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Peacebuilding in practice: All Peacebuilding in practice
Armed violence and conflict in fragile settings: Fragile states and peacebuilding in the new global context; All Armed violence and conflict in fragile settings
Protection of civilians: All Protection of civilians
Norway and emerging powers: All Norway and emerging powers
Women, peace and security: All Women, peace and security

Adapting Norwegian Civilian Capacity for the Future: Implications of the Guéhenno Report: John Karlsrud 12 September 2011
With vacancy rates averaging at 22% in peace operations around the world for the last decade, and at some instances at twice that rate, it is time for reform of how the UN recruits, deploys and manages civilian capacity in peace operations. To this effect, a UN advisory group report containing a range of recommendations on how the UN c... more
What makes countries vulnerable to transnational organised crime?: Ivan Briscoe 28 September 2011
Countries emerging from conflict or other major crises face numerous difficult challenges on the road to state-building. One of the most harmful is the rise of violent crime, which threatens weak state institutions and the rule of law. In a number of cases, this concern is accentuated by the presence of transnational organised crime. I... more
La protección de la población civil en el derecho internacional humanitario: tendencias y dificultades: Camilla Waszink 7 October 2011
El presente documento examina las dificultades que conlleva proteger adecuadamente a la población civil durante los conflictos armados de conformidad con el derecho internacional humanitario (DIH). Aunque el DIH establece un marco jurídico exhaustivo para proteger a los civiles de los efectos de las operaciones militares, este contra... more
Turkey as an international mediator: opportunities and pitfalls: Pinar Tank 13 July 2011
Since the Helsinki Summit of the European Union (EU) Council granted Turkey ‘candidate country’ status in 1999 and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the elections in 2002, Turkey has undergone significant shifts in both its domestic and foreign policies. While in its first period in power the AKP’s focus was on drawing Turkey... more
Women’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations: agents of change or stranded symbols?: Kathleen M. Jennings 1 September 2011
This report reviews the existing evidence relating to the impact of uniformed women peacekeepers – i.e. military or police – in UN peacekeeping operations (PKOs). First, it lists the arguments most commonly used to advocate for increasing women’s participation in PKOs. The central focus of these arguments is that increasing the number... more