Enough with the Pessimism about Peacekeeping
By Page Fortna The recent story from the New York Times about United Nations peacekeeping is typical of…
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What Russia Might Teach the US about Establishing Order in Civil Wars
By Jesse Driscoll & Barbara F. Walter Washington would love to figure out how to put an end…
How the UN Contributes to Conflict Prevention
By Kyle Beardsley, David E. Cunningham, and Peter B. White Scholars have demonstrated a number of areas—such as…
Why the UN Sucks at Conflict Prevention
By Andrew Mack In 2005, the UN’s World Summit stressed the need to create “a culture of prevention”…
Political Violence and Humanitarian Technology
Guest post by Katja Lindskov Jacobsen Can humanitarian uses of new digital technologies always be expected to have benevolent…
Is Boko Haram a Roving Bandit?
Guest post by Kyle Beardsley and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch In recent months, Boko Haram has devastated a number of…
Peacekeeping Has Worked, But Is It Working now?
By Lise Morjé Howard When I first started studying peacekeeping some 20 years ago, the popular view was that…
The UN’s Surprisingly Tough Stance on the Vatican
By Barbara F. Walter On Wednesday the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a scathing…
Space Rocks Hawks
By Joe Young Here’s a little nugget in the news that you might have missed: United Nations to Spearhead…
Is UN Offensive Intervention in Congo a New Model of Peacekeeping?
By Lionel Beehner Good news is a rare commodity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). So skepticism is…