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Author Walter Kemp

Walter Kemp

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  • Meeting Notes 10-31-2016by Indira Abeldinova and Walter Kemp, rapporteurs

    Economic Connectivity: A Basis for Rebuilding Stability and Confidence in Europe?

    Economic connectivity has become a buzzword when talking about harmonization of the integration processes within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the European Union (EU)—the so-called “integration of integrations.” At a time when diplomatic relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated yet states remain linked by economic and energy interests, some see economic connectivity […]

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  • Policy Papers 06-27-2016by Walter Kemp

    OSCE Peace Operations: Soft Security in Hard Environments

    Although the OSCE has a mandate for peacekeeping, it has not undertaken peacekeeping operations per se. Nonetheless, it has carried out a diverse and extensive range of activities that fall within what have been described as “peace operations.” These have included verification, monitoring, and observation missions, particularly the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine. Taking […]

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    Peacekeeping, Regional Organizations
  • Policy Papers 05-31-2016by Walter Kemp

    Learning from the Canaries: Lessons from the “Cayucos” Crisis

    Ten years ago, thousands of people risked their lives in wooden boats called cayucos to reach Spain’s Canary Islands. This sudden influx of tens of thousands of desperate migrants and refugees overwhelmed the islands and created a humanitarian crisis for Spain and the European Union. But a decade later, very few are heading to the […]

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    Displacement and Migration
  • Policy Papers 09-19-2014by Walter Kemp and Mark Shaw

    From the Margins to the Mainstream: Toward an Integrated Multilateral Response to Organized Crime

    Since the end of the Cold War, organized crime has moved from being a marginal problem in a few cities and regions to being a mainstream threat to national stability and international peace and security. While the threat has become transnational, the multilateral response has been slow, disjointed, and reactive.Broad structural changes are needed to […]

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    Transnational Organized Crime
  • Meeting Notes 11-27-2013Mara Pfneisl, Walter Kemp, and Maximilian Meduna, rapporteurs

    A Dangerous Nexus: Crime, Conflict, and Terrorism in Failing States

    When the United Nations was established after the Second World War, organized crime and terrorism had almost nothing to do with international peace and security. Yet the collapse of Communism, the opening of illicit markets through globalization, and the proliferation of underdeveloped and weakly governed states has given rise to a new era of global […]

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    Violent Extremism
  • Policy Papers 09-13-2013Jérémie Labbé, Lilianne Fan, and Walter Kemp

    Cooperation from Crisis? Regional Responses to Humanitarian Emergencies

    As the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate, could the humanitarian crisis afflicting the country and its neighbors provide an entryway for regional cooperation? This policy paper examines how regional responses to humanitarian crises have succeeded or failed to meet humanitarian objectives in order to inform approaches to contemporary crises.

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    Humanitarian Affairs, Regional Organizations
  • Policy Papers 06-03-2013Walter Kemp, Mark Shaw, and Arthur Boutellis

    The Elephant in the Room: How Can Peace Operations Deal with Organized Crime?

    From Afghanistan to Kosovo, from Mali to Somalia, organized crime threatens peace and security. And yet, of the current 28 UN peacekeeping, peacebuilding or special political missions, less than half have mandates related to organized crime, and those that do are not well-equipped or well-prepared to face this threat.

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    Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, Transnational Organized Crime
  • Meeting Notes 03-18-2013Walter Kemp, rapporteur

    Disasters and Displacement: Improving Preparedness and Protection

    Over the past few years, the number of people displaced as a result of natural disasters has far exceeded those displaced by conflict. Why is this happening? What are the consequences? And what can be done about it?

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    Displacement and Migration
  • Meeting Notes 12-19-2012Walter Kemp, rapporteur

    Rebuilding Lives: Regional Solutions to Displacement in the Western Balkans

    This report stems from a roundtable meeting held at IPI Vienna in May and featured representatives from the governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, who in 2011 produced a regional accord to address the lingering problem of displacement nearly 20 years after the Balkan wars precipitated a crisis of refugees and IDPs.

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    Displacement and Migration
  • Meeting Notes 11-21-2012Walter Kemp, rapporteur

    The Uprisings and the Future of North Africa and the Middle East: The Vienna Seminar 2012

    “The challenge for us all is to ensure that the spark of revolution ignites a beacon of hope and not a wildfire of despair,” said IPI President Terje Rød-Larsen at IPI’s 2012 Vienna Seminar.

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    Governance, State-Society Relations
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