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…

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…

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…

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…

Principled Peacekeeping Works

Cedric de Coning, Senior Research Fellow, NUPI & Senior Advisor, ACCORD Published on 28 February 2020 on the Political Settlements…

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…

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,…

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…