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A logic of its own: the external presence in the Sahel
The current instability in the Sahel has attracted a heavy international security presence to the region which has taken on a logic of its own. Yet there is a need […]
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The current instability in the Sahel has attracted a heavy international security presence to the region which has taken on a logic of its own. Yet there is a need […]
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Calls for the increased participation of uniformed United Nations female peacekeepers have multiplied in recent years, fueled in part by new scandals of peacekeepers’ sexual abuse and exploitation (SEA), tarnishing […]
Twenty years since the adoption of UNSC 1325 there is an almost unanimous call for an increased number of uniformed women in peace operations from policy makers and multilateral organizations. […]
Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council, has been credited with the idea according to which the Commission under Ursula von der Leyen has three key tasks facing […]
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Former colonial countries appear increasingly willing to engage in processes akin to transitional justice in order to confront the legacies of their colonial past. In this blog post, Valerie Arnould […]
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As the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates its sixtieth birthday, the country stands at an important crossroads. Marked by the struggles and protests of a population suffering from violent conflicts, […]
By Staffan de Mistura, Former Under-Secretary-General, UN Special Envoy for Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon He will share with us his experience as special UN envoy in his successive peace missions […]
Training for diplomats from Angola, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Rwanda.
Africa Lunch Meeting with Dr. Sarah von Billerbeck, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading. Most peacebuilding missions take place in authoritarian contexts and seek to […]
Africa Lunch Meeting with Nic Cheeseman, Professor of Democracy at the University of Birmingham and the author of How to Rig an Election (Yale University Press). Contrary to what is […]