The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and the Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution presents:

The Political Economy of Civil War and UN Peace Operations

Wednesday, April 26, 2023
2:00pm – 3:30pm
707 International Affairs

Moderated by Jean-Marie Guehenno, Director, Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution; Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Practice, International and Public Affairs; Director, International Conflict Resolution Specialization

With:

Mats Berdal, Professor of Security and Development and Director of the Conflict, Security and Development Research Programme (CSDRG),  Department of War Studies, King’s College London

Amb. Martin Kimani, Kenyan Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Jake Sherman, Minister Counsellor for UN Management and Reform, United States Mission to the United Nations; (former) Director for Programmes and Director of the Brian Urquhart Centre for Peace Operations, International Peace Institute

Link to new book: https://www.routledge.com/The-Political-Economy-of-Civil-War-and-UN-Peace-Operations/Berdal-Sherman/p/book/9781032164441#toc 

Abstract

New findings on political economies of conflict – informal systems of power and influence formed by the interaction of local, national, and region-wide war economies with the political agendas of conflict actors – on the course of UN peace operations have far-reaching implications for conflict resolution. This talk will explore the the nature and impact of such political economies and provide solutions to political and institutional obstacles. Moderated by Jean-Marie Guehenno.