Avdelingen driver anvendt forskning, policyanalyse, konseptutvikling og assistanse innenfor flernasjonale multidimensjonale operasjoner og tilgrensende felter. Vi arbeider med både sivile og militære partnere i nasjonale og internasjonale sammenhenger. Avdelingen har som mål å kunne dekke de fleste fasetter av fredsstøtteoperasjoner fra intervensjon til langsiktig fredsbygging og sikkerhetssektorreform. Avdelingen kan også gjøre evalueringer av pågående nasjonale og internasjonale prosjekter og operasjoner.
Avdelingen består av fem programmer med til sammen ti forskere, rådgivere og militærstipendiater i Oslo og tre i Sarajevo. Ytterligere ti-femten forskere fra de andre avdelingene på NUPI og fra andre institusjoner, deltar i avdelingens prosjekter. Slike løsninger gir både faglig bredde og operativ fleksibilitet.
Turkey as an Example for the Arab Spring
This proposed research will explore a number of topics that are directly relevant to the use of “soft power” by Norway in the Middle East. Les mer
Turkey as an Example for the Arab Spring
This proposed research will explore a number of topics that are directly relevant to the use of “soft power” by Norway in the Middle East. Les mer
Protection of Civilians
This project seeks to contribute to ongoing process of mainstreaming the Protection of Civilians into the African Peace and Security Architecture. Les mer
Turning UNSC Resolution 1325 into operational practice: A cross-country study on implementing Resolution 1325 in military operations
Prosjektet er en komparativ studie som tar for seg mottakelsen av resolusjon 1325 blant soldater i militæroperasjoner i flere land. Les mer
Women, Peace and Security and the Protection of Civilians. Challenges to Implementing Resolution 1820 in MINURCAT, Chad
Prosjektet tar utgangspunkt i FNs Sikkerhetsrådsresolusjon 1325, med spesifikt fokus på Protection of Civilians og implementeringen av FNs Sikkerhetsrådsresolusjon 1820 mot seksualisert og kjønnsbasert vold i MINURCAT, Tsjad. Les mer
Gender Dynamics in Peace Operations (MONUC)
The project builds on earlier fieldwork in the DRC and the security sector reform (SSR) processes in the country. The project will examine the development of a Congolese security sector as the major perpetrator group of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Les mer
- de Coning, Cedric H., John Karlsrud, Ingrid Marie Breidlid
(2013). Turning to the South: Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict,
in Global Governance 19 (2013)
.Boulder, Colorado,Lynne Rienner Publishers.s. 135-152.The article argues that UN civilian capacity reform initiatives must overcome the bureaucratic tendency of looking at how to improve and expand the current system, and turn to emerging external service providers, particularly in the South. While the UN should continue to have a core staff for peacekeeping and peacebuilding purposes, it should to a much larger degree use local and regional capacities, and only resort to international capacity as a last resort. This should also be a dictum for the World Bank, EU, AU and member states engaged in supporting states in the aftermath of conflict. The article reviews the reform efforts so far and gives tangible recommendations for how the UN, regional organizations and member states should take the reform initiatives forward. [url] - Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho,
(2013). Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and the Rule of Law in Liberia,
in Benjamin de Carvalho and Ole Jacob Sending (eds.) The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping: Concept, Implementation and Practice.
.Baden-Baden,Nomos. [url] - Schia, Niels Nagelhus (2013). Horseshoe and Catwalk – Power and Complexity in the United Nations Security Council. NUPI-notat: 816. 14 sider. This working paper is part of a project in which the author aims to explain why peacebuilding is a cumbersome and not always successful project by investigating power relations in the UN (United Nations) and the complexity of this organization. The working paper also discusses to what extent and how anthropology can extract the general from the unique - the notion of generalizability.
- Karlsrud, John
(2013). Responsibility to Protect and Theorising Normative Change in International Organisations: From Weber to the Sociology of Professions,
in Global Responsibility to Protect 5 (1)
.Brill . [url] - de Coning, Cedric H., Walter Lotze
(2013). South Africa,
in Alex J. Bellamy and Paul D. Williams (eds.) Providing Peacekeepers: The Politics, Challenges, and Future of United Nations Peacekeeping Contribution s.
.Oxford,Oxford University Press.This chapter is one of sixteen country studies in the book, and it examines why South Africa contributes peacekeepers, the factors that inhibit contributions, and ways in which the UN might strengthen its capacity to secure more and better peacekeepers. [url] - Sverdrup, Ulf , Joakim Hertzberg Ulstein, Mikkel Frøsig Pedersen, Halvard Leira, Ståle Ulriksen (2013). Norske interesser - sett fra utestasjonene. Oslo, NUPI. 43 sider. Denne rapporten analyserer interesseberetninger fra 87 norske ambassader og generalkonsulater og gir et bilde av hvordan utestasjonene prioriterer og definerer norske interesser.
- Karlsrud, John , Diana Felix da Costa
(2013). The Elusive Concept of Protection of Civilians: A Case-Study of the United Nations Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT),
In de Carvalho, B. & Sending, O.J., (eds.), The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping.Concept, Implementation and Practice
.Baden-Baden ,Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. [url] - Caparini , Marina
(2013). State protection of the Czech Roma and the Canadian Refugee System,
In Didier Bigo, Sergio Carrera and Elspeth Guild, eds., Foreigners, Refugees or Minorities?: Rethinking People in the Context of Border Controls and Visas .
An earlier version of this text is available as a CEPS Working Paper.
.Ashgate. [url] - de Coning, Cedric H.
(2013). Understanding Peacebuilding as Essentially Local,
in Stability 2 (1).
Self-sustainable peace is directly linked to, and influenced by, the extent to which a society has the capacity and space to self-regulate. The robustness and resilience of the self-organising capacity of a society determines the extent to which it can withstand pressures and shocks that risk a (re)lapse into violent conflict. Peacebuilding should be about safeguarding, stimulating, facilitating and creating the space for societies to develop robust and resilient capacities for self-organisation. The art of peacebuilding thus lies in pursuing the appropriate balance between international support and home-grown context-specific solutions.
.Ubiquity Press. [url] - Reichborn-Kjennerud, Erik (2013). NATO in the ‘New’ MENA Region. Oslo, NUPI. 55 sider. SiP.