Maintien de la paix

China and UN Peacekeeping
- 14 janvier 2019
For the last year or so, I have been researching China’s contributions to UN peacekeeping. It has been an interesting journey, culminating in a new CIPS report, 30 years of Chinese Peacekeeping, which will be launched on January 24, …
Par Christoph Zuercher
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Tangible Evidence or Wishful Thinking?
- 20 août 2018
“Women’s participation in the peacebuilding process increases by 35% the probability that a peace agreement will last for at least 15 years.” Or does it?

“If you want to make peace sustainable, include women in the peacebuilding process.” Over the …
Par Christoph Zuercher
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Putting the Foreign Service Back on Track
- 14 avril 2018
This blog is a condensed version of my 11 April 2018 presentation to the Professional Committee of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO), the Canadian Foreign Service Union, in Ottawa. It argues for a new foreign ministry model …
Par Daniel Livermore
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The Central African Republic: Forgotten by the World?
- 18 décembre 2017
By Gino Vlavonou

International news headlines move quickly from one disaster to another. A political crisis in one country is forgotten as turmoil unfolds in the next: Mugabe’s fall from power; a mass shooting in the US; sub-Saharan African …
Par CIPS
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Mapping Out a North Korean Peace Process
- 11 décembre 2017
By John Gruetzner

There are ultimately four critical components to a peace process:

The first component is to submit and then finalize a draft of a document acceptable to the original signatories that converts the armistice agreement signed on 27 …
Par CIPS
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Canada Doubling Down on Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula
- 11 décembre 2017
By John Gruetzner

Canada has announced that it is co-hosting a 16-nation summit with the United States early next year to explore options to engage North Korea. Prime Minister Trudeau is also likely to meet this month with US Secretary …
Par CIPS
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New peacekeeping plan a missed opportunity for Canada
- 1 septembre 2016
The Liberal government released on Friday its much anticipated policy on peace-support operations. On paper, this is good news. In practice, it is disappointing: Remove the hype, and the new policy mostly amounts to tinkering with what was already in …
Par Thomas Juneau
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Putting Canada’s Peacekeeping Ambitions in Perspective
- 17 août 2016
Critics have pounced on Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s multi-country African odyssey in search of an appropriate peacekeeping mission for the Canadian Forces. The critics have a point. Even with distinguished Canadians on board, this is a silly way to …
Par Daniel Livermore
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