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Staff Jenna Russo

Jenna Russo, Director of Research and Head of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations

Jenna Russo is the Director of Research and Head of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations. Dr. Russo completed her PhD in Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center, with a focus on the...
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Jenna Russo is the Director of Research and Head of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations. Dr. Russo completed her PhD in Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center, with a focus on the protection of civilians in armed conflict settings. Her dissertation analyzes UN protection of civilians activities and their contribution to the broader peace process, with case studies on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. Her other research considers the normative development of the human protection regime, in particular how member states conceive of and implement their protection responsibilities. Her research has been published in Third World Quarterly, Journal of International Peacekeeping, Global R2P, and featured on Africa at LSE.

Prior to joining IPI, Dr. Russo spent more than ten years working as a consultant to the United Nations, with a focus on disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of ex-combatants; peacekeeping training; and as a project manager in the Office of the Secretary-General. She also spent time with the Global Centre for R2P as a senior fellow in peacekeeping.

Dr. Russo teaches at Baruch and Hunter Colleges, including courses on international conflict; the UN and world politics; and women, war, and peace. In addition to her Ph.D., she also holds an M.Phil. in political science, an M.A. in international relations, and a B.A. in music. Prior to her time working in the field of international relations, she taught music at a performing arts high school in New York City.

Recent articles from
the Global Observatory

  • Protecting Peace? How the Protection of Civilians Contributes to Peace Processes

    May 23, 2022 by Jenna Russo

    Without a corresponding political process, UN protection activities are an ineffective bandaid in situations of…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, protection of civilians
  • Russia, NATO, and International Organizations

    May 23, 2022 by Kseniya Oksamytna
    As Finland and Sweden begin the process of applying for NATO membership, misleading narratives about the role of NATO’s so-called eastward expansion in “provoking” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue to hold sway.
    Analysis, conflict, eastern europe
  • Sanctions and the Costs of Russia’s War in Ukraine

    May 12, 2022 by Erica Moret
    The sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine mark a new page in global sanctions practice yet lessons from earlier cases could help increase efficacy and minimize costs.
    Analysis, conflict, europe, ukraine
  • A4P+ and Uniformed Women’s Participation in Peacekeeping

    April 26, 2022 by Gretchen Baldwin, Jake Sherman

    The UN, in its implementation of A4P+, must address the heavily masculine, exclusionary, and militarized structures which often preclude women (and anyone outside of a very…

    Analysis, Action for Peacekeeping, peacekeeping, women peace and security
  • Despite Constraints, MINUSMA Remains the Legitimate International Partner to Mali

    April 21, 2022 by Rida Lyammouri

    Facing its most difficult period since its inception in April 2013, MINUSMA, and…

    Analysis, africa, mali, peacekeeping

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