Institute, September 2020) (with Priyal Singh)
• “Navigating Crisis and Opportunity: The Peacekeeping Transition in Darfur” (New York: International Peace Institute, December 2019)
• “Strengthening the UN-AU Partnership in Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management” (New York: International Peace Institute and Institute for Security Studies, October 2019) (with Priyal Singh)
• “Pivoting from Crisis to Development: Preparing for the Next Wave of UN Peace Operations Transitions” (International Peace Institute: New York, July 2019) (with Lesley Connolly)
• “The Mission is Gone but the UN is Staying: Liberia’s Peacekeeping Transition” (New York: International Peace Institute, December 2018) (with Lesley Connolly)

Select Web Articles

• “Can a United African Voice Strengthen Effective Global Peacebuilding?” (The Global Observatory, November 2020) (with Priyal Singh)
• “How COVID-19 has impacted the UN peacekeeping transition in Sudan” (ACCORD COVID-19 Conflict and Resilience Monitor, September 2020)
• “UN Security Council Walks Tightrope with Creation of New Mission in Sudan” (The Global Observatory, June 2020)
• “UNAMID’s Transition Continues Through Uncharted Waters” (The Global Observatory, April 2020)
• “Africa Can Be More Influential in the UN Security Council” (ISS Today, March 2020) (with Gustavo de Carvalho) (re-published on The Global Observatory)
• “Can the AU and UN Maintain Common Ground in Support of Sudan’s Transition?” (The Global Observatory, August 2019)
• “Security Council Pauses UNAMID’s Drawdown While Core Transition Questions Remain” (Global Observatory: July 2019)
• “After Annual Conference, UN and AU Move From Alignment to Impact” (Global Observatory: May 2019) (with Priyal Singh and Gustavo de Carvalho)