This report synthesizes the studies undertaken as part of the Danish government's initiative to strengthen the concerted civil and military planning and action in connection with peace supporting operations, with emphasis on the Danish engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan. It looks at how...

As part of a larger study of how to improve Danish concerted civil and military planning and action, this sub-report looks at the national approaches of Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK. On the basis of available documents and interviews, the report analyzes the concepts, policies and...

UN peacekeeping missions are deployed in increasingly violent contexts, such as Mali and South Sudan. It leaves such missions suspended somewhere between traditional peacekeeping and peace enforcement. Concurrently with this transformation, protection of civilians has become increasingly...