This chapter introduces Complexity and Adaptive Peacebuilding and considers how it contributes to the contemporary hybridity debate. Following a brief … More
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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 … More
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 … More
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 Abstract Complexity theory offers a theoretical framework … More
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 … More
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 … More
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
