This book has been published by Palgrave and is available under an Open Access arrangement at: Palgrave MacMillan Amazon It…
Adaptive Peacebuilding
Article published in a special issue of International Affairs 94:2, “Peacebuilding in an era of Pragmatism” by guest editors:…
Rising Powers & Peacebuilding
Rising Powers and Peacebuilding: Breaking the Mold?, edited by Charles T. Call and Cedric de Coning (Palgrave, 2017) is available for…
UN Peacekeeping doctrine in a new era
© 2017 – Routledge (http://bit.ly/2peaceopsdoctrine) Amazon (http://amzn.to/2kYXzAL) CIC interview on this book: http://peaceoperationsreview.org/interviews/cedric-de-coning-adapting-the-un-peacekeeping-doctrine-to-stabilization-missions-protection-of-civilians-mandates-and-new-threats/ Video and report from book launch seminar at IPI on…
Complexity Thinking for Peacebuilding Practice and Evaluation
Synopsis: This book covers the design, evaluation, and learning for international interventions aiming to promote peace. More specifically, it reconceptualises…
UN Peacebuilding Architecture: The First 10 Years
Since its establishment, the UN’s Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA) has been involved in peacebuilding processes in more than 20 countries.…
The Future of African Peace Operations
Available from Zed Books or in North America from: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo23364698.html Or open source ebook available here: https://www.academia.edu/24792227/Future_of_African_Peace_Operations_From_Janjaweed_to_Boko_Haram CIC interview on…
The BRICS and Coexistence: An Alternative Vision of World Order
The grouping consisting of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) was initially meant to be nothing more than clever investment…
COP26 and the climate-peace nexus: why peace should matter for the COP and why COP26 is important for peace
Published by the Global Observatory on 12 November: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2021/11/why-peace-should-matter-for-the-cop-and-why-cop26-is-important-for-peace/ In the medium to long-term, the most effective prevention against the worst…
Lessons for Cabo Delgado from the African experience in Somalia
Published in the ACCORD COVID-19 Conflict & Resilience Monitor on 29 April 2021, available at: https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/lessons-for-cabo-delgado-from-the-african-experience-in-somalia/ What can we learn…
Strengthening the resilience and adaptive capacity of societies at risk from hybrid threats
How would the civilian population of a specific country respond to significant disruptions caused by hybrid threats? This paper explores…
Hybridity, Adaptive Peacebuilding and Complexity
This chapter introduces Complexity and Adaptive Peacebuilding and considers how it contributes to the contemporary hybridity debate. Following a brief…
The future of UN peace operations: Principled adaptation through phases of contraction, moderation, and renewal
Published in Contemporary Security Policy in March 2021 as part of a special issue on the future of UN peace…
Pathways towards a revitalised Africa-Europe strategic partnership
Published by FriEnt on 01.10.2020 at: https://www.frient.de/en/blogdata/frient-blog/pathways-towards-a-revitalised-africa-europe-strategic-partnership The African Union and European Union were scheduled to adopt a new strategic…
Adaptive Peace Operations: Navigating the Complexity of Influencing Societal Change Without Causing Harm
Adaptive Peace Operations: Navigating the Complexity of Influencing Societal Change Without Causing Harm Cedric de Coning (2020) Adaptive Peace Operations: Navigating the…
Insights from Complexity Theory for Peace and Conflict Studies
This is a chapter in O. Richmond, G. Visoka (eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies, that was published…
Measuring peace consolidation: for whom and for what purpose?
Published as Cedric de Coning (2020) Measuring Peace Consolidation: For Whom and for What Purpose?, Ethnopolitics, 19:3,320-323, DOI: 10.1080/17449057.2020.1759918 Symposium on Richard Caplan’s ‘Measuring Peace’ (Oxford University…
Utilising an Adaptive Approach to Leverage Greater Context-specific Knowledge and Local Participation in Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management in Africa
Published on 29 May 2020 in Africa Insights, Vol 49(3). Abstract The African Union (AU) and a number of sub-regional…
Complexity 4 Peace Operations 