Post-Conflict Borders and UN Peace Operations
Part 1: Border Security, Trade Controls, and UN Peace Operations
by Kathleen A. Walsh
Part 2: A Phased Approach to Post-Conflict Border Security
by Katherine N. Andrews, Brandon L. Hunt, and William J. Durch
AUGUST 2007
This border security study from the Stimson Center's Future of Peace Operations (FOPO) program is in two parts. For part one, author Kathleen A. Walsh surveyed more than 100 international border assistance and training programs. Her report, “Border Security, Trade Controls, and UN Peace Operations,” found both a great deal of overlap and lack of coordination among these programs that, if remedied, could make them much more cost-effective. The second part of the study, “A Phased Approach to Post-Conflict Border Security,” by Katherine N. Andrews, Brandon L. Hunt, and William J. Durch, lays out the requirements for coordinated international support to border security in post-conflict states that host international peace operations.
Executive Summary (pdf)
Full report available here (pdf)
Survey of international border assistance initiatives available here(excel)
Working Group Rapporteur's Report (pdf)
Working Group Participant List (pdf)
This report is one of five FOPO studies on essential aspects of improving rule of law in post-conflict states. Other studies focus on the creation of a standing UN police capacity, fighting corruption in war-torn states, increasing accountability for non-military personnel in peace operations, and using UN Panels of Experts more effectively to combat spoilers and monitor targeted sanctions. Information on FOPO's Rule of Law project can be found here.
