Seminar: Fremtiden for FN’s fredsoperationer i et foranderligt globalt landskab

TIME: Tuesday, 2 October, 9 – 16

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

TIME: Tuesday, 2 October, 9 – 16

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

UN peacekeeping is at a crossroads. Again. Well-known problems of mismatch between scarce peacekeeping resources and ambitious peacekeeping mandates seem well on their way to becoming not just classic, but chronic. The context in which the UN faces these familiar challenges is, however, rapidly changing as global economic and political power relations are shifting.

Of the five permanent members of the UN, China is now the biggest provider of peacekeepers to UN missions and other ‘emerging’ powers from the Global South are becoming actively engaged in the normative and operational debates over UN peace operations. At the same time, different forms of South-South cooperation are replacing or supplementing conventional donor-dominated ‘partnerships’.

What does this imply for the design, shape and purpose of future UN-led peace operations? What do the ‘new’ powers bring to the table and the field; and how will the ‘old’ powers seek to identify a new role for themselves?

Will UN peace operations continue to be underpinned by the ideals of human security, human development and human rights that have dominated since the end of the Cold War; or will the UN return to more conventional understandings of sovereignty and intervention? Will the demand for multidimensional UN missions that seek to integrate security and development objectives remain high; or will regional actors and ad hoc arrangements increasingly take over the operational aspects of safeguarding peace and security?

This seminar brings together a range of international and Danish scholars and practitioners to discuss these and other questions that can help us understand the future of UN peace operations in a changing global landscape.

Speakers:

Richard Gowan, Associate Director, Center on International Cooperation, New York
Louise Riis Andersen, Postdoc, DIIS
Liselotte Odgaard, Associate Professor, RDDC
Heidi Güntelberg, PhD Candidate, RDDC
Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Associate Professor, RDDC
Luke Patey, Postdoc, DIIS
Ellen Margrethe Løj, Ambassador, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Liberia 2008-11
Ole Kværnø, Director, Institute for Strategy, RDDC [TBC]
Thomas Mandrup, Assistant Professor, RDDC
Karsten Jakob Møller, Senior Analyst, DIIS
Edwin A. Adjei, Deputy Director of Training at the KAIPTC
Eldrid Mageli, Associate Professor, Oslo University [TBC]
Cedric de Coning, Research Fellow, NUPI
Frederik Rosén, Postdoc, DIIS
Henrik Laugesen, PhD Candidate, RDDC
Nanna Hvidt, Director, DIIS

Programme:

08.45-09.15: Registration and coffee

09.15-09.20: Welcome; Nanna Hvidt, Director, DIIS

09.20-09.50: Why Peacekeeping Still Matters in a Changing World; Richard Gowan, Associate Director, Center on International Cooperation, New York

Q&A – Chair: Luke Patey, Postdoc, DIIS

09.50-11.05: Panel 1: Trends in the Security Council

New and Old Models of Peace; Louise Riis Andersen, Postdoc, DIIS

China’s Peaceful Coexistence Strategy; Liselotte Odgaard, Associate Professor, RDDC

From R2P to Monitors – UN Mandates in a Changing World; Heidi Güntelberg, PhD Candidate, RDDC

The Role of the West; Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Associate Professor, RDDC

Q&A – Chair: Luke Patey, Postdoc, DIIS

11.05-11.20: Coffee Break

11.20-12.00: Challenges for UN Peacekeeping – a View from the Field and Trends in New York; Ellen Margrethe Løj, Ambassador, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Liberia 2008-11

Q&A – Chair: Louise Riis Andersen, Postdoc, DIIS

12.00-12.45: Sandwich Lunch for Speakers and Participants

12.45-13.05: Welcome back; Ole Kværnø, Director, Institute for Strategy, RDDC [TBC]

13.05-14.00: Panel 2: New Partners, New Perspectives

South Africa: Benign Regional Power, Benign Peace Keeping?; Thomas Mandrup, Assistant Professor, RDDC

The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping; Karsten Jakob Møller, Senior Analyst, DIIS

Ghana’s Involvement in UNPSO; Edwin A. Adjei, Deputy Director of Training, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC)

India and UN Peacekeeping; Eldrid Mageli, Associate Professor, Oslo University [TBC]

Q&A – Chair: Lars Wille Jørgensen, Military Analyst, RDDC

14.00-14.15: Coffee Break

14.15-15.30: Panel 3: Coherence, Capacity and Collaboration

Mobilizing Civilian Capacity; Cedric de Coning, Research Fellow, NUPI

Triangular Partnerships for Capacity Building; Frederik Rosén, Postdoc, DIIS

Building Capacity for What? The Role of Military Capacity Building; Henrik Laugesen, PhD Candidate, RDDC

Q&A – Chair: Ole Kværnø, Director, Institute for Strategy, RDDC

15.30-16.00: Summing Up; Ole Kværnø, Director, Institute for Strategy, RDDC

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge and includes lunch, but registration is required. Read more about the seminar and use the online registration form on the website no later than Friday, 28 September at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.