One of the most enduring lessons learned over the past 75 years of peacekeeping is that peace cannot be imposed.
Analysis
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This spring marks 75 years since the UN first deployed a peacekeeping mission. Here are some of the challenges peacekeeping is facing, and opportunities for the future.
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The ten-year anniversary of the historic trial coincides with a process of erosion in judicial independence in the country.
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Major challenges remain in pursuing justice for peacekeepers who have been victims of attacks.
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Left unaddressed, painful legacies of past political violence will continue to infiltrate the institutions, processes, and assumptions that inform definitions of peace and approaches to sustaining peace.
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Updates to the COE manual addressing some of the particular obstacles faced by women peacekeepers are a tangible step toward meeting gender parity goals in UN peacekeeping operations.
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Greater sharing of the pen within the Security Council could help mend perceptions of partiality and facilitate more inclusivity.
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Ten years after MINUSMA was established, the mission’s future is more uncertain than ever.
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The Russian government-affiliated Wagner Group has gained widespread attention for its brutal tactics in the Central African Republic and Mali.
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For AI to be ethical and be a vehicle for the common good, it needs to eliminate any explicit and implicit biases, including on the gender front.