Almost two years ago, Canada pledged to bolster United Nations peacekeeping missions with as many as 600 troops. The Canadian government finally made good on that promise when it recently …
Time to revive Canada’s role as a peacekeeper
By Branka Marijan On September 28, 2015 U.S. President Barack Obama hosted a summit on peacekeeping on the sidelines of the annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations …
2015 Peace and Human Security Agenda: Canada and multilateral peace operations
Author Kenneth Epps Published in The Ploughshares Monitor Volume 35 Issue 2 Summer 2014 Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan failed. The reasons will be debated for years to come. What …
Insecurity in Southern Sudan: Prelude to War or the Promise of a New Age?
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Spring 2010 Volume 31 Issue 1 As Sudan moves toward elections in April 2010 and the January 2011 referendum on Southern Sudan succession, instability from …
The LRA and the ICC: Bad Facts Make Bad International Criminal Jurisprudence
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Spring 2010 Volume 31 Issue 1 The International Criminal Court (ICC) was created “to investigate, prosecute and punish those who commit war crimes, genocide and …
Overlooking the Faults of Peacebuilding
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Autumn 2009 Volume 30 Issue 3 In the course of a few weeks several summary or reflective articles on the meaning, value, and effectiveness of …
Human Security: Setting the Agenda for the Horn of Africa
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2009 Volume 30 Issue 2 Achieving human security, briefly defined as “freedom from fear and freedom from want,” is the best guarantee that a …
“Never Again” Does Not Apply to Sudan
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2009 Volume 30 Issue 2 As I flew over the dusty, endless tracts of uninhabited land from Juba to Wau last September the thought …
Conversations in Kabul on Military Intervention and Political Reconciliation
Author Ernie Regehr The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2008 Volume 29 Issue 2 Ernie Regehr visited Kabul, Afghanistan from April 24 to May 4 to explore, among other things, attitudes and approaches …
Toward a Peace and Security Architecture in the Horn of Africa: Reaching Beyond Incredulity
Author John Siebert The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2008 Volume 29 Issue 2 The notion that the African Union constitutes a regional security community may strike some with incredulity, considering all the …