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  Policy Papers 10-20-2019by Daniel Forti and Priyal Singh

  Toward a More Effective UN-AU Partnership on Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management

  The United Nations and the African Union (AU) have worked in tandem since the AU’s establishment in 2002. During this time, their partnership has evolved to focus increasingly on conflict prevention and crisis management, culminating in the 2017 Joint UN-AU Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security. But while the organizations’ collaboration on peacekeeping […]

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  Policy Papers 09-17-2019by Lesley Connolly and Laurie Mincieli

  Sustaining Peace in Papua New Guinea: Prevention in Practice

  Papua New Guinea is facing two major challenges to peace: a November referendum on the future political status of Bougainville, the site of a brutal conflict from 1989 to 1998; and the recent increase in intercommunal violence in the Highlands region. This makes it an important test case for the UN’s approach to peacebuilding and […]

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  Issue Briefs 09-24-2019By Sarah Taylor and Gretchen Baldwin

  The Global Pushback on Women’s Rights: The State of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda

  For two decades, the women, peace, and security agenda has been the subject of policy development internationally, regionally, and nationally. But by many indicators, the global status of these commitments to gender equality is under threat. In the multilateral system, a growing number of states are questioning established standards of women’s rights, while international policy […]

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  Policy Papers 07-24-2019by Marc Jacquand

  Inside the Engine Room: Enabling the Delivery of UN Mandates in Complex Environments

  Particularly in the complex environments where it increasingly deploys, the UN depends on a range of functions to implement its mandate. These include but are not limited to provision of security, facilitation of access, medical support, support to staff welfare, logistics, coordination, and risk management. Compared to substantive tasks implemented as part of mandates, these […]

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  Issue Briefs 09-09-2019by Jake Sherman

  Action for Peacekeeping: One Year into the Implementation of the Declaration of Shared Commitments

  In September 2018, more than 100 UN member states signed a Declaration of Shared Commitments as part of the secretary-general’s Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) initiative. The declaration was intended to rally member states to address urgent challenges facing contemporary peacekeeping operations. But one year later, the declaration has not yet translated into concrete action by […]

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