Jair van der Lijn
@jvdlijn.bsky.social
Independent consultant and Director Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme @SIPRI.bsky.social. Trends and developments and looking @ the future.
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This #SIPRI map highlights all multilateral #PeaceOperations active as of 1 May 2025 plus a number of missions and operations authorized and/or conducted by the #UN and regional organizations around the world.
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4pzapC5
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4pzapC5
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This #SIPRI map highlights all multilateral #PeaceOperations active as of 1 May 2025 plus a number of missions and operations authorized and/or conducted by the #UN and regional organizations around the world.
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4pzapC5
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4pzapC5
The Security Council should not ask MONUSCO to do more with less. If it does, the Secretary-General should tell the Council what it needs to hear, not what it likes to hear: i.e. 'no can do.'
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Security Council should not ask MONUSCO to do more with less. If it does, the Secretary-General should tell the Council what it needs to hear, not what it likes to hear: i.e. 'no can do.'
Last week @sipri.org org and @fesonline.bsky.social organized a scenarios workshop on the future of the Korean peninsula. Now already two participants wrote up their thoughts. Ken Jimbo (bit.ly/3LIELTT) & @johndelury.bsky.social (bit.ly/49eMdA3) Honoured to work with a group of great minds!
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Last week @sipri.org org and @fesonline.bsky.social organized a scenarios workshop on the future of the Korean peninsula. Now already two participants wrote up their thoughts. Ken Jimbo (bit.ly/3LIELTT) & @johndelury.bsky.social (bit.ly/49eMdA3) Honoured to work with a group of great minds!
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the WPS agenda, @sipri.org published its annual overview of women in multilateral PeaceOps (EU, OSCE and UN). How are organizations, missions and states performing on the aim of gender balance?
The answers are here: bit.ly/47at2WJ
The answers are here: bit.ly/47at2WJ
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the WPS agenda, @sipri.org published its annual overview of women in multilateral PeaceOps (EU, OSCE and UN). How are organizations, missions and states performing on the aim of gender balance?
The answers are here: bit.ly/47at2WJ
The answers are here: bit.ly/47at2WJ
What will be the impact of reduced funding for multilateral conflict management and increasing disregard of norms on global peace and security? It will be messy!
The research will continue, also to provide input to the UN Peace Operations Review. @UNPeacekeeping @UNDPPA
The research will continue, also to provide input to the UN Peace Operations Review. @UNPeacekeeping @UNDPPA
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
What will be the impact of reduced funding for multilateral conflict management and increasing disregard of norms on global peace and security? It will be messy!
The research will continue, also to provide input to the UN Peace Operations Review. @UNPeacekeeping @UNDPPA
The research will continue, also to provide input to the UN Peace Operations Review. @UNPeacekeeping @UNDPPA
As conflict management in 10 years is likely more bilateral and ad hoc, the question is: how to manage this diversity of actors?
Earlier this month, participants at a @sipri.org and @fesonline.bsky.social workshop, explored the future of conflict management in Africa: bit.ly/3KfZRsf.
Earlier this month, participants at a @sipri.org and @fesonline.bsky.social workshop, explored the future of conflict management in Africa: bit.ly/3KfZRsf.
SIPRI co-hosts workshop on the future of conflict management in Africa
On 2–4 September 2025, SIPRI and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) hosted a regional workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bringing together experts and practitioners to explore the future of conflict m...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As conflict management in 10 years is likely more bilateral and ad hoc, the question is: how to manage this diversity of actors?
Earlier this month, participants at a @sipri.org and @fesonline.bsky.social workshop, explored the future of conflict management in Africa: bit.ly/3KfZRsf.
Earlier this month, participants at a @sipri.org and @fesonline.bsky.social workshop, explored the future of conflict management in Africa: bit.ly/3KfZRsf.
And Putin agrees to having EU troops in Ukraine? JAQ: www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Von der Leyen says Europe is drawing up 'precise' plans to send troops to Ukraine, FT reports
Europe is drawing up "pretty precise plans" for a multinational troop deployment to Ukraine as part of post-conflict security guarantees that will have the backing of U.S. capabilities, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times in an interview published Sunday.
www.reuters.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
And Putin agrees to having EU troops in Ukraine? JAQ: www.reuters.com/world/europe...
International cooperation means you scratch each other's back and do not always try to get your way. The US pushed through the closure of the UN mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL. Will it now get support for a more lethal ‘Gang-Suppression Force’ for Haiti www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
U.S. Proposes a More Lethal ‘Gang-Suppression Force’ for Haiti
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
International cooperation means you scratch each other's back and do not always try to get your way. The US pushed through the closure of the UN mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL. Will it now get support for a more lethal ‘Gang-Suppression Force’ for Haiti www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Great continuation of our @sipri.org and @fesonline conversations on the topic in Dakar!!! While the need for conflict management is increasing, consensus, funds, willingness and interests at the multilateral level are lacking. Is the future deinstititionalized, fragmented, and more militarised?
🎧 NEW EPISODE | The Horn
This week, Alan Boswell talks with Sera Gaid and Fred Bauma, unpacking the growing fatigue surrounding peacekeeping operations and what this means for their future in Africa.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-...
This week, Alan Boswell talks with Sera Gaid and Fred Bauma, unpacking the growing fatigue surrounding peacekeeping operations and what this means for their future in Africa.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-...
Peacekeeping is Dying. Long Live Peacekeeping? | International Crisis Group
This week on The Horn, Alan is joined by experts Samira Gaid and Fred Bauma for a discussion on the growing fatigue surrounding peacekeeping operations and what this means for their future in Africa.
www.crisisgroup.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Great continuation of our @sipri.org and @fesonline conversations on the topic in Dakar!!! While the need for conflict management is increasing, consensus, funds, willingness and interests at the multilateral level are lacking. Is the future deinstititionalized, fragmented, and more militarised?
Reposted by Jair van der Lijn
This SIPRI map highlights all multilateral #PeaceOperations active as of 1 May 2025 plus a number of missions and operations authorized and/or conducted by the United Nations and regional organizations around the world.
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFuNew
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFuNew
July 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This SIPRI map highlights all multilateral #PeaceOperations active as of 1 May 2025 plus a number of missions and operations authorized and/or conducted by the United Nations and regional organizations around the world.
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFuNew
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFuNew
Reposted by Jair van der Lijn
Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱—continued intensive nuclear modernization programmes in 2024, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer versions. Read the press release🔗 bit.ly/45TEl57
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
June 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱—continued intensive nuclear modernization programmes in 2024, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer versions. Read the press release🔗 bit.ly/45TEl57
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
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🇺🇸🇷🇺 Russia and the USA together possess around 90% of all nuclear weapons. Both continue extensive modernization programmes. Find out more 🔗 bit.ly/45TEl57
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
June 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🇺🇸🇷🇺 Russia and the USA together possess around 90% of all nuclear weapons. Both continue extensive modernization programmes. Find out more 🔗 bit.ly/45TEl57
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
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📢 Nuclear risks grow as new arms race looms—new SIPRI Yearbook out now. Read the press release 🔗 bit.ly/45TEl57
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
Nuclear risks grow as new arms race looms—new SIPRI Yearbook out now
(Stockholm, 16 June 2025) The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches its annual assessment of the state of armaments, disarmament and international security. Key findi...
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June 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
📢 Nuclear risks grow as new arms race looms—new SIPRI Yearbook out now. Read the press release 🔗 bit.ly/45TEl57
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
#SIPRIYearbook #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk #Disarmament #NonProliferation
Main contributors of police personnel to UN and non-UN Multilateral Peace Operations:
🇸🇳Senegal 1215
🇷🇼Rwanda 1097
🇰🇪Kenya 473
🇪🇬Egypt 397
🇨🇲Cameroon 363
🇬🇭Ghana 356
🇲🇷Mauritania 326
🇩🇯Djibouti 238
🇳🇵Nepal 228
🇳🇬Nigeria 228
@sipri.org Fact Sheet➡️ bit.ly/3HhIZzQ
🇸🇳Senegal 1215
🇷🇼Rwanda 1097
🇰🇪Kenya 473
🇪🇬Egypt 397
🇨🇲Cameroon 363
🇬🇭Ghana 356
🇲🇷Mauritania 326
🇩🇯Djibouti 238
🇳🇵Nepal 228
🇳🇬Nigeria 228
@sipri.org Fact Sheet➡️ bit.ly/3HhIZzQ
June 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Main contributors of police personnel to UN and non-UN Multilateral Peace Operations:
🇸🇳Senegal 1215
🇷🇼Rwanda 1097
🇰🇪Kenya 473
🇪🇬Egypt 397
🇨🇲Cameroon 363
🇬🇭Ghana 356
🇲🇷Mauritania 326
🇩🇯Djibouti 238
🇳🇵Nepal 228
🇳🇬Nigeria 228
@sipri.org Fact Sheet➡️ bit.ly/3HhIZzQ
🇸🇳Senegal 1215
🇷🇼Rwanda 1097
🇰🇪Kenya 473
🇪🇬Egypt 397
🇨🇲Cameroon 363
🇬🇭Ghana 356
🇲🇷Mauritania 326
🇩🇯Djibouti 238
🇳🇵Nepal 228
🇳🇬Nigeria 228
@sipri.org Fact Sheet➡️ bit.ly/3HhIZzQ
Main contributors of military personnel to UN and non-UN Multilateral Peace Operations:
🇳🇵Nepal 5908
🇧🇩Bangladesh 5482
🇮🇳India 5211
🇷🇼Rwanda 4779
🇺🇬Uganda 4655
🇪🇹Ethiopia 3715
🇿🇦South Africa 3706
🇧🇮Burundi 2971
🇰🇪Kenya 2642
🇵🇰Pakistan 2598
@sipri.org Fact Sheet➡️ bit.ly/3HhIZzQ
🇳🇵Nepal 5908
🇧🇩Bangladesh 5482
🇮🇳India 5211
🇷🇼Rwanda 4779
🇺🇬Uganda 4655
🇪🇹Ethiopia 3715
🇿🇦South Africa 3706
🇧🇮Burundi 2971
🇰🇪Kenya 2642
🇵🇰Pakistan 2598
@sipri.org Fact Sheet➡️ bit.ly/3HhIZzQ
June 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Main contributors of military personnel to UN and non-UN Multilateral Peace Operations:
🇳🇵Nepal 5908
🇧🇩Bangladesh 5482
🇮🇳India 5211
🇷🇼Rwanda 4779
🇺🇬Uganda 4655
🇪🇹Ethiopia 3715
🇿🇦South Africa 3706
🇧🇮Burundi 2971
🇰🇪Kenya 2642
🇵🇰Pakistan 2598
@sipri.org Fact Sheet➡️ bit.ly/3HhIZzQ
🇳🇵Nepal 5908
🇧🇩Bangladesh 5482
🇮🇳India 5211
🇷🇼Rwanda 4779
🇺🇬Uganda 4655
🇪🇹Ethiopia 3715
🇿🇦South Africa 3706
🇧🇮Burundi 2971
🇰🇪Kenya 2642
🇵🇰Pakistan 2598
@sipri.org Fact Sheet➡️ bit.ly/3HhIZzQ
Current trends in multilateral peace operations include geopolitical rivalries and uncertain regionalization.
Looking ahead expect more:
1️⃣Multilateral inaction; and
2️⃣Deinstitutionalization/fragmentation, and
3️⃣Militarization/securitization of efforts that do take place.
➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVWF7280
Looking ahead expect more:
1️⃣Multilateral inaction; and
2️⃣Deinstitutionalization/fragmentation, and
3️⃣Militarization/securitization of efforts that do take place.
➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVWF7280
May 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Current trends in multilateral peace operations include geopolitical rivalries and uncertain regionalization.
Looking ahead expect more:
1️⃣Multilateral inaction; and
2️⃣Deinstitutionalization/fragmentation, and
3️⃣Militarization/securitization of efforts that do take place.
➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVWF7280
Looking ahead expect more:
1️⃣Multilateral inaction; and
2️⃣Deinstitutionalization/fragmentation, and
3️⃣Militarization/securitization of efforts that do take place.
➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVWF7280
In a world where conflict seems to be on the rise, tools of conflict management seem to be in decline.
Explore our map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu, and @sipri.org data on multilateral #PeaceOps ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Proud of Claudia Pfeifer Cruz for putting the facts together!
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Explore our map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu, and @sipri.org data on multilateral #PeaceOps ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Proud of Claudia Pfeifer Cruz for putting the facts together!
bsky.app/profile/sipr...
This new SIPRI map highlights all multilateral #PeaceOperations active as of 1 May 2025 plus a number of missions and operations authorized and/or conducted by the UN & regional organizations around the world.
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu
New SIPRI data out now ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Explore the map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu
New SIPRI data out now ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
May 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In a world where conflict seems to be on the rise, tools of conflict management seem to be in decline.
Explore our map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu, and @sipri.org data on multilateral #PeaceOps ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Proud of Claudia Pfeifer Cruz for putting the facts together!
bsky.app/profile/sipr...
Explore our map ➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu, and @sipri.org data on multilateral #PeaceOps ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Proud of Claudia Pfeifer Cruz for putting the facts together!
bsky.app/profile/sipr...
New @sipri.org data on multilateral #peaceoperations out now!
Don't worry! It is only 6% less personnel, and 2 operations fewer than last year!
Don't worry! It is only 6% less personnel, and 2 operations fewer than last year!
Deployments fall more than 40% in a decade, as geopolitical tensions and funding cuts increase pressure on multilateral peace operations.
New SIPRI data on multilateral #PeaceOperations out now.
Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVW...
#Peacekeeping #PeaceOps
New SIPRI data on multilateral #PeaceOperations out now.
Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVW...
#Peacekeeping #PeaceOps
May 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New @sipri.org data on multilateral #peaceoperations out now!
Don't worry! It is only 6% less personnel, and 2 operations fewer than last year!
Don't worry! It is only 6% less personnel, and 2 operations fewer than last year!
Out of all multilateral peace operations international personnel:
👉69% were deployed in UN-led operations
👉74% were hosted in Sub-Saharan Africa
See the new
@sipri.org data out now:
Press release➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Map➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu
Fact sheet➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVW...
👉69% were deployed in UN-led operations
👉74% were hosted in Sub-Saharan Africa
See the new
@sipri.org data out now:
Press release➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Map➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu
Fact sheet➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVW...
A total of 94 451 personnel were deployed globally in peace operations at the end of 2024. This was 42% fewer than in 2015.
Read the new SIPRI Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVW...
#SIPRI #PeaceOperations #PeaceOps #PKDay
Read the new SIPRI Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVW...
#SIPRI #PeaceOperations #PeaceOps #PKDay
May 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Out of all multilateral peace operations international personnel:
👉69% were deployed in UN-led operations
👉74% were hosted in Sub-Saharan Africa
See the new
@sipri.org data out now:
Press release➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Map➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu
Fact sheet➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVW...
👉69% were deployed in UN-led operations
👉74% were hosted in Sub-Saharan Africa
See the new
@sipri.org data out now:
Press release➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
Map➡️ bit.ly/4mvArFu
Fact sheet➡️ doi.org/10.55163/VVW...
The 61 Multilateral Peace Operations active in 2024 were located in:
👉Sub-Saharan Africa (21),
👉Europe (19),
👉Middle East and North Africa (14),
👉Americas (4)
👉Asia and Oceania (3)
Operations are particularly an African affair in personnel numbers, less in mission numbers.
SIPRI data out now!
👉Sub-Saharan Africa (21),
👉Europe (19),
👉Middle East and North Africa (14),
👉Americas (4)
👉Asia and Oceania (3)
Operations are particularly an African affair in personnel numbers, less in mission numbers.
SIPRI data out now!
A total of 61 #PeaceOperations were active in 36 countries or territories during 2024. Of those, 18 were conducted by the UN, 37 by various regional organizations and 6 by ad hoc coalitions of states.
New SIPRI data on #PeaceOps out now ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
New SIPRI data on #PeaceOps out now ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
May 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The 61 Multilateral Peace Operations active in 2024 were located in:
👉Sub-Saharan Africa (21),
👉Europe (19),
👉Middle East and North Africa (14),
👉Americas (4)
👉Asia and Oceania (3)
Operations are particularly an African affair in personnel numbers, less in mission numbers.
SIPRI data out now!
👉Sub-Saharan Africa (21),
👉Europe (19),
👉Middle East and North Africa (14),
👉Americas (4)
👉Asia and Oceania (3)
Operations are particularly an African affair in personnel numbers, less in mission numbers.
SIPRI data out now!
The Berlin Peacekeeping Ministerial discussed partnerships, modular approaches and pledges. Our FES-SIPRI side event "The Future of Conflict Management and Peace Operations" discussed what to do if partners are disfunctional and many of the modules are insufficiently invested in.
May 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Berlin Peacekeeping Ministerial discussed partnerships, modular approaches and pledges. Our FES-SIPRI side event "The Future of Conflict Management and Peace Operations" discussed what to do if partners are disfunctional and many of the modules are insufficiently invested in.
Really interesting discussions on the future of peacekeeping and peacebuilding on the eve of the 2025 Berlin Peacekeeping Ministerial. How to keep what we have afloat? peaceoperations.net @zif.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Really interesting discussions on the future of peacekeeping and peacebuilding on the eve of the 2025 Berlin Peacekeeping Ministerial. How to keep what we have afloat? peaceoperations.net @zif.bsky.social
It was great having so many knowledgeable and fun people together to think about the future of conflict management.
April 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It was great having so many knowledgeable and fun people together to think about the future of conflict management.
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Is there are role for UN peacekeeping in Ukraine? My latest for the Stimson Center.
Is There a Role for Blue Helmets in Ukraine? • Stimson Center
As Europe mobilizes a coalition to backstop Ukraine’s security, consideration should also be given to deploying a UN peacekeeping mission.
www.stimson.org
March 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Is there are role for UN peacekeeping in Ukraine? My latest for the Stimson Center.
Reposted by Jair van der Lijn
The five largest arms exporters in 2020–24 were: 🇺🇸 USA, 🇫🇷 France, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇨🇳 China, and 🇩🇪 Germany.
Read SIPRI’s press release: bit.ly/3FblDe8
#ArmsTrade
Read SIPRI’s press release: bit.ly/3FblDe8
#ArmsTrade
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The five largest arms exporters in 2020–24 were: 🇺🇸 USA, 🇫🇷 France, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇨🇳 China, and 🇩🇪 Germany.
Read SIPRI’s press release: bit.ly/3FblDe8
#ArmsTrade
Read SIPRI’s press release: bit.ly/3FblDe8
#ArmsTrade