Fiona Blyth | Authors | International Peace Institute

Issue Briefs 04-22-2019by Fiona Blyth

Transitioning to National Forces in Somalia: More Than an Exit for AMISOM

When the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) deployed in 2007, the AU and the UN Security Council expected that the United Nations would eventually take over from the AU force. But while a UN peacekeeping operation remains a theoretical option for the council, its prospects have diminished. Instead, the focus of Somali and international […]
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Peace Operations Transitions
Meeting Notes 01-16-2014Mireille Affa’a-Mindzie and Fiona Blyth, rapporteurs

Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea: Assessing the Threat, Preparing the Response

This meeting note addresses current and emerging threats in the Gulf of Guinea, including piracy, and the conditions that contribute to their rise, such as economic inequality and poor governance. The report summarizes key themes from a roundtable discussion held at IPI last June on the security challenges in the region.
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State Fragility
Issue Briefs 07-03-2013by Fiona Blyth and Maj. Gen. Patrick Cammaert

The UN Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The fall of Goma to the M23 rebel group in November 2012 pushed the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations to revisit its mission and mandate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After nearly fourteen years of peacekeeping in DRC, the UN is now deploying a new kind of “offensive” combat force—the Intervention Brigade—to […]
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Peacekeeping