Bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives on the future of UN peace operations, this book explores the interrelated dynamics of UN peace operations and peacebuilding practices through the lenses of conflict resolution, protection and accountability. The collection includes coverage of issues ranging from strengthening partnerships between regional institutions and the UN; improving UN policing and stabilisation mechanisms; the application of new technologies in peace operations and implementing security sector reform; to ending sexual exploitation and abuse and enhancing the protection of children. Authors place people at the centre of peacekeeping by interrogating current and past UN initiatives, chart how peacekeeping is evolving in response to changes in global security, assess reform and norm change within missions themselves, and offer original perspectives on the future of UN peace operations. Contributions also include new and innovative theoretical and empirical research located across multiple disciplines, including political science, history, law, gender studies, and criminology.

Alexander Gilder is Associate Professor of International Law and Security at the School of Law, University of Reading, UK and Associate Faculty at the School of Humanitarian Studies, Royal Roads University, Canada.

David Curran is Associate Professor and Research Group Leader: Security, Vulnerability and Resilience at the Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK.

Georgina Holmes is Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies, The Open University, UK.

Fiifi Edu-Afful is Senior Research Fellow at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Ghana.

1. The Future Trajectory of UN Peace Operations (Alexander Gilder, David Curran, Georgina Holmes and Fiifi Edu-Afful). - Part 1 Reforming Security. - 2. Reforming Security Institutions: Implications of Local Actors' Incorporation on the Construction of Democratic Security Environments (Alessandra Jungs de Almeida and Juliana Viggiano). - 3. International Policing and/as the Future of UN Peace Operations (Charles T Hunt). - Part 2 Resolving Conflict and Ensuring Protection. - 4. Attack Helicopters and Other Technologies for Enforcement in UN Peace Operations (Walter Dorn). - 5. The Future Dynamics Between UN Stabilisation and UN Peace Operations: Conflict Management Versus Conflict Resolution (Shannon Zimmerman). - 6. UNTSO: The Future of UN Peacekeeping in the Middle East (Diego Salama). - Part 3 Strengthening Partnerships. - 7. The Future Of United Nations-African Union (UN-AU) Cooperation On Peace And Security (Ruth Adwoa Frimpong). - 8. The Islamic Conception of Peacebuilding (hifz al-salam) Under the Auspices of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the United Nation's Sustaining Peace Agenda (Mohammad Sabuj). - 9. Advancing a Children, Peace and Security Agenda for the Future of UN Peacekeeping (Dustin Johnson, Catherine Baillie Abidi, Laura Cleave, and Shelly Whitman). - Part 4 Ensuring Future Accountability. - 10. Accountability for Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse: Rethinking Relationships (Sabrina White). - 11. Safeguarding from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Peace Operations: Lessons for the Future (Sarah Blakemore, Rosa Freedman and Nicolas Lemay-Hébert). - 12. An Alternative Approach: The African Union's 's SEA Regulatory Framework (Ai Kihara-Hunt and Roisin Burke).