The meeting note summarizes a high-level discussion on the drawdown and withdrawal of peacekeeping and special political missions. It addresses the political dimensions of these transitions from the perspective of member states and examines the UN’s approach to planning and managing these transition phases.
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Over the past few years there has been a resurgence of interest in employing preventive tools to thwart the outbreak and escalation of violent conflict. This paper looks at the state of and challenges ahead for preventive diplomacy in four different regions of the world: Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia.As Francesco Mancini, […]
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The big-picture issues at the crossroads of peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding were taken up by the Security Council in September 2010, under the presidency of Turkey.
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Today more than ever before, armed conflicts are likely to end in mediated settlements.
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Unprecedented progress in biotechnology holds the prospect of historic improvements in the welfare of humankind.
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The increasingly transnational and multifaceted nature of terrorism calls for a strong multilateral response. States have the primary responsibility for protecting their populations from the threats posed by terrorism.
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Peacebuilding involves implementing a range of reconstruction and reform efforts in some of the most fragile, fluid, and unpredictable environments.
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This meeting note is a summary of the main points that emerged from a workshop discussion that took place on June 11-12, 2009 on the use of assessment tools for conflict-affected and fragile states called “Understanding Local Context.”
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Small arms and light weapons (SALW) remain among the cheapest and most easily accessible instruments of violence.
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This Blue Paper on Peace Operations lays out recommendations on the need to (1) hold a ministerial-level meeting on peacekeeping; (2) forge a consensus among member states on entry, exit, and long-term planning; (3) break political stalemates in stagnant peace operations; (4) improve engagement with peacekeeping stakeholders; (5) manage UN peace operations more effectively; (6) […]
Read moreDespite occurring in the same contexts, sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) have largely remained theoretically and practically separated. This obscures the overlap between SEA and CRSV and denies survivors of SEA pathways to justice, including through post-conflict…
In this first interview since being appointed president and CEO of the International Peace Institute (IPI) in March 2020,…
Stability has been the main achievement of the UN presence in Cyprus. However, the various stakeholders of the…
The time is ripe for innovative thinking and pragmatic…
As the international community grapples with how to approach the crisis in Afghanistan, many are questioning the role that international sanctions should play in seeking to encourage or pressure…
The WPS agenda is largely failing to account for…
Why do warring parties turn to United Nations peacekeeping and peacemaking even when they think it will fail? Dr. Anjali Dayal draws…
If the WPS agenda does not recognize the relationship between participation and protection it will continue to perpetuate the binary between the participation of women as leaders with agency and the protection…
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