Future of Peace Operations Program

In The News

Future of Peace Operations experts' recent commentary in popular news outlets and Congressional testimony.

 

 

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Senior Associate Victoria Holt participates in the Council on Foreign Relations "Symposium on International Law and Justice: Evolving Norms and U.S. Responses", 17 October 2008.

Senior Associate William Durch testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 23 July 2008. 

Senior Associate Victoria Holt addresses the UN Security Council, 11 June 2008. 

William Durch participates in UN Foundation "Peacekeeping Salon", May 2008.

William Durch comments on the challenges to training the new Palestinian security forces, The Washington Post,  March 15, 2008.

William Durch discusses the implications of the coup attempt in Chad for peacekeeping missions in the region, NPR, The World, February 5, 2008.

William Durch discusses the challenges of deploying a UN peacekeeping force to Somalia, Voice of America (print and radio), 18 January 2008.

Victoria Holt discusses the challenges of protecting civilians from mass violence, Podcast with "Voices on Genocide Prevention," from the Holocaust Memorial Museum, December 7, 2007.

Victoria Holt chairs the Expert Group on Military Intervention for the Genocide Prevention Task Force, November 13, 2007.

William Durch discusses the need to improve United Nations police recruitment in the Washington Post, November, 1 2007.

William Durch discusses the need to set realistic expectations for UNAMID and notes UN progress in improving peacekeeper accountability on PRI's "The World" radio program, August 15, 2007.

William Durch discusses the new AU/UN hybrid force on BBC news radio, July 31, 2007.

Spotlight Analysis: William Durch analyzes frameworks for peacebuilding and recommends ways they could be improved, July 9, 2007.

Spotlight Analysis: Victoria Holt offers recommendations for bridging the gap between doctrine, training, and operational capacity in missions to protect civilians from mass atrocities, June 26, 2007

Spotlight Analysis: Brandon Hunt describes challenges facing the new Peacebuilding Commission, May, 26 2007.

Spotlight Analysis: Victoria Holt and Joshua Smith call for improvements in military preparedness to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities, April 26, 2007.

Spotlight Analysis: Alix Boucher examines why the UN should keep the peacekeepers in the Congo, March 23, 2007.

Victoria Holt spoke at a conference at the Law School at Berkeley about operationalizing the responsibility to protect, March 14, 2007.

Victoria Holt discusses US policy toward the International Criminal Court in the Africa Report for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, March 5, 2007. Her report on the ICC is also cited.

 

Launch for new William Durch's new book, Twenty-First Century Peace Operations, featured on Voice of America, February 27, 2007. You can read more about this book launch under Stimson's Events and Publications.

Victoria Holt discusses the responsibility to protect on the radio show, A World of Possibilities, February 21, 2007.

Victoria Holt discusses FOPO's February 2007 Workshop on operationalizing the responsibility to protect at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center in Public Agenda (Accra, Ghana), February 19, 2007. The workshop was also mentioned in "Experts fashion ways to protect civilians in conflict areas," Business Ghana, February 15, 2007.

Victoria Holt comments on the creation of a new Africa Command at the US Department of Defense, January 31, 2007.

William Durch's research on a "peacekeeping surge" appears in an Economist article on UN peace operations, January 4, 2007.

2006

Victoria Holt comments on the US stance towards the International Criminal Court, Washington Post, November 7, 2006.

Alix Boucher discusses the challenges facing the new UN Secretary General on Voice of America's Washington Forum roundtable (in French),October 19, 2006.

William Durch comments on challenges for current UN peace operations, The Toronto Star, September 25, 2006.

Victoria Holt comments on US policy in the context of the UN's General Assembly, The San Francisco Chronicle, September 24, 2006.

Alix Boucher discusses the challenges facing a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur and developments at the UN's General Assembly on Voice of America's Washington Forum roundtable (in French), September 21, 2006.

William Durch assesses the prospects of an enlarged UNIFIL force in Lebanon on the BBC's Newshour, August 23, 2006.

Victoria Holt comments on the Lebanese peacekeeping force's mandate in USA Today, August 22, 2006.

William Durch discusses the deployment of the peacekeeping force in Lebanon on PRI's To The Point on KCRW (Santa Monica's NPR station) and WAMU (Washington DC's NPR Station), August 21, 2002. Durch's comments begin about 40 minutes into the show and conclude the segment (you will need to scroll to the right date).

Victoria Holt comments on the challenges for deploying the new UN peacekeeping for in Lebanon in The San Francisco Chronicle, August 17, 2006.

William Durch comments on the new UN peacekeeping force for Lebanon in The Washington Times, August 16, 2006.

Victoria Holt discusses the mandate of the new UN peacekeeping force for Lebanon in The International Herald Tribune, August 15, 2006.

William Durch discusses the challenges for a peacekeeping force in Lebanon as the UN considers a cease fire resolution on 89.3 KPCC (NPR's Southern California station), August 11, 2006. Click here to listen to the interview.

William Durch comments on the negotiations for a peacekeeping force in Lebanon, in “Lebanon peacekeeping force faces multiple problems” (2 articles) in the Borneo Bulletin and in Zawya Online.

Durch also comments on "Peace force ‘could be new target’" in News24.com, August 10, 2006.

William Durch comments on "the battle to assemble international force for Lebanon." AFP, August 3, 2006.

William Durch discusses the nature of a new peacekeeping force in Lebanon on NPR's Morning Edition, August 3, 2006. Click here to listen to the interview

William Durch describes the problems a peacekeeping force might face in Lebanon on BBC World News, July 31, 2006. Click here to watch the clip.

William Durch talks about a new peacekeeping force in Lebanon on CNN's Situation Room, July 21, 2006. Read a transcript here and watch the clip here.

William Durch commentson the situation in Lebanon and the requirements for a peacekeeping force there in the Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2006.

Victoria Holt spoke at the Meridian House on May 17, 2006, about challenges for peacekeeping operations. The panel also included Jean-Marie Guehenno, Undersecretary General, U.N. Peacekeeping Operations and Soren Jessen-Petersen, U.N. Special Envoy to Kosovo. For a webcast of the event, click here. Mr. Guehenno opens the discussion, Mr. Petersen begins at 28.48 and Ms. Holt at 44.35.

Stimson report on the ICC by Victoria Holt and Elisabeth Dallas makes Samantha Power's recommended reading list in the Washington Post, Apr. 23, 2006.

2005

The Future of Peace Operations Program 's "African Capacity-Building for Peace Operations: UN collaboration with the African Union and ECOWAS" report quoted in the New York Times, Dec. 7, 2005

Victoria Holt testifies on African-led peace operations before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, November 17, 2005.

William Durch comments on the situation in Iraq in the Seoul Times, October 18, 2005.

Victoria Holt discusses UN peacekeeping in the Forward, September 16, 2005.

Victoria Holt participates in US Holocaust Program on the AU mission in Darfur, July 20, 2005.

William Durch discusses UN operations in The San Francisco Chronicle, June 25, 2005.

Victoria Holt comments on UN peacekeeping in The Christian Science Monitor, June 15, 2005.

Victoria Holt testifies on UN Reform before House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights & International Operations, May 18, 2005.

Victoria Holt analyzes US nation-building in The Christian Science Monitor, March 31, 2005.

William Durch reviewsthe final report of the UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change in the Winter-Spring 2005 edition of the SAIS Review.

2004

Testimony of Victoria Holt before the House International Relations Committee, Africa Subcommittee, 8 October 2004.

Listen to William Durch on NPR, The World ( April 14, 2004).

Victoria Holt in the Washington Postcomments on the Administration's recent peacekeeping initiative ( April 19, 2004).

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