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.
Project
Preventing Tomorrow’s Conflicts and Sustaining Peace
Informing UN policy deliberations with a proactive, over-the-horizon approach to prevent and sustain peace.
Project
Protecting the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of UN Sanctions
Challenges in UN Security Council sanctions, particularly in counter-terrorism.
Project
Children and Extreme Violence: Cradled by Conflict
Understanding child recruitment by armed groups, including terrorist organizations, and identifying obstacles to releasing children from such groups.
Report
Cradled by Conflict: Child Involvement with Armed Groups in Contemporary Conflict
This report seeks to understand how and why children become associated with, are used, and exit non-state armed groups in contemporary conflict.
Media Coverage
Why MONUSCO Should Focus on Protection Instead of Going Back on the Offensive
The killing of fourteen UN peacekeepers were in the Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this month.
Blog Post
Can We Sustain Peace by Fighting Human Trafficking in Conflict? Lessons From Libya
A "prevention first" approach and its potential impact on the upcoming Security Council debate.