In 2019

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  Policy Papers 12-19-2019by Alice Debarre

  Making Sanctions Smarter: Safeguarding Humanitarian Action

  In recent decades, sanctions have increasingly been used as a foreign policy tool. The UN Security Council has imposed a total of fourteen sanctions regimes alongside those imposed autonomously by the EU, the US, and other countries. Despite efforts to institute more targeted sanctions regimes, these regimes continue to impede or prevent the provision of […]

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  Policy Papers 12-13-2019by Daniel Forti

  Navigating Crisis and Opportunity: The Peacekeeping Transition in Darfur

  In the face of evolving security dynamics and geopolitical pressures, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council and the UN Security Council initiated the withdrawal of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in 2017. This transition is a uniquely complex undertaking—all the more so following Sudan’s political revolution in April 2019, which required the […]

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  Policy Papers 11-04-2019by Alexandra Novosseloff and Lisa Sharland

  Partners and Competitors: Forces Operating in Parallel to UN Peace Operations

  Since the end of the Cold War, the UN Security Council has authorized or recognized the deployment of more than forty parallel forces that operate alongside UN peace operations. As the Security Council has deployed peace operations in increasingly non-permissive environments, the division of labor between UN missions and these parallel forces has blurred, and […]

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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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