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2. Breaking the Silos: Pragmatic National Approaches to Prevention
- Author:
- Paige Arthur and Céline Monnier
- Publication Date:
- 08-2019
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- In this policy briefing, our fifth in our series on prevention at the UN, we draw on examples from Côte d’Ivoire and Timor-Leste to illustrate how countries have developed integrated actions on prevention that cut across sectors, including security, development, and human rights. We then highlight options for the UN to better support these strategies through cross-pillar approaches and identify practical ways forward for governments implementing prevention approaches.
- Topic:
- Conflict Prevention, Security, Development, Human Rights, and United Nations
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Timor-Leste, and Côte d'Ivoire
3. Discussion Brief: Costs of Inequality and Exclusion
- Author:
- Paul von Chamier
- Publication Date:
- 10-2019
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- This discussion brief is a contribution to the Grand Challenge on Inequality and Exclusion, an initiative of the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies. Inequality and exclusion harm society in a number of ways, ranging from fraying trust in institutions and increasing volatility in politics, to causing economic damage, physical insecurity, and higher rates of crime and suicide. This brief lays out an array of tangible costs to show that inequality is damaging not only on normative, but also social and economic grounds. The areas of analysis include public health problems, such as anxiety, obesity, and unplanned teenage pregnancies; impacts on safety and security, including homicide rates and violent conflict; and the economic effects of GPD gaps caused by gender discrimination, vertical income inequality, and ethnicity-based discrimination. It also addresses the territorial dimensions of inequality and exclusion, and presents evidence that inequality is a force driving volatile politics, social unrest, and falling levels of trust in public institutions today.
- Topic:
- Security, Inequality, Public Health, Exclusion, and Civil Unrest
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
4. A Window of Opportunity for Somalia: Will External Actors' Peacebuilding Frameworks Help or Hinder the Effort?
- Author:
- Sarah Hearn and Thomas Zimmerman
- Publication Date:
- 04-2014
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- We initiated a project to study external actors' peacebuilding frameworks in Somalia. The purpose is to ascertain whether and how the international community is applying recent international learning on peacebuilding, and is able to forge coherent and effective approaches to helping countries pursue peaceful political settlements.
- Topic:
- Security, Governance, and Peacekeeping
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Somalia
5. Providing Aid in Insecure Environments: 2009 Update- Trends in violence against aid workers and the operational response
- Author:
- Abby Stoddard, Adele Harmer, and Victoria DiDomenico
- Publication Date:
- 04-2009
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- In 2008, 260 humanitarian aid workers were killed, kidnapped or seriously injured in violent attacks. This toll is the highest of the 12 years that our study has tracked these incidents. The absolute number of attacks against aid workers has risen steeply over the past three years, with an annual average almost three times higher than the previous nine years. Relative rates of attacks per numbers of aid workers in the field have also increased — by 61%. The 2008 fatality rate for international aid workers exceeds that of UN peacekeeping troops.
- Topic:
- Security, Political Violence, Human Welfare, Humanitarian Aid, and International Organization
6. The Future of Peacekeeping Operations: Fighting Political Fatigue and Overstretch
- Author:
- Richard Gowan
- Publication Date:
- 04-2009
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- In the last sixth months, NATO and the UN have both confronted the possibility that their largest individual peace operations may fail. In Afghanistan, NATO troops have struggled to contain the Taliban. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the UN was unable to halt rebel attacks that displaced as many as 250,000 people last September.
- Topic:
- Conflict Resolution, Conflict Prevention, Security, International Cooperation, and Peace Studies
- Political Geography:
- Taliban and Democratic Republic of the Congo
7. Right-Financing Security Sector Reform
- Author:
- Peter Middlebrook and Gordon Peake
- Publication Date:
- 01-2008
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- Security sector reform (SSR) in weak and fragile state environments encompasses a broad range of efforts to improve the capacity, governance, performance, and sustainability of the security system. Financial dimensions of SSR include the allocation of resources according to well-defined priorities, both across sectors and within the security system, and ensuring that expenditure is transparent, efficient and effective. Issues of financial management were central to the origins of SSR in the 1990s, and they are no less central to security sector reform today. Yet current SSR strategies and programming all too often pay insufficient attention to public finance issues. As a result, the medium and long-term fiscal implications of short-run policy decisions are not factored into early post-conflict engagement processes. The negative consequences include unsustainable reforms, the squeezing out of other vital sectors, and, conversely, the under-provision of security. This paper argues for the “right-financing” approach to be adopted for the security sector – striking an appropriate balance between current security needs and the goal of building a fiscally sustainable security sector based on realistic resource projections. This paper makes four policy proposals.
- Topic:
- Conflict Resolution, Security, Democratization, Government, and International Cooperation
8. Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2008
- Publication Date:
- 03-2008
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- Global demand for peacekeepers continued to rise in 2007. By the end of the year, there were over 160,000 peacekeepers in the field. The UN remained the centerpiece of the international peacekeeping system, providing nearly 50 percent of all peacekeepers in the field. In 2007, the UN's deployments of uniformed personnel grew by 10 percent to 83,000 personnel. In addition, there were nearly 20,000 civilian staff serving in UN peace operations.
- Topic:
- Security, International Cooperation, Peace Studies, and United Nations
9. Discussion Paper on the High Level Panel on Threats Challenges and Change
- Author:
- Shepard Forman
- Publication Date:
- 01-2005
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- There is by now ample evidence of substantial gaps in the planning, financing and implementation capacities for the critical civilian components of complex missions. While substantial improvements have been made over the years in the international community's peacebuilding capacities, concepts, policies and practice continue to evolve within the UN system, including the international financial institutions, and among bilateral donors. In proposing the creation of a Peacebuilding Commission and related Peacebuilding Support Office in the Secretariat, the High Level Panel is seeking to build on and consolidate these advances in order to strengthen national as well as the UN's and international community's shared capacity to prevent state failure and more effectively manage post ‐ conflict peacebuilding.
- Topic:
- Conflict Prevention, Security, Peace Studies, and United Nations
- Political Geography:
- United States
10. The United States in a Global Age: The Case for Multilateral Engagement
- Author:
- Stewart Patrick, Shepard Forman, and Princetown Lyman
- Publication Date:
- 03-2004
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- This paper outlines a new conceptual framework for U.S. foreign policy appropriate to a global age. It argues that constructive multilateral engagement is essential if the United States is to grapple with the challenges and take better advantage of the opportunities presented by globalization. The paper emerges from a collaborative study sponsored by the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) to examine the causes and consequences of U.S. ambivalence toward multilateral cooperation.
- Topic:
- Security, Foreign Policy, and International Cooperation
- Political Geography:
- United States