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Coping With Crisis
Peace Operations
Recent Highlights
Meeting Notes - September 20, 2010
Security Council Istanbul Retreat: At the Crossroads of Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding
Adam Smith and Vanessa Wyeth, rapporteurs
This meeting note draws on the discussions held during the informal retreat of the UN Security Council in Istanbul, Turkey on June 25-26, 2010. The retreat was co-organized by the government of Turkey and the International Peace Institute. 
Meeting Notes - January 20, 2010
From New York to the Field: A Dialogue on UN Peace Operations
Ellie Hearne, rapporteur
The relationship between UN member states and UN peace operations is a complex one that may be best addressed by enhancing the dialogue among concerned parties.
Meeting Notes - November 10, 2009
IPI Report: The Monitoring and Evalution of Peace Operations
Cedric de Coning and Paul Romita, rapporteurs
In spite of positive indications, the challenges ahead for developing more effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) methodologies for peace operations are considerable.
Meeting Notes - June 30, 2009
Managing Complexity: Political and Managerial Challenges in UN Peace Operations
Adam Smith, Caty Clement, editors
This publication, drawn from a December 2008 IPI-GCSP (Geneva Centre for Security Policy) conference in New York, outlines the challenge of UN peacekeeping being overmatched by complexity, while offering suggestions for understanding and dealing with complex environments.
Policy Papers - May 05, 2009
Peace Operations: IPI Blue Paper no. 9
Adam Smith, Lead Rapporteur
This Blue Paper on Peace Operations lays out recommendations on the need to (1) hold a ministerial-level meeting on peacekeeping; (2) forge a consensus among member states on entry, exit, and long-term planning; (3) break political stalemates in stagnant peace operations
About This Project
For nearly forty years, IPI has been at the forefront of making peacekeeping more reliable and effective. From the training of UN peacekeeping troops in the 1970s, to the current work on multidimensional peace operations, IPI aims to deepen the understanding of peacekeeping missions around the world and to develop policy ideas for their success.
Project Staff
Senior Director of Research
mancini@ipinst.org
Research Fellow
smith@ipinst.org
Research Fellow
boutellis@ipinst.org
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