Rethinking UN peace and security engagements in a changing world

The GCSP is pleased to have contributed to a co-authored article in International Affairs with Sarah Hellmüller, Fanny Badache, Corinne Bara, Richard Caplan, Marco Donati, Allard Duursma, Tatiânia Felicio, Ibrahim Fraihat, Courtney J. Fung, Monica Herz, Annika Hilding Norberg, Tetsuro Iji, Ferdinand Kwaku Danso, Mateja Peter, Margaux Pinaud, Lisa Reefke, Bilal Salaymeh, Ekaterina Stepanova, Maximilian Stoller, Shuhrat Sulaymanov, Stephanie Williams, and Xinyu Yuan.

The paper proposes four processes through which the global order transition influences United Nations Peacekeeping operations:

1. A diversification of security and peace actors;

2. A challenge to the authority of UN operations from domestic interlocutors;

3. A weakening of the norm of political settlements; and

4. A move in terms of objectives from conflict resolution to conflict management.

The paper puts forward four ways in which the UN can continue to add value to peace and security during the transition:

A. Providing good offices;

B. Maintaining and promoting universal norms;

C. Offering expertise for capacity-building; and

D. Performing as the ‘conductor of the orchestra’ of different peace and security actors.