Edited by Chiyuki Aoi, Cedric de Coning & Ramesh Thakur United Nations University Press, 2007 Copy available at: https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:2483/pdf9789280811421.pdf Abstract: Peacekeeping … More
Category: Peace operations
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 … More
Is stabilization the new normal? Implications of stabilization mandates for the use of force in UN peace operations
Photo by Marco Domino, UN Photo Book chapter in Use of force in UN Peacekeeping by Peter Nadin, Routledge, 2018, available at: … More
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 … More
The Need for a Strong UN-African Union Partnership for Peace in Africa
In this paper I discuss why there is a need for strong strategic partnership between the United Nations (UN) and … More
Towards More People-Centric Peace Operations: From ‘Extension of State Authority’ to ‘Strengthening Inclusive State-Society Relations’
Periods of conflict erode trust between national and local authorities and the people they govern, a trust that needs to be … More
What can we expect from the High-Level Independent Panel on UN Peace Operations?
The UN Secretary-General appointed a High-Level Independent Panel to review UN peace operations in October 2014. The Panel is expected to publish its report in June 2015. The Panel is led by Nobel Peace Laureate and former President of Timor Leste, Jose Ramos-Horta. With 17 members it has a broad geographical spread and a wide range of experiences, including former special representatives, force commanders, ambassadors, scholars and civil society leaders. The last such major external review of peacekeeping operations was undertaken in 2000 and led by Lahkdar Brahimi. The Brahimi report had a considerable impact on the direction of peacekeeping operations, even though many of its recommendations have not been implemented. It is thus not surprising that the Ramos-Horta report has raised similar high expectations.
Implications of Offensive and Stabilisation Mandates for the Future of UN Peacekeeping
The most important issue that the UN High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations will have to consider and provide guidance … More
What does ‘stabilisation’ mean in a UN Peacekeeping context?
The essential difference between peacekeeping and stabilisation seems to be that in peacekeeping the aim is to arrive at, and then maintain a cease-fire and implement a peace agreement, among the parties to a conflict, whilst in stabilisation, the theory of change is to restore and maintain order by managing or containing aggressors and spoilers. So, in peacekeeping the aim is Conflict Resolution, whilst in stabilisation the objective is limited to Conflict Management or containment.
Do we need a UN stabilisation doctrine?
UN peacekeeping has become increasingly robust and offensive and is now regularly deployed in the midst of on-going conflicts. This … More
