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Review of Political Missions 2010
Review of Politcal Missions

CIC has published the first Review of Political Missions, covering over fifty civilian missions launched by the UN, OSCE, EU, OAS, ECOWAS and other international organizations.  This volume is the first to map an important but under-appreciated dimension of multilateral conflict management.

The full volume is available in the table below. If you would like to know more about the project or order a copy, please contact Alischa Kugel at alischa.cic@nyu.edu

Interactive map(click the layers iconlayers in top-left corner of the Acrobat window to view missions by type and origin)

All maps in the publication are provided by the United Nation's Cartographic Section. For further information, please visit : United Nation's Cartographic Section

Review of Political Missions
Table of Contents
Foreword, B. Lynn Pascoe
Preface, Bruce D. Jones
Strategic Summary
Strategic Summary by Richard Gowan
Thematic Chapters
Ian Martin (formerly UN SRSG in Nepal) on Why All Peace Operations Are Political
Ian Johnstone (The Fletcher School, Tufts University) on Emerging Doctrine for Political Missions 
Teresa Whitfield (CIC) on Political Missions, Mediation and Good Offices
Mission Coverage

Mission Reviews

Middle East West Africa Central Africa Western Balkans Afghanistan Iraq Nepal Somalia

Mission Notes

Caucasus and Moldova Central America and the Carribbean Central Asia Myanmar Western Sahara
Data
Global Data on Political Missions
Detailed Data on UN Political Missions
Detailed Data on OSCE Missions

Project Staff:

Volume Editor and Lead Researcher: Richard Gowan

Series Coordinator: Alischa Kugel

Research Officer: Morgan Hughes

Funders: Government of Norway, Government of Switzerland and the United States Institute of Peace.

Partners: UN Department of Political Affairs, the UN Department of Field Support and the OSCE Secretariat.


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