Peacekeeping is Dying. Long Live Peacekeeping?

This week on The Horn , Alan Boswell sits down with Samira Gaid, founder and senior analyst at the Mogadishu-based think tank Balqiis Insights, and Fred Bauma, human rights advocate and executive secretary at the Ebuteli research institute in Kinshasa, to unpack the uncertain future of peacekeeping operations across the African continent. Once a signature response to conflict, large multilateral missions face growing skepticism from global powers like China, Russia, and the U.S., as well as from the very states they aim to protect. The guests reflect on the frustration shared by local populations, host governments and international donors as peacekeeping missions struggle to deliver real security and political progress. They discuss why some global actors are still keen on trying to make peacekeeping fit for purpose, despite these challenges. Finally, they assess what the future of foreign deployments and missions in fragile countries in Africa might look like, given the decline of multilateralism. This episode is produced in partnership with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. For more, check out Crisis Group CEO Comfort Ero’s analyst’s notebook entry, “ The Future of UN Peacekeeping Cannot Be Business as Usual ” and our Multilateral Diplomacy page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Peacekeeping is Dying. Long Live Peacekeeping? is an episode from The Horn by International Crisis Group.

This episode is 31:00 long.

This episode was published on Aug 7, 2025.

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