Peace Operations Reform

Bridging policy innovation and field research to improve the effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping

In Peacekeeping Research

Building on decades of expertise, the Peace Operations Reform project identifies policy changes to improve the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping and recommends solutions. Stimson has a long history of bridging policy and practice, prioritizing field work to better understand the reality on the ground and then bringing those lessons to policymakers to overcome challenges and maximize mission impact.

Over the last two decades, Stimson research and experts have had a significant influence on UN policy, from the first-ever comprehensive review of UN peacekeeping operations to significant changes in the policy and practice of civilian protection. Stimson’s recent work focuses on host-state government consent for peacekeeping missions, local conflict management by UN peacekeepers, measurement and evaluation, UN intelligence and forward-looking analysis, and the prioritization and sequencing of UN actions in the field.

Report
Blue Helmet peacekeeping missions face ongoing challenges to host-country consent, amidst geopolitical shifts and anti-UN sentiment
Julie Gregory • Lisa Sharland
In Focus
Examining current challenges and future threats in the air domain in UN peacekeeping.

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Project Note
Assessing developments in South Sudan to inform the March 2024 mandate renewal of the UN peacekeeping mission
Project Note
Evaluating the mandate and strategic orientation of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to inform the mission’s December 2023 mandate renewal and forthcoming drawdown
Project Note
Assessing the political strategy for the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic ahead of the November 2023 mandate renewal
Report
Blue Helmet peacekeeping missions face ongoing challenges to host-country consent, amidst geopolitical shifts and anti-UN sentiment
Julie Gregory • Lisa Sharland
Project Note
Examining opportunities for the expedited transition of the peacekeeping mission and longer-term reconfiguration of the UN in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Op-Ed
MINUSMA has lessons for the future of UN peacekeeping when it comes to the protection of civilians
Lisa Sharland
Project Note
Examining UN Security Council trends and practices in the mandating of UN peace operations
Project Note
Evaluating the mandate and political strategy for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali ahead of the late June 2023 mandate renewal

News & Commentary

Op-Ed
MINUSMA has lessons for the future of UN peacekeeping when it comes to the protection of civilians
Lisa Sharland
Commentary
The democratization of airpower in Ukraine and other recent conflicts demonstrates growing threats and new opportunities for UN peacekeeping
Kelly A. Grieco
Commentary
Renewed debate around who holds the pen in the Security Council calls for further examination of this informal system
Julie Gregory
Commentary
A more comprehensive, strategic, and forward-looking approach to the air domain could mitigate and respond to threats against peacekeepers
Lisa Sharland • Ilhan Dahir
Op-Ed
If America is going to lead again on the global stage, it is time to pay our U.N. bill.
Victoria K. Holt • Hardin Lang
Commentary
Peacekeeping missions can put politics first without putting peace agreements first.
Aditi Gorur
Commentary
Women deploying to UN peacekeeping missions face additional hurdles due to their gender, which must be addressed
Aditi Gorur • Kleopatra Moditsi

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