Published as: Cedric De Coning & Hafsa M. Maalim, ‘The Case for Integrating Sustaining Peace into an Expanded Climate, Peace … More
Category: peacebuilding
What Peacekeeping Can Learn from Peacebuilding: The Peacebuilding Dimensions of the A4P
Published in the Global Observatory on 29 June 2018, available at: https://theglobalobservatory.org/2018/06/what-peacekeeping-can-learn-from-peacebuilding-a4p/ Secretary-General António Guterres launched the Action … More
Sustaining Peace: Can a new approach change the UN?
Cedric de Coning, Sustaining Peace: can a new approach change the UN?, Global Governance Spotlight, 3/2018, Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden … More
Adaptive Peacebuilding
Article published in a special issue of International Affairs 94:2, “Peacebuilding in an era of Pragmatism” by guest editors: … More
Rising Powers & Peacebuilding
Rising Powers and Peacebuilding: Breaking the Mold?, edited by Charles T. Call and Cedric de Coning (Palgrave, 2017) is available for … More
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 … More
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. … More
From peacebuilding to sustaining peace: Implications of complexity for resilience and sustainability
Abstract: This paper considers some of the implications of applying a complexity theory lens to the peacebuilding field. Amongst others … More
Ensuring Sustainable Peace: Strengthening Global Security and Justice through the UN Peacebuilding Architecture
While demand for international peacebuilding assistance increases around the world, the UN’s Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA) remains a largely ineffective 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
Complexity 4 Peace Operations 