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The Protection of Civilians in African-led and UN-led Peace Operations

IPI and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations cohosted a policy forum on March 13th on “The Protection of Civilians in African-led and UN-led Peace Operations.”The purpose of this event was to discuss how the…
The United Nations–African Union Partnership and the Protection of Civilians

The landscape of peace operations in Africa has transformed over the past decade, including a marked increase in African-led peace support operations (PSOs). Since the early 2000s, the African Union (AU) and UN have evolved distinct, albeit parallel,…
The Primacy of Politics at the Local Level in UN Peace Operations

The “primacy of politics” has become a central tenet of UN peacekeeping. This reflects a broad recognition that peacekeeping operations should be deployed in support of a political solution to conflict. In practice, however, the primacy of politics is…
A Transformative Evening of Reflection, Hope, and Peacebuilding at IPI with Combatants for Peace

The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Section of the UN Department of Peace Operations’ (DPO) Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI) and IPI cohosted a film screening of the documentary There Is Another Way followed by…
Enhancing Women’s Meaningful Involvement in Reintegration: Lessons from Cameroon

Gender-sensitive approaches to disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) processes tend to focus on the exclusion of women as participants in DDR programs. There has been less attention to including women’s civil society organizations (CSOs) in…

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Policy Papers 06-14-2001by Bruce D. Jones

The Challenges of Strategic Coordination: Containing Opposition and Sustaining Implementation of Peace Agreements in Civil Wars

International actors face recurrent challenges of coordinating their approaches and their efforts to implement peace agreements––in short, challenges of strategic coordination.
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Peacebuilding, Sustaining Peace
Policy Papers 06-14-2001by Stephen John Stedman

Implementing Peace Agreements in Civil Wars: Lessons and Recommendations for Policymakers

Between late 1997 and early 2000, Stanford University’s Center for International Cooperation (CISAC) and the International Peace Institute conducted research to better understand the determinants of successful peace implementation.
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Peacebuilding
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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The Protection of Civilians in African-led and UN-led Peace Operations

The United Nations–African Union Partnership and the Protection of Civilians

The Primacy of Politics at the Local Level in UN Peace Operations

A Transformative Evening of Reflection, Hope, and Peacebuilding at IPI with Combatants for Peace

Enhancing Women’s Meaningful Involvement in Reintegration: Lessons from Cameroon

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The Challenges of Strategic Coordination: Containing Opposition and Sustaining Implementation of Peace Agreements in Civil Wars

Implementing Peace Agreements in Civil Wars: Lessons and Recommendations for Policymakers

Policing the Peace: Towards a Workable Paradigm

Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st Century

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IPI Activities on the Margins of the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

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With the New “Maritime” UN Security Council, Opportunities Abound for Strengthening Maritime Security

SADC’s Regional Logistics Depot: A Vital Initiative for Crisis Response in Southern Africa

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