Published on IPI’s Global Observatory on 2 April 2020: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2020/04/impact-covid-19-peace-operations/ Also published in Norwegian on forsvaretsforum.no on 2 April: https://bit.ly/2wcPRu8 … More
Author: Cedric de Coning
Cedric de Coning (South Africa) is a Senior Research Fellow with the Peace, Conflict and Development Research Group at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), where he coordinates the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON) and co-convenes the NUPI Center on United Nations and Global Governance. He is also a Senior Advisor for ACCORD. He tweets at @CedricdeConing
COVID-19 and the African Union – challenges, prospects and side-effects
This version has been published as a NUPI Policy Brief (7/2020): A shorter version has been published by African Arguments … More
Principled Peacekeeping Works
Cedric de Coning, Senior Research Fellow, NUPI & Senior Advisor, ACCORD Published on 28 February 2020 on the Political Settlements … More
China’s Evolving Approach to UN Peacekeeping in Africa
Cedric de Coning & Kari Osland Full report available here: https://www.nupi.no/en/Publications/CRIStin-Pub/China-s-Evolving-Approach-to-UN-Peacekeeping-in-Africa Summary: China’s new, assertive role in UN peacekeeping, especially … More
Multilateral cooperation in the area of climate-related security and development risks in Africa
Background Paper for UN75 Sub-regional Meeting on Multilateral Cooperation to Address Climate Related Security and Development Risks in Africa, 3-4 March 2020, Dakar, … More
Adaptive Mediation
Published: Conflict Trends, 2/2018, Durban: ACCORD, available at: https://www.accord.org.za/conflict-trends/adaptive-mediation/ Cedric de Coning and Stephen Gray[1] Introduction When the … More
Is peace operations effective? Emerging trends and observations from the studies of the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network
This blog has been published in: The Global Observatory, 14 November 2019: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2019/11/are-un-peace-operations-effective/ EPON website, 7 November 2019: https://effectivepeaceops.net/2019/11/07/are-peace-operations-effective-emerging-trends-and-observations-from-the-studies-of-the-effectiveness-of-peace-operations-network/ Is … More
UN Peacekeeping Operations in a New Multipolar World Order
Abstract: How will United Nations peacekeeping operations adapt to the transition from a unipolar to a multipolar world order? The … More
Complexity thinking and adaptive peacebuilding: What can it contribute to our understanding of inclusive political settlements?
Published under this title in Accord (Issue 28, 2019), available here: https://www.c-r.org/accord/inclusion-peace-processes/complexity-thinking-and-adaptive-peacebuilding We often refer to peace processes being … More
Towards a Comprehensive Performance Assessment and Reporting System for UN Peacekeeping operations
Full report available here: https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/handle/11250/2496840 Executive Summary: This report considers the tools and processes that DPKO and DFS currently use to … More
