Aditi Gorur quoted in The Christian Science Monitor on Trump’s Approach to UN Peacekeeping
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—These days Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone may be stable countries of a quietly advancing West Africa, but two decades ago that was not the case. All three were embroiled in civil conflicts with deep political turmoil and horrendous violence that left no one safe. -snip- “How to make peacekeeping better and […]
Nontraditional Actors: China and Russia in African Peace Operations
By Elor Nkereuwem As permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, China and Russia have presented themselves as supporters of the principle of “African solutions to African problems.” Yet their voting behavior at the Security Council, and their support for U.N. peace operations in Africa, have not always been consistent with this rhetoric. This […]
Human Trafficking: An Agenda for Action in the Trump Administration
Watch the event video below or click here. Human trafficking is a challenge that defies easy solutions. This modern day form of slavery straddles geographic boundaries as well as policy sectors — and cannot be effectively addressed by governments alone. The Stimson Center hosted an on-the-record event examining what governments, civil society, and private sector actors can […]
Aditi Gorur quoted in Associated Press on UN Peacekeeping in Haiti
CITE SOLEIL, Haiti (AP) — A few dozen Brazilian troops wearing the blue helmets of the U.N. military force stroll through a dense warren of shacks in Haiti’s most notorious slum, facing no greater threat than a few barking dogs along some of the same streets where pitched gunbattles between gangs and peacekeepers used to […]
Aditi Gorur quoted in The Washington Post on UN Counterterrorism
Since World War II, U.N. peacekeepers have been dispatched to 69 conflicts — civil wars, border disputes and failed states. But now they are confronting an unsettling new threat: al-Qaeda. -snip- “Peacekeepers are only meant to use deadly force to protect civilians or to stop spoilers from threatening a peace process, not to pursue any […]
Aditi Gorur quoted in AFP on UN Peacekeeping
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Washington’s new UN envoy Nikki Haley is putting in motion a far-reaching review of UN peacekeeping that is likely to lead to closures and downsizing of missions, according to diplomats. -snip- But analyst Aditi Gorur said funding cuts to UN missions in South Sudan, DR Congo, the Central African […]
Local Conflict, Local Peacekeeping
Although United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping missions are mandated in response to major national- or international-level conflicts, missions are often confronted with a variety of locally-driven conflicts once they deploy. The 2015 report of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations emphasized two core objectives of peacekeeping missions: supporting political processes that lead to sustainable peace, […]
Defining the Boundaries of UN Stabilization Missions
In 2004, the United Nations Security Council authorized the first stabilization mission in Haiti. Since then, it has authorized three more in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, and the Central African Republic. Yet the Security Council has never defined the term “stabilization,” explained how stabilization missions differ from other U.N. peace operations, or elaborated […]