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OECD States of Fragility 2015: Meeting Post-2015 Ambitions

This 2015 OECD report on fragility, researched and authored by CIC's Sarah Hearn, David Steven, and Ben Oppenheim, contributes to the broader debate to define and implement post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It points out that addressing fragility in the new framework will be crucial if strides in reducing poverty are to be made. It argues in favour of proposed SDG 16 – promoting peaceful and inclusive societies – which aims to reduce violence of all forms.

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Apr 01, 2015
Ben Oppenheim, David Steven
Post 2015 Development
Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Keeping or Building Peace?

Michael von der Schulenburg, former head of the UN mission in Sierra Leone and deputy head of its mission in Iraq, offers an overview of the evolution of peacekeeping and peacebuilding and suggestions for the future. This is an independent think-piece for the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations formed by Ban Ki-moon.

Read the full overview Keeping or Building Peace? | The Challenges of Solving Armed Intra-State Conflicts

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Feb 25, 2015
Michael von der Schulenberg
Peace Operations, United Nations
Prevention and Peacebuilding

Anti-Social Capital in Former Members of Non-State Armed Groups: A Case Study of Colombia

A new article by CIC’s Ben Oppenheim, along with Enzo Nussio, analyzes the challenges of reintegrating former members of insurgent and paramilitary groups after war. While disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programming (DDR) is a key component of many post-conflict reconstruction processes, there is relatively little evidence about the longer-term trajectories of former fighters.

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Feb 19, 2015
Ben Oppenheim
Latin America
International Security
Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

The Power of Dependence NATO-UN Cooperation in Crisis Management

Since the end of the Cold War, crises from the Balkans to Central Asia and Africa have forced international organizations to adapt, expand, and cooperate to end civil wars, manage humanitarian challenges, and contain terrorist threats. The Power of Dependence, which includes a foreword by CIC Associated Directors Barnett Rubin and Richard Gowan explores the complex relationship between two of these organizations: NATO and the United Nations.

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Feb 20, 2015
Michael F. Harsch
Crises, United Nations
Prevention and Peacebuilding

Why Europe must stop outsourcing its security

Europe should expect ever-increasing pressure from refugees on its southern borders unless it is prepared to bear the cost and risk of military operations to control conflict in Europe’s southern neighbourhood, according to this policy paper. It says while the growing refugee problem generated by conflicts in the Middle East and Africa calls for a more interventionist response from the EU, Europeans have preferred to leave the job to others, notably the UN.

Read the full Policy Paper here

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Dec 17, 2014
Richard Gowan
Nick Witney
Europe
Crises, Humanitarian Crises, Peace Operations
Prevention and Peacebuilding

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