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Program(s): Congo Research Group, Peace and Security

Diplomatic Fallout: Dangers Await the U.N. in Mali and Syria

The wars in Mali and Syria have followed very different trajectories over the past month. While Syria has become symbolic of international inaction, France’s use of force in Mali has shown that some Western governments are still willing to launch new interventions abroad.

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Publication Date: Jan 29, 2013

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Richard Gowan

Region/Country: Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa

Program(s): Peace and Security, Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Topic(s): Fragile States, International Security, United Nations

Watching from above

Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban ki-Moon has asked the Security Council to approve Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, for use in the Eastern Congo.

Read the full Economist article here

Publication Date: Jan 15, 2013

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Richard Gowan

Region/Country: Sub-Saharan Africa

Program(s): Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Topic(s): Fragile States, International Security

Diplomatic Fallout: UN Peacekeepers Pick a Fight Over Drones

Despite the presence of 1,500 peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). U.N. planners believe that drones would improve the operation's ability to track, and possibly pre-empt, hostile militia movements in future. There are further plans to deploy drones to other U.N. missions in West Africa.

Read the full World Politics Review article here

Publication Date: Jan 14, 2013

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Richard Gowan

Region/Country: Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

Program(s): Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Topic(s): Fragile States, International Security, United Nations

Africa and the War on Drugs

In Africa and the War on Drugs, Neil Carrier and Gernot Klantschnig provide an insightful overview of the history of African drug production, trade, consumption and policy, with a particular focus on khat and cannabis.

Read the full book review here

Publication Date: Jan 15, 2013

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Camino Kavanagh

Region/Country: Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

Program(s): Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Topic(s): International Security, Organized Crime

Rwanda vows to help on Congo at U.N., assails "blame game"

Rwanda has warned it will not tolerate attempts to blame it for a rebel insurgency in eastern Congo but vowed to use its two-year U.N. Security Council stint to help put an end to the conflict that has destabilized its much larger neighbor.

Read the full DefenceWeb article here

Publication Date: Jan 02, 2013

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Richard Gowan

Region/Country: Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa

Program(s): Peace and Security

Topic(s): Fragile States, United Nations

U.N. wants to use drones for peacekeeping missions

The United Nations, looking to modernize its peacekeeping operations, is planning for the first time to deploy a fleet of its own surveillance drones in peacekeeping missions in Central and West Africa.

Read the full Washington Post article here.

Publication Date: Jan 08, 2013

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Richard Gowan

Region/Country: Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

Program(s): Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Topic(s): United Nations

Political Missions 2012

The Annual Review of Global Peace Operations and the Review of Political Missions have evolved into the Global Peace Operations Review, an interactive web-portal presenting in-depth analysis and detailed data on military peacekeeping operations and civilian-led political missions by the United Nations, regional organizations, and ad-hoc coalitions. The website can be accessed here Global Peace Operations Review

Publication Date: Dec 17, 2012

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Center on International Cooperation, Megan Gleason-Roberts, Richard Gowan, Alischa Kugel

Region/Country: Central Asia, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

Topic(s): International Security, Peace Operations

Program(s): Peace and Security

Rwanda vows to help on Congo at U.N., assails "blame game"

Rwanda warned on it will not tolerate attempts to blame it for a rebel insurgency in eastern Congo but vowed to use its two-year U.N. Security Council stint to help put an end to the conflict that has destabilized its much larger neighbor.

Read the full Yahoo! News article here

Publication Date: Dec 31, 2012

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Richard Gowan

Region/Country: Sub-Saharan Africa

Program(s): Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Topic(s): Crises, Fragile States, Humanitarian Crises, International Security

U.N. Peacekeeping : The Next Five Years

This paper, commissioned by the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations, analyzes current trends in United Nations peacekeeping and makes predictions about the development of UN operations over the next five years (to 2017).

Publication Date: Nov 27, 2012

Author(s) / Contributor(s): Richard Gowan, Megan Gleason-Roberts

Region/Country: Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa

Topic(s): Fragile States, Global Governance, International Security, Peace Operations, United Nations

Program(s): Peace and Security