• Peacekeeping and Counter-insurgency - Two of a Kind? 

      Friis, Karsten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
    • Plug and Play: Multinational Rotation Contributions for UN Peacekeeping Operations 

      Boutellis, Arthur; Karlsrud, John (NUPI Policy Brief;2017-15, Research report, 2017)
      In January 2016, Norway deployed a C-130 military transport aircraft to the UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Given the number of attacks on patrols and logistics convoys of MINUSMA, which has been called ‘the world’s most ...
    • Predictive peacekeeping: opportunities and challenges 

      Duursma, Allard; Karlsrud, John (NUPI Policy Brief;2018-10, Research report, 2018)
      The time is ripe for the development of a UN early warning tool that estimates the likelihood of instability, intercommunity clashes and armed violence in areas in which UN peacekeepers operate. However, this development ...
    • Predictive Peacekeeping: Strengthening Predictive Analysis in UN Peace Operations 

      Duursma, Allard; Karlsrud, John (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The UN is becoming increasingly data-driven. Until recently, data-driven initiatives have mainly been led by individual UN field missions, but with António Guterres, the new Secretary-General, a more centralized approach ...
    • Researching the Effectiveness of Peace Operations, Seminar Report, 31 May – 1 June, Oslo 

      De Coning, Cedric; Drange, Bård (NUPI Report;2017-5, Research report, 2017)
      The African Union (AU), European Union (EU), and United Nations (UN) are under increasing pressure to justify the effectiveness of the peace operations they deploy. Justifying this effectiveness requires precise assessments ...
    • Tangled up in glue: Multilateral crisis responses in Mali 

      Karlsrud, John; Rupesinghe, Natasja; Tull, Denis M. (Chapter, 2019)
      In January 2012, Mali plunged into a multifaceted crisis, triggered by an extraordinary series of events. A separatist Tuareg rebellion, a military coup d’état, and the collapse of state authority paved the way for the ...
    • Tre grunner til at Norge bør med i FNs sikkerhetsråd 

      Schia, Niels Nagelhus (Others, 2018)
      Norge har meldt seg på i kampen om en plass i FNs Sikkerhetsråd i 2021-2022. Kronikken presenterer 3 grunner til at Norge bør med i Sikkerhetsrådet.
    • UN Peace Operations, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism 

      Karlsrud, John (Chapter, 2019)
      There are practical and financial reasons to give UN peace operations more robust mandates and mitigate and respond to violent extremism and terrorism. But the idea of UN peacekeepers conducting counter-terrorism operations ...
    • United Nations Peace Operations in a Changing Global Order 

      De Coning, Cedric; Peter, Mateja (Book, 2019)
      This edited volume generates a discussion about UN approaches to peace by studying challenges and opportunities that the organisation is facing in the 21st century. We use some of the findings from the HIPPO report as an ...