Media Coverage
Muddling Through to 2030: The Long Decline of International Security Cooperation
The decline of International cooperation on peace and security.
Media Coverage
Iraqi Justice in the Post-ISIS Era
The need for a review of the overbroad approach to ISIS affiliates as a crucial way for Iraq’s leadership to build peace across the sectarian divide.
Blog Post
The Price of Order?
Big power relations are in a bad state. Does this make the United Nations less or more relevant to global politics?
Media Coverage
From Sweeping Punishment to Real Justice in Countering Terrorism
How international policymakers can break cycles of conflict.
Project
Fragile Contexts Are Increasingly Battlegrounds in Geopolitical Contests
Rising global involvement in civil wars demands preventive measures like diplomacy frameworks and anti-intervention incentives.
Project
The Shia View of Dealing With ISIS Suspects in the Hands of Iraqi Justice
The degree of support among Iraqi Shia for current legal practices regarding ISIS suspects and their openness to alternative leniency approaches.
Project
What Works in UN Resident Coordinator-Led Conflict Prevention: Lessons From the Field
Lessons from Resident Coordinator-supported preventive action in nine countries, where such support has generally been effective.
Media Coverage
Is the Cruz Report the End of Peacekeeping for Japan?
A fundamental shift in peacekeeping.
Project
Capturing UN Preventive Diplomacy Success: How and Why Does It Work?
The impact the UN can have in conflict settings and the many challenges in linking short-term interventions with longer-term sustainable peace.
Project
Assessment Framework for UN Preventive Diplomacy: An Approach for UN Mediators and International Policymakers
A clear layout of the methodological challenges in evaluating political interventions in conflict and an impact assessment tool for practitioners.