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This paper, commissioned by the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations, analyzes current trends in United Nations peacekeeping and makes predictions about the development of UN operations over the next five years (to 2017).

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The Libyan and Syrian crises have caused major international rifts over the use of force and crisis management. In February CIC convened a conference with the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute and the Brookings Institution to address how the U.S., its allies and emerging powers can rebuild trust around crisis diplomacy. The event involved scholars and officials from the U.S., Europe, China, India and Brazil.

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Abu_Dhabi_Conference_2012.pdf

This paper, the second in a series on Security Council working methods and the performance of peace

The past year could have been a disastrous one for U.N. peacekeeping. Twelve months ago, Côte d’Ivoire appeared to be on the brink of renewed civil war in spite of the presence there of United Nations and French forces. South Sudan’s vote for independence in January 2011 also had the potential to unleash mass violence. From Haiti to Liberia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, peacekeepers were charged with overseeing elections that might have resulted in significant instability.

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gpo_2012_cic.pdf

A growing number of political missions work throughout the world to mediate conflicts, devise and monitor peace agreements, and promote good governance, without significant police or military presences.  The first edition, Review of Political Missions 2010, the first comprehensive effort to chart the role of these missions, quickly found its way to policymakers at the UN and in governments, academics and journalists– an effort helped by launches in Berlin, Geneva, Oslo and Washington, D.C.

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political_missions_2011_cic.pdf

As the UN has grappled with the recurrence of civil war, the spread of organized crime, and rise of extremism, it has placed an increasing focus on the rule of law as the overarching objective for its engagements. This is an important conceptual shift, and one that has generated new forms of engagement and opportunities for the UN.

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kavanagh_jones_shaky_foundations_rule_of_law_dec_2011.pdf

As the issue of resource scarcity arriving on the global agenda, especially in the areas of land, water, food and energy, what forms of multilateral action are needed in order to prevent a slide towards zero-sum games, resource nationalism and intensifying competition for dwindling resources?

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Globalization and Scarcity - Multilateralism for a world with limits.pdf

Beyond Heavy Peacekeeping

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Beyond Heavy Peacekeeping_Meeting Note

This report provides an overview of the United States Government’s arrangements for monitoring and evaluating (M&E) the support it provides to security sector reform (SSR). It examines the M&E systems that already exist for similar types of work as well as looking at any specific treatment given to SSR, before also identifying outstanding needs, challenges and any trends and opportunities that exist for improving M&E in this area.

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USG M&E for SSR support