The Stimson Center | Pragmatic Steps for Global Security

UN Police, Justice and Corrections Programming: Summarizing Recent Practice

Case studies for nine UN complex operations and special political missions were developed by Stimson at the request of the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI) of

The UN Security Council is sending record numbers of personnel into peace operations of growing complexity in environments where critical government functions, including criminal

Over the last decade or so, the UN Security Council gave complex UN peace operations broader mandates in police development, followed by mandates to help restore criminal justice

Stimson Experts Respond to Events in Libya

Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is sending his special envoy for Libya, Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib, and his special adviser on post-conflict planning for Libya, Ian Martin, to Doha,

Libya: Predation, Protection and Political Change

On March 17th, the UN Security Council authorized “all necessary measures…to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab

Supporting Peace: The End

Stimson Senior Associate William Durch contributed an article, "Supporting Peace: The End," to National Defense University's journal Prism. This article focuses on exit strategies

Over the last decade, UN peacekeeping operations have more frequently been deployed into complex environments where there is little but an unstable peace to keep and where former

Revised and updated in 2010 by editors William Durch and Madeline England

This report provides an overview of recent trends in the use of police in UN peacekeeping missions, assesses

Post-Conflict Borders and UN Peace Operations

This border security study from the Future of Peace Operations (FOPO) program is in two parts. For part one, author Kathleen A. Walsh surveyed more than 100 international border

FOPO, at the request of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Unit in UN DPKO's Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, has collected and analyzed good practices in six key areas

The growing numbers of international police authorized by the Security Council to serve in UN peace operations attest to a recognition of the importance, and challenge, of fostering

One of the most challenging problems for building the rule of law in post-conflict states has been establishing effective criminal accountability for personnel serving in UN peace

In 2004, major problems of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other operations became a public scandal for the United

Ending Impunity for Peacekeepers

In the wake of rapid growth in UN peace operations, 2003–04, came reports of serious criminal abuse by peacekeepers, starting with the UN mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo

Presidential Inbox 2009: The First 100 Days

The first 100 days of any administration are filled with tough choices and breaks from past policies. This administration is no different. In the lead-up to the election, Stimson

The Purposes of Peace Operations

Fifteen years ago, peacekeeping was doctrinally and operationally segregated from war-fighting by major powers, but recent evolution of major power doctrines suggests that the old

By Dr. William J. Durch

The Challenge

While America can act on its own in many matters of peace and security, even a superpower has finite resources as the cases of Iraq and

There are currently 17 United Nations peacekeeping operations deployed around the world helping to foster sustainable peace, rebuild shattered states, and promote human rights and

As peacekeepers have deployed at unprecedented levels worldwide, the demand for police to serve in such missions has swelled.The United Nations (UN), for example, has increased the

We know that the human brain has grown over time, adding emotional reflexes, a sense of personal identity, and fully rational thought to basic motor control, physically layering

Reflections on War and Peacebuilding

Peace operations most often fail when an unsustainable, rushed peace agreement, election, or constitution locks new governments into structures that may not be appropriate to their

Since the early 1990s, US foreign policy has been trying to cope with march of technology, explosion of global markets, growth of population, and decay of the global environment. It

Mapping and Fighting Corruption in War-Torn States

A new Future of Peace Operations Program (FOPO) study, Mapping and Fighting Corruption in War-Torn States, examines corruption in war-torn states and summarizes best practices for

Twenty-First-Century Peace Operations

Edited by William J. Durch

"The publication of William J. Durch's third in a series of books on peacekeeping is a much-anticipated event. The carefully researched case studies, tied

Who Should Keep The Peace?

Maintaining peace has traditionally been the job of nations but, as populations grow, distances shrink, borders leak, and belief systems clash, it has increasingly become a

Economic Impact of Peacekeeping

FOPO co-director William Durch is the co-author of Economic Impact of Peacekeeping, a ground-breaking and detailed study of peacekeeping operations’ effects on the war-torn economies

Prepared for the United Nations Foundation by William J. Durch

As the work of the UN’s High-Level Panel on Threats Challenges and Change began in early 2004, Durch was invited by the

The Brahimi Report and the Future of UN Peace Operations

Three years ago, the Panel on UN Peace Operations challenged the international community to strengthen and revitalize UN peace operations. The landmark “Brahimi Report” recommended

This article, which uses Iraq to illustrate UN capabilities in post-conflict settings, was sent to press one month before the truck-bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad. It

This briefing applies to Afghanistan the strategic lessons learned from international peace implementation efforts in nearly twenty war-torn countries around the globe over the past

New Angles on Iraq: Views of the Stimson Center’s Experts

The Henry L. Stimson Center presents a collection of short essays on various aspects of the Iraq policy challenge prepared by our experts. We have drawn on the Center’s distinct

This paper looks at national security perceptions and policy in an age where well-known interstate threats have faded away. In their stead are a growing array of vulnerability-based,

Brian Curran, William Durch, and Jolie Wood discuss how the forces of technology (in information, military affairs, the environment, and public health/emerging diseases) are

Edited by William J. Durch

This book evaluates American policy toward peacekeeping in the mid-1990s, and presents detailed case studies of UN operations in Angola, Cambodia, El

The American Military in the Twenty-first Century

By William J. Durch, Barry M. Blechman, David R. Graham, John H. Henshaw, Pamela L. Reed, Victor A. Utgoff, Steven A. Wolfe

With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the U.S. military

Edited by William J. Durch

This is the first comprehensive post-Cold War assessment of this important tool of conflict containment, its rapid growth and development, the factors that

The final report of the Center's first peacekeeping project detailed UN procedures political, financial, and logistical for setting up and running peacekeeping operations and, on the

Phone	202.223.5956
Fax	202.238.9604
Email	info@stimson.org
Address	1111 19th Street NW Twelfth Floor Washington, DC 20036

Transnational Threats

Regional Security

Effective Institutions

All Publications by William Durch

The Challenge

About Stimson

Research

Multimedia

Contact Info