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    The International Peace Institute (IPI) is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to managing risk and building resilience to promote peace, security, and sustainable development. To achieve its purpose, IPI employs a mix of policy research, strategic analysis, publishing, and convening. With staff from more than twenty countries and a broad range of academic fields, IPI has offices facing United Nations headquarters in New York and offices in Vienna and Manama.

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Author Lisa Sharland

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  • Policy Papers 05-15-2018by Lisa Sharland

    How Peacekeeping Policy Gets Made: Navigating Intergovernmental Processes at the UN

    Partnerships are critical to effective UN peacekeeping, particularly in New York, where the Security Council, the Secretariat, and member states examine proposed reforms and seek consensus on the direction of peacekeeping. Yet throughout the nearly seventy-year history of UN peacekeeping, relations among key stakeholders have frequently fractured due to their often diverging interests. These differences […]

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    Peacekeeping
  • Policy Papers 07-14-2015by Haidi Willmot, Scott Sheeran, and Lisa Sharland

    Safety and Security Challenges in UN Peace Operations

    Since the tragic bombing of the UN headquarters in Iraq in 2003, a concerted effort has been made to improve and strengthen security arrangements across the UN system. However, too often, security issues are perceived as primarily technical matters that are not prioritized as strategically and politically important.This report takes stock of the strategic impact […]

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    Peace and Security, Peacekeeping

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