If your protest gets amplified by your enemy’s press,
It doesn’t mean you’re wrong.

But it does mean you're being watched — and maybe used.

#PeaceOps #CND #HolyWarsColdLies

🧵 CND and the KGB: The Slogan That Traveled Without a Visa

In the 1980s, Britain’s anti-nuclear movement filled the streets.
The Soviets didn’t try to stop it.

They quietly helped it speak louder — for their side.

#PeaceOps #HolyWarsColdLies

Peacekeeping in peril amid plummeting troop numbers and geopolitical deadlock.

New SIPRI data on multilateral #PeaceOperations out now.

Press release ➡️ bit.ly/4uo2ES9
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/WDYY8158

#Peacekeeping #PeaceOps #PKDay #SIPRI

This is how they hijacked the peace movement👇
#PeaceOps #HolyWarsColdLies

In the 1980s, Western Europe exploded with anti-nuclear protests.
Millions marched to stop the arms race.
Some feared U.S. missiles more than Soviet ones.
That confusion wasn’t accidental.

Peace is powerful.
But it’s not immune.

If you care about justice, you have to protect truth too.

Because when trust is the battlefield, even silence can be a weapon.

#PeaceOps #HolyWarsColdLies

➡️It was about time to update this starter pack!

👏Good to see that many familiar faces from the #peaceops & #crisismanagement community have joined @bsky.app!

👇Tell me who is still missing on this list but already here.

There is limited research on the overlap between #gender expertise and #communications in #PeaceOps and #CrisisManagement missions. This paper explores gender-responsive strategic communications in the context of 🇪🇺 #EU civilian CSDP missions ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/LQL...

Deployments fall more than 40% in a decade, as geopolitical tensions and funding cuts increase pressure on multilateral peace operations.

Explore the data ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX
#Peacekeeping #PeaceOps #PKDay

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

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

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...

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

🤔 Why have previous #UNhref="/hashtag/UNReform" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#UNReform initiatives floundered?

@casquebleu.org’s new report examines this + 4️⃣ persistent challenges affecting #PeaceOps today to identify practical measures member states & the #UN Secretariat can take to overcome them.

cic.nyu.edu/resources/ma...

All of the top 10 contributors of military and police personnel to multilateral peaceops were states in the Global South. Uganda 🇺🇬 became the top contributor of military personnel. Rwanda 🇷🇼 was the top contributor of police personnel.

Read the press release ➡️ bit.ly/4uo2ES9

Peacekeeping in peril amid plummeting troop numbers and geopolitical deadlock.

New SIPRI data on multilateral #PeaceOperations out now.

Press release ➡️ bit.ly/4uo2ES9
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/WDY...

#Peacekeeping #PeaceOps #PKDay #SIPRI

Only four of eight mandate renewal decisions in the UN
Security Council in 2024 were unanimous.

New SIPRI data on #PeaceOps out now ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX

Sub-Saharan Africa hosted the largest number of multilateral peace operations in 2024 (21) and nearly three quarters of personnel (69 913).

Explore the new SIPRI data ➡️ bit.ly/3SolkzX

#SIPRI #Peacekeeping #PeaceOps #PeaceOperations

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

‘In the past three decades both UN and non-UN #PeaceOps have been mandated to take on various tasks to deal with both the drivers and the consequences of non-traditional security challenges’—Read more ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/ZUSN4861

Follow #UN #PeaceOps on Twitter, FB, YouTube, etc http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/news/feed/