Though it will not likely make headlines, one of the tangible outcomes from UNGA this week will be a renewed global commitment to making UN peacekeeping a more effective tool of global security. UN Peacekeeping is currently in a moment...
The Central African Republic is facing some serious challenges right now. Four years ago, the country was on the brink of genocide after the longtime strongman Francois Bozize was ousted in an armed rebellion. The violence quickly turned sectarian with...
Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher or get the app to listen later. Conflict is escalating in one region of the Democratic Republic of Congo and this conflict has the potential to become one of Africa’s next big crises. At issue is...
Colum Lynch has an explosive scoop in Foreign Policy reporting an incident in July in which a convoy of American diplomats was fired upon by South Sudanese government forces. The diplomats were traveling in armored cars, and when they passed the...
Human Rights Watch released a damning report today, offering evidence that soldiers from the Republic of Congo deployed as peacekeepers to the Central African Republic killed 18 people between December 2013 and June 2015. The report includes evidence that Congolese...
(UPDATED) There are any number of activities, events and meetings that a President can hold at the United Nations during UN Week. The President can pick a global issue, declare a “summit” and you can bet that most other world...
In a rather extraordinary move, Ban Ki Moon today demanded the resignation of the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic over allegations that peacekeepers engaged in some heinous acts. These latest accusations, laid bare in a report...
A panel of independent experts recently published an exhaustive and hotly awaited report on the future of UN Peacekeeping. The panel was lead by Jose Ramos Horta, the Nobel Laureate and former president of East Timor–a country where peacekeeping played...
UN Peacekeeping used to be a decidedly European project. Twenty Five years ago, Europeans contributed the bulk of troops to UN Peacekeeping. Today, all European countries combined account for only about 7% of Blue Helmets deployed around the world....
