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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…

Meeting Notes 06-14-2001Kelvin Ong, rapporteur

Policing the Peace: Towards a Workable Paradigm

Based on a conference in partnership with Janes Conferences, New York, November 2-3, 2000.Download
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Security Sector Reform
Books 06-01-2001by Adekeye Adebajo and Chandra Lekha Sriram, editors

Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st Century

This special volume of International Peacekeeping, was largely written by a diverse group of younger scholars.The work examines the conflicts of the 1990s and suggests new approaches and tools for conflict management in the new millennium. The topics covered by this special issue include the paradoxical similarities between war and peace, the role of natural […]
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Meeting Notes 05-14-2001Chandra Lekha Sriram, rapporteur

From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Conflict

A report on a workshop held at West Point, NY on February 9-10, 2001, in light of the anticipated report of the UN Secretary-General on conflict prevention.Download
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Meeting Notes 03-14-2001Jake Sherman, rapporteur

Humanitarian Action: A Symposium Summary

A report based on an international policy symposium on Humanitarian Action in New York on November 20, 2000.
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Humanitarian Affairs
Policy Papers 07-12-2000by Margaret Vogt and Monde Muyangwa

An Assessment of the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, and Resolution, 1993-2000

An assessment of the Mechanism, which was informed by the now completed OAU/IPA Joint Task Force on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in Africa.
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