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  Issue Briefs 10-10-2023by Kseniya Oksamytna

  Responsible Management and Use of Data in UN Peace Operations

  In recent years, the UN has embarked on an ambitious project to use data more extensively and effectively to improve the safety of peacekeepers and the implementation of peace operations’ mandates. The increasing availability of various types of data in UN peace operations and the development of new tools for its acquisition and analysis present […]

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  Issue Briefs 09-25-2023by Albert Trithart

  Local Perceptions of UN Peacekeeping: A Look at the Data

  Recent anti-UN protests have fueled concerns that some UN peacekeeping operations are facing a “crisis of legitimacy” among host-state populations. Without local legitimacy, there are questions about whether peacekeepers should be present. Peacekeeping operations also depend on local legitimacy to effectively implement their mandates. It is therefore important to understand how local populations perceive UN […]

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  Issue Briefs 09-05-2023by Agathe Sarfati

  New Technologies and the Protection of Civilians in UN Peace Operations

  The United Nations has increasingly focused on the modernization of peace operations, including through the Strategy for the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping. However, the full potential of the link between digital transformation, new technologies, and peacekeeping has not yet been realized, particularly when it comes to the protection of civilians (POC). Too often, the […]

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  Issue Briefs 05-12-2023by Gabriel Delsol and Albert Trithart

  The UN’s Response to the COVID-19 Infodemic

  The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by a related “infodemic.” This infodemic emerged as widespread demand for information about the public health emergency was met with large volumes of false and misleading information. Many of the national and international institutions leading the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the UN, quickly recognized that they also […]

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  Issue Briefs 03-30-2023by Fiifi Edu-Afful

  Peacekeeping in Nonpermissive Environments: Assessing Troop-Contributing Countries’ Perspectives on Capabilities and Mindsets

  Many peacekeepers are deployed in areas where ongoing armed conflicts or other situations of violence, including attacks against peacekeepers, have constrained their capacity to implement their mandate and protect themselves. This has led some troop-contributing countries (TCCs) to raise concerns about the high-risk environments to which their troops are deployed. One of the most critical […]

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