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Contemporary Security Policy journal
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CSP publishes theoretically-based research on policy problems of international security.
It encourages novel contributions, not particular methodologies or policy goals.
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Editors: Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Nicole Jenne, Yf Reykers
Last (but not least), Louise Fawcett argues that in a world where existing multilateral institutions and their normative framings are increasingly contested, regional powers and agencies should be placed at the forefront of contemporary security debates.

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The changing regional faces of peace: Toward a new multilateralism?
The fast-changing face of multilateralism, and the roles and reputations of international organizations, have invited more serious reconsideration of different institutional types and the part they...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In this contribution to the Special Issue, Sandra Pogodda looks at contemporary civil wars and analyses the possibilities to address these within the framework of the UN.

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Nothing civil about this war: UN mediation in revolutionary wars
After decades of predominantly nonviolent revolutions, revolutionary wars have returned. Countries such as Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Myanmar are engulfed in protracted wars that pitch large numbers ...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Next, @sarahellmuller.bsky.social & Bilal Salaymeh argue that geopolitical rivalry encouraged actors to simultaneously engage in war and peacemaking activities. This renders peace processes political marketplaces with transactionalism as main modus operandi.

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March 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Up next, @buitelaartom.bsky.social argues that in adapting to change in the international system, international organizations' discourse will cater to changes at the macro-level while also adhere to sticky organizational values.

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March 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In this fourth SI article, @anaprokhorov.bsky.social analyses peacekeeping and the changing nature of peacekeepers’ protection duties through the lens of norm contestation.

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Productive contestation: R2P and the images of protectors in UN peacekeeping
Protection, uncommon in peacekeeping before the 1990s, has become the norm. This article takes issue with this normative shift and explores how the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Protection of...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Next, Kazushige Kobayashi, Keith Krause & Xinyu Yuan argue for a new concept of peacebuilding given the crisis of the liberal paradigm. They argue for focusing more on the processes and practices of political ordering in conflict-affected states.

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March 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In the second article of this Special Issue, Oliver Richmond critically examines dominant post-Cold War concepts in peacemaking. He focuses on the emergence of the concept of “stalemated peace”.

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March 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
n this introduction to their Special Issue @sarahellmuller.bsky.social & @fannybadache.bsky.social discuss how tectonic shifts in world politics affect UN peace missions. They promote a macro turn in peace research.

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