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Incompatible Bedfellows: UN Peace Operations and Counter-terrorism
Predictions of the demise of United Nations peacekeeping have so far been premature. The world is adrift in a sea of volatility. Current trends – including rising conflict, authoritarianism, and heavy-handed security practices – mean there will be plenty of “peace” for UN operations to keep in the next decade.
29 September 2020
Comment & analysis
Why UN peacekeeping operations must not become counter-terrorism missions
Increased pressure on UN peacekeeping operations to engage in counter-terrorism risk bogging down blue helmets in unwinnable wars and destroying their claim to impartiality in the process. This short-term thinking could change UN peacekeeping as we know it.
7 September 2018
Comment & analysis
UN peace operations should get off the counter-terror bandwagon
There has been too little discussion of the enormous risks that counter-terrorism involvement in UN peace operations poses for UN efforts to maintain and build peace.
6 September 2018