Human Security
& Governance

Peacekeeping

Projects

Framing Gender-Responsive Leadership in UN Peace Operations

Building evidence on how to frame and foster stronger gender-responsive leadership throughout peace operations

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

Exploring how UN field missions can use renewable energy to improve effectiveness, save money, enhance security, and increase access to energy while mitigating climate change

Recent Publications

Report

The Role of Air Power in UN Peacekeeping

Peacekeeping missions need to adapt to an evolving threat environment both from and within the air domain

Lisa Sharland • Jarrod Pendlebury • Phillip Champion

Press Release

Stimson Center Shapes Efforts to Strengthen Gender-Responsive Leadership in UN Peace Operations

Lisa Sharland

Project Note

Prioritizing and Sequencing Security Council Mandates in 2024: The Case of UNMISS

Assessing developments in South Sudan to inform the March 2024 mandate renewal of the UN peacekeeping mission

Project Note

Stimson Recognized at the United Nations 2023 Peacekeeping Ministerial

Stimson’s research and partnerships were highlighted at the United Nations 2023 Peacekeeping Ministerial in early December

Juliet Weis

Project Note

Prioritizing and Sequencing Security Council Mandates in 2023: The Case of MONUSCO

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

Prioritizing and Sequencing Security Council Mandates in 2023: The Case of MINUSCA

Assessing the political strategy for the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic ahead of the November 2023 mandate renewal

Report

Host-Country Consent in UN Peacekeeping

Blue Helmet peacekeeping missions face ongoing challenges to host-country consent, amidst geopolitical shifts and anti-UN sentiment

Julie Gregory • Lisa Sharland

Project Note

Options for Reconfiguring the UN Presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Examining opportunities for the expedited transition of the peacekeeping mission and longer-term reconfiguration of the UN in the Democratic Republic of the Congo