Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – After the Conflict: A UN Transitional Administration in Gaza?

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – After the Conflict: A UN Transitional Administration in Gaza?

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – After the Conflict: A UN Transitional Administration in Gaza? Recent reporting around potential international involvement in the management of post-conflict Gaza has focussed on the idea of a multinational—perhaps a UN—peacekeeping...
Use of Force and UN Mandates to Protect Civilians

Use of Force and UN Mandates to Protect Civilians

Use of Force and UN Mandates to Protect Civilians The UN’s protection of civilians (PoC) concept remains contested twenty-three years after the first PoC mandate given to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) in 1999. The PoC component of a UN...
The Abuse of “Peacekeeping”

The Abuse of “Peacekeeping”

The Abuse of “Peacekeeping” ​On 21 February, President Vladimir Putin explained that Russian forces would enter Ukraine to “perform peacekeeping functions.” Earlier this year the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) also deployed “peacekeeping forces” to...