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News, Events, Publications about Peace Operations Transitions

  • Issue Briefs 04-28-2021by Agathe Sarfati

    Transitions from UN Special Political Missions to UN Country Teams

    The UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) currently manages twenty-five special political missions (SPMs) that have a field presence. Nonetheless, research and guidance on UN transitions has mainly focused on peacekeeping operations. This paper takes a first step toward filling that gap by exploring transitions from SPMs to UN country teams (UNCTs).Focusing on […]

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    Peace Operations Transitions
  • Panel Discussions 02-23-2021

    A New Era for UN Peace Operations Transitions

    On Tuesday, February 23rd, IPI together with the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN cohosted a virtual policy forum entitled “A New Era for UN Peace Operations Transitions.”The panel discussion reflected on the evolving policy and practices related to the transition of UN peace operations. It also highlighted IPI’s body of research on transitions […]

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    Peace Operations Transitions
  • Policy Papers 02-18-2021by Daniel Forti

    Walking a Tightrope: The Transition from UNAMID to UNITAMS in Sudan

    The UN’s transition in Sudan started out in 2014 as a process to close the African Union–United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in the face of waning international support and overwhelming pressure from an autocratic regime. But in 2019, Sudan’s revolution and ongoing political transition radically transformed how the UN engages with Sudan. UNAMID’s […]

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    Peace Operations Transitions
  • Issue Briefs 01-25-2021by Damian Lilly

    Considering the Protection of Civilians during UN Peacekeeping Transitions

    In contrast to recent transitions, the next wave of UN peacekeeping transitions is set to occur in contexts where civilians continue to face threats of physical violence. These transitions are likely to have major implications for the protection of civilians (POC), which should be a key consideration for the UN when planning these missions’ exit […]

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    Peace Operations Transitions, Peacekeeping, Protection of Civilians
  • Panel Discussions 12-16-2019

    The Peacekeeping Transition in Darfur: Gaining Advantage from Crisis

    A popular revolution in Sudan eight months ago ended the 30-year rule of dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir, abruptly transforming the country’s governance institutions and beginning the reshaping of its social contract. It occurred at a time when the African Union (AU) and the United Nations were deep in preparations for the reconfiguration and eventual withdrawal […]

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    Peace Operations Transitions
  • 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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    Peace Operations Transitions
  • Panel Discussions 09-18-2019

    Preparing for the Next Wave of UN Peace Operations Transitions

    There has been a 25% reduction in United Nations peacekeeping troops since 2014, and while that is “largely a story of success,” the future will be more complicated, said Jake Sherman, Director of the IPI Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations. Five years ago, the UN had 16 peacekeeping missions, 127,000 uniformed authorized personnel, more […]

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    Peace Operations Transitions
  • Issue Briefs 07-16-2019by Daniel Forti and Lesley Connolly

    Pivoting from Crisis to Development: Preparing for the Next Wave of UN Peace Operations Transitions

    UN peace operations are going through an accelerated period of reconfiguration and drawdown. Between June 2017 and March 2018, long-standing peacekeeping missions in Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia closed, while the mission in Haiti was reconfigured into a transitional peacekeeping mission. Looking ahead, the Security Council has mandated the closure of the peacekeeping mission in Darfur […]

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    Peace Operations Transitions
  • Issue Briefs 04-22-2019by Fiona Blyth

    Transitioning to National Forces in Somalia: More Than an Exit for AMISOM

    When the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) deployed in 2007, the AU and the UN Security Council expected that the United Nations would eventually take over from the AU force. But while a UN peacekeeping operation remains a theoretical option for the council, its prospects have diminished. Instead, the focus of Somali and international […]

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  • Policy Papers 12-26-2018by Namie Di Razza

    Mission in Transition: Planning for the End of UN Peacekeeping in Haiti

    The process of reconfiguring, closing, and handing over responsibilities to a UN country team or host-state institutions is a crucial—and challenging—part of the life cycle of a UN peacekeeping mission. Transitions have been a central feature of UN peacekeeping in Haiti, in particular, which has gone through numerous transitions since the 1990s. This paper focuses […]

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the Global Observatory

  • A Crisis of Consent in UN Peace Operations

    August 2, 2022 by Anjali Dayal

    Last week, at least 15 people died in protests demanding UN peacekeepers leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The week before, the military junta ruling Mali halted troop rotations for the UN mission there and ejected the…

    Analysis, africa, peacekeeping, united nations
  • The 2022 UN Peacekeeping Budget: Signs of Progress or a Fleeting Moment of Consensus?

    July 20, 2022 by Daniel Forti

    Member states agreed to an overall increase in the peacekeeping budget for the first time in…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, united nations
  • Human Disruption to Earth’s Freshwater Cycle Has Exceeded Safe Limit

    July 18, 2022 by Arne Tobian, Dieter Gerten, Lan Wang Erlandsson

    Looking at green water, the rainwater available to plants, shows that freshwater’s ability to sustain a stable Earth system is even more threatened than…

    Analysis, climate change, governance
  • Peace as the Norm: Sustaining Peace in Africa

    July 8, 2022 by Chimwemwe A. Fabiano, Youssef Mahmoud
    The African continent has a rich and varied repertoire of formal and informal capacities, knowledge, and experiences to decolonize the study and practice of peace and develop an integrated African agenda for sustaining peace.
    Analysis, africa, peacebuilding
  • One Crisis, Multiple Norms: Strengthening Human Protection in Mali and the Sahel

    June 17, 2022 by Adrian Gallagher, Blake Lawrinson, Charles T. Hunt

    The UN Security Council does not have the luxury of choosing between normative imperatives associated with preventing…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, sahel
  • Peacebuilding Financing in Guinea-Bissau and Lessons for Overlooked Countries

    June 3, 2022 by Gustavo de Carvalho

    Despite the instability it faces, Guinea-Bissau—alongside countries like Madagascar, Chad, or the…

    Analysis, africa, peacebuilding, united nations
  • The Role of Peacekeepers in Protecting Civilians from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

    May 25, 2022 by Jenna Russo

    There are a number of reasons why it is difficult for…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, protection of civilians, women peace and security
  • Protecting Peace? How the Protection of Civilians Contributes to Peace Processes

    May 23, 2022 by Jenna Russo

    Without a corresponding political process, UN protection activities are an ineffective bandaid in situations of…

    Analysis, peacekeeping, protection of civilians
  • Russia, NATO, and International Organizations

    May 23, 2022 by Kseniya Oksamytna
    As Finland and Sweden begin the process of applying for NATO membership, misleading narratives about the role of NATO’s so-called eastward expansion in “provoking” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue to hold sway.
    Analysis, conflict, eastern europe
  • Sanctions and the Costs of Russia’s War in Ukraine

    May 12, 2022 by Erica Moret
    The sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine mark a new page in global sanctions practice yet lessons from earlier cases could help increase efficacy and minimize costs.
    Analysis, conflict, europe, ukraine

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