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…
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…
UN Peacekeeping Operations in a New Multipolar World Order
Abstract: How will United Nations peacekeeping operations adapt to the transition from a unipolar to a multipolar world order? The…
Complexity thinking and adaptive peacebuilding: What can it contribute to our understanding of inclusive political settlements?
Published under this title in Accord (Issue 28, 2019), available here: https://www.c-r.org/accord/inclusion-peace-processes/complexity-thinking-and-adaptive-peacebuilding We often refer to peace processes being…
Complexity 4 Peace Operations 