Delphine Mechoulan joined IPI in March 2016 as a Policy Analyst. She works on United Nations peacekeeping and peace operations, mediation, prevention, and governance and sustainable development, with IPI’s Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations.

Prior to this, Delphine worked as a Mission Planning Officer in the Office of the Chief of Staff of MINUSMA in Bamako, Mali. She has also conducted policy analysis and research assignments with the International Crisis Group, the University of Los Andes, and Swisspeace; and did project monitoring at Crisis Action and Independent Diplomat, focusing on the Middle East and Africa.

Delphine has a Master’s degree in international relations from Sciences Po Paris, a Bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the University of Montreal and spent a year at Uppsala University’s Peace and Conflict department. She is bilingual in French and English, as well as fluent in Spanish.

Selected Publications

• “Peace by Pieces? Local Mediation and Sustainable Peace in the Central African Republic” (New York: International Peace Institute, November 2017) (with Marie-Joëlle Zahar)
• “Investing in Peace and the Prevention of Violence in the Sahel-Sahara: Second Regional Conversations” (New York: International Peace Institute, August 2017)
• “UN Regional Political Offices and Prevention for Sustaining Peace” (New York: International Peace Institute, May 2017) (with Youssef Mahmoud)
• “Mali’s National Conference: A Missed Opportunity for Reconciliation,” Global Observatory, April 2017
• “Peace Operations and Prevention for Sustaining Peace: The Restoration and Extension of State Authority” (New York: International Peace Institute, March 2017) (with Youssef Mahmoud)
• “Made in Havana: How Colombia and the FARC Decided to End the War” (New York: International Peace Institute, February 2017) (with Renata Segura)
• “The SDGs and Prevention for Sustaining Peace: Exploring the Transformative Potential of the Goal on Gender Equality” (New York: International Peace Institute, November 2016) (with Youssef Mahmoud, Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, and Jimena Leiva Roesch)
• “Protecting Mali’s Peace: The role of civil society,” Global Observatory, November 2016 (with Lesley Connolly and Minna Højland)
• “Investing in Peace and the Prevention of Violence in West Africa and the Sahel-Sahara: Conversations on the Secretary General’s Plan of Action“and “Investir dans la paix et la prévention de la violence en Afrique de l’Ouest et dans le Sahel-Sahara: Conversations autour du Plan d’action du secrétaire général” (New York: International Peace Institute, September 2016) (with Olga Abilova, Arthur Boutellis, and Lesley Connolly)
• “Etat des lieux des opérations de paix de l’ONU : Un an après la sortie du rapport du HIPPO” (New York: International Peace Institute, July 2016) (with Arthur Boutellis)
• “Redefining State Authority in Mali,” Global Observatory, November 2016