A Crisis of Consent in UN Peace Operations
ast week, at least 15 people died in protests demanding United Nations (UN) peacekeepers leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The week before, the military junta ruling Mali halted troop...
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The 2022 UN Peacekeeping Budget: Signs of Progress or a Fleeting Moment of Consensus?
On June 29th, the United Nations General Assembly (GA)’s Fifth Committee (the specialized body for Administrative and Budgetary issues) approved a $6.45 billion annual budget for United Nations (UN)...
Peace as the norm: Sustaining peace in Africa
By Youssef Mahmoud and Chimwemwe A. Fabiano For decades, the African continent has been the graveyard of short-term interventions driven by a seemingly well-intentioned but myopic international...
The Situation in Libya: Reflections on Challenges and Ways Forward (June 2022)
Introduction The Security Council is expected to renew the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) by the end of July 2022. The current mandate, adopted in March 2022, was a technical...
Expanding Conceptions of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence among Military Peacekeepers
Executive Summary UN peacekeeping missions tend to frame conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) narrowly both in terms of who its victims are and who is best placed to address it: the victims of...
One Crisis, Multiple Norms: Strengthening Human Protection in Mali and the Sahel
It’s been a decade since a Tuareg rebellion triggered a broad crisis in Mali and the Sahel region, one that has defied a peaceful resolution, despite significant international attention and...
UN, EU, and NATO Approaches to the Protection of Civilians: Policies, Implementation, and Comparative Advantages
The protection of civilians (POC) in armed conflict has become a core strategic objective for the United Nations system and for UN peace operations in particular. The UN, however, is not the sole...
Prioritization and Sequencing of Security Council Mandates: The Case of MINUSMA
Evaluating the mandate and political strategy for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali ahead of the June 2022 mandate renewal. On April 19, 2022, the International Peace Institute (IPI), the Stimson...
Sanctions and the Costs of Russia’s War in Ukraine
by Erica Moret Russia's invasion of Ukraine has wreaked havoc and devastation on Ukraine and its people, while also posing a major threat to wider European security and sovereignty. The international...
UN Peacekeeping and Protection of Civilians from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, May 2022
While all UN multidimensional peacekeeping operations are mandated to prevent and respond to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), the missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and...
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