From humanitarian action to development aid in northern Uganda and the formation of a humanitarian-development nexus
The instituted order of humanitarianism is both changing and challenged. This article addresses the transition between humanitarian action and development aid in northern Uganda, which was driven by the government’s ambition to reassert its humanitarian sovereignty by discursively recasting the situation from one of crisis to one of recovery and development, regardless of the persistent humanitarian needs. In response, humanitarian actors either withdrew or moved into development aid. This bourgeoning humanitarian–development nexus questions the nature and future of humanitarianism and whether there is a hierarchy – or contradiction – between the humanitarian mandate and pragmatic approaches to save lives and protect civilians.
Mokhtar Belmokhtar: ein jihadists overlevingsguide til Sahel
Med utgangspunkt i det vi veit og det vi trur vi veit om livet til Mokhtar Belmokhtar vil seniorforskar Morten Bøås presentere det historiske bakteppet for det som no skjer i Sahelområdet.
Developmentality and the anthropology of partnership (DevAnt)
Partnerskapsbegrepet er sentralt for hvordan internasjonal bistand organiseres. Dette prosjektet vil studere partnerskapsbegrepet i teori og praksis....
The Chinese story: Historical narratives as a tool in China’s Africa policy
The rise of China as a key actor on the African continent not only challenges the Western dominance in economic and political terms, Beijing is increasingly also offering a challenge on a different level, by contesting the Eurocentric history that has underpinned the West’s policies towards African countries throughout the modern era. In order to bolster the Sino-African relationship, this article argues that Beijing is propagating towards African publics a range of historical narratives about African history and the Sino-African relationship. Developing and testing a theoretical framework for analysing these historical narratives, the research finds that this Chinese history of Africa represents China’s recent actions on the African continent as incarnations of a long historical tradition of friendship and anti-colonial support, thus serving the role of legitimizing Chinese policies as well as delegitimizing Western powers’ economic and political strategies.
Væpna gruppers skattekollekt i DR Kongo
NUPI har gleda av å invitere Kasper Hoffmann på besøk den 4. april. Hoffmann skal snakke om væpna gruppers skattleggingspraksis i det austlege Kongo, og argumentere for korleis desse gruppene bruker skatt til å etablere legitimiteten sin som substitutt for offentlege styresmakter i det austlege DR Kongo.
Preventing Violent Conflict
NUPI skal analysere hvordan forholdet mellom eksterne aktører og lokale politiske aktører påvirker konflikt forebygging....
SkattJakten fortsetter
Skattjakt-perioden forlenges og går nå over i SkattJakt II. I den nye perioden utvides også nettverket, og for SkattJakt II har vi fått med oss Tax Justice Network Norge (TJN-Norge) på laget. Fremover skal nettverket samarbeide om flere spennende arrangementer.
Peace Enforcement in Africa: Doctrinal distinctions between the African Union and United Nations
When the United Nations (UN) Security Council needs to authorize a peace enforcement operation in Africa, its partner of choice is the African Union (AU). Africa has developed significant peace operations capacity over the past decade. In addition to deploying eight AU operations, Africa now contributes 50% of all UN peacekeepers. African stability operations, like its mission in Somalia, are often described as peace enforcement operations. In this article, the author questions whether it is accurate to categorize African stability operations as peace enforcement? This article answers the question by considering what the criteria are that are used to differentiate between peace enforcement and peacekeeping operations in the UN context. The author then uses the peace enforcement criteria to assess whether AU stabilization operations would qualify as peace enforcement operations. In conclusion, he considers the implications of the findings for the strategic partnership between the AU and the UN.
Protecting governments from insurgencies: the DRC and Mali
This edited volume offers a thorough review of peacekeeping theory and reality in contemporary contexts, and aligns the two to help inform practice. Recent UN peacekeeping operations have challenged the traditional peacekeeping principles of consent, impartiality and the minimum use of force. The pace and scope of these changes have now reached a tipping point, as the new mandates are fundamentally challenging the continued validity of the UN peacekeeping’s core principles and identity. In response the volume analyses the growing gap between these actual practices and existing UN peacekeeping doctrine, exploring how it undermines the effectiveness of UN operations, and endangers lives, arguing that a common doctrine is a critical starting point for effective multi-national operations. In order to determine the degree to which this general principle applies to the current state of UN peacekeeping, this book: - Provides a review of conceptual and doctrinal developments in UN peacekeeping operations through a historical perspective - Examines the debate related to peace operations doctrine and concepts among key Member States - Focuses on the actual practice of peacekeeping by conducting case studies of several UN peacekeeping missions in order to identify gaps between practice and doctrine - Critically analyses gaps between emerging peacekeeping practice and existing doctrine - Recommends that the UN moves beyond the peacekeeping principles and doctrine of the past Combining empirical case-based studies on UN peace operations, with studies on the views and policies of key UN Security Council members that generate these mandates, and views of key contributors of UN peacekeepers, this volume will be of great use to policy-makers; UN officials and peace operations practitioners; and academics working on peace and conflict/security studies, international organizations and conflict management.
Overcoming Legal and Support Obstacles to Peacekeeping Strategic Force Generation (OLSOPSFG)
Prosjektet ser på Norges bidrag med et transportfly til FNs stabiliseringsoppdrag i Mali, og den rotasjonsordningen bidraget inngår i....