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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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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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 […]
Read moreIn counterterrorism and conflict-affected contexts, criminal domestic laws have continued to prevail over international…
Absent international legal mechanisms and multilateral agreements to support the trial of ISIS detainees in northern Syria—including a resolution to adjudicate international crimes—domestic…
The roll-out of counterterrorism and P/CVE policies, plans, and projects in the Philippines is having a significant negative impact on peace, security, and the fulfillment of human rights in the…
While the adoption of Resolution 1373 signaled intent by the Security Council to…
The UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its review process should be a thorough,…
Despite all the resolutions, the tens of millions of dollars that have been spent to…
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