Ad-hoc Security Initiatives, an African Response to Insecurity

Published as: Cedric de Coning, Andrew E. Yaw Tchie & Anab Ovidie Grand (2022) Ad-hoc Security Initiatives, an African response to insecurity, African … More

The Case for Integrating Sustaining Peace into an Expanded Climate, Peace and Security Concept

Published as: Cedric De Coning & Hafsa M. Maalim, ‘The Case for Integrating Sustaining Peace into an Expanded Climate, Peace … 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 Cedric de Coning (2020) Adaptive Peace Operations: Navigating the … More

The Unintended Consequences of Peacekeeping

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

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

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.