What people think does matter: Understanding and integrating local perceptions into UN peacekeeping

The Future of Norwegian Peacekeeping Following the end of the 1990s, Norway has contributed with less personnel to UNPKOs, reflecting a shift from UN- to NATO-led in-

1. Local community development projects where alcohol and drugs issues are integrated into the project activities, as compared to local projects where alcohol and drugs are

The project on Visioning the Future of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture is one component of the Sustainable Peacebuilding Network (SPN), an interna- tional research

The most fundamental insight I gained from applying Complexity theory to peace- building was the realisation that the ability of external agents to gain knowledge of the

This paper offers one of the first studies of local perceptions of the development of a petroleum industry in the Norwegian Arctic in examining what people directly affected think

Also in South Sudan there is a danger of overemphasizing the efforts on the extension of state authority, which is part of the mandate of the mission, and not acknowledging that

The project on Visioning the Future of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture is one component of the Sustainable Peacebuilding Network (SPN), an interna- tional research

UN DPKO civil affairs officers (CAOs) are key nodal points in this endeavour. Their man- dates range from conflict management and support to reconciliation, to extension