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 … 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
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 … More
Examining the Longer-Term Effects of COVID-19 on UN Peacekeeping Operations
Published in Global Observatory on 13 May 2020 The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has forced United Nations peacekeeping missions to reassess … More
The impact of COVID-19 on the performance of peace operations
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
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
