Civilian Expertise and the Success of Peace Operations
The study will ask what type of civilian expertise is considered most important for UN peace operations, what the content of that civilian expertise is, whether it conforms or not to existing research on peace operations, and whether there are diverging views on these issues both among key UN member states and within the UN bureaucracy.Deltakere
Traditionally, security and military concerns have dominated peace operations. Now, with civilian capacities growing in scope and importance in the implementation of UNSC mandates, a key question is whether and the extent to which a new culture of peace operations is being established where also civilian expertise is considered important, maybe even more important, than military expertise.
As many studies have shown, the success of peace operations hinges in large part on the ability to combine civilian and military thinking to address evolving threats and challenges on the ground. It also hinges on knowing the local terrain. It is thus central that we know whether civilian expertise and knowledge are adequately reflected and incorporated in the professionalisation of peace operations now under way (Capstone Doctrine etc).
The study will ask what type of civilian expertise is considered most important for UN peace operations, what the content of that civilian expertise is, whether it conforms or not to existing research on peace operations, and whether there are diverging views on these issues both among key UN member states and within the UN bureaucracy.
Finansiering
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs