Future of Peace Operations Program

Program Staff

SENIOR ASSOCIATES

William J. Durch: Prior to joining the Center in 1990, Dr. William J. Durch served in the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, as a Research Fellow at the Harvard Center for Science and International Affairs, and as Assistant Director of the Defense and Arms Control Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog... more

Alison Giffen: Alison Giffen is the Deputy Director of the Future of Peace Operations program where she is responsible for leading the program’s efforts to advance civilian protection in war-torn societies and to increase global preparedness to respond to mass atrocities.  Ms. Giffen joined the Stimson Center in 2009 with more than a dozen years experi... more

RESEARCH STAFF

Alix J. Boucher: Alix Boucher is a Research Analyst with the Future of Peace Operations program at the Henry L. Stimson Center. Since joining the Center in 2006, she has tracked UN and regional peace operations. Her research focuses on strengthening the rule of law in post-conflict societies, security sector reform, improving the UN... more

Madeline England: Madeline England is a Research Associate with the Future of Peace Operations program at the Stimson Center.  Her primary research area is the rule of law, with recent work focusing on security sector reform, accountability of peacekeepers, and doctrinal... more

Guy Hammond: Guy Hammond is a Research Assistant with the Future of Peace... more

Max Kelly: Max Kelly is a Research Assistant with the Future of Peace Operations Program at the Stimson Center. Since joining FOPO in 2008, he has worked primarily on the prevention of mass atrocities, and the protection of civilians in multilateral peace operations. He studied at the University of Tor... more

INTERNS

Hilary Hamlin

Chase Hannon

Julien Marneffe

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Program News

• Researchers Madeline England and Alix Boucher release new security sector reform best practices and lessons learned repository. »
• William Durch, Katherine Andrews, and Madeline England release a new report on criminal accountability in UN peace operations. »
• Alix Boucher and Victoria Holt release new report on UN Panels of Experts »
• "International Policing: Improving Professionalism and Responsiveness," an expert panel and workshop »