Arthur Boutellis

The Global Initiative Network

GIN Member

Senior Advisor, International Peace Institute (IPI)

Arthur Boutellis is a Non-resident Senior Adviser at IPI, where he was Director of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations, responsible for developing and managing IPI’s programs and research agenda in the area of peace and security (Peace Operations, Peacebuilding, Prevention, Mediation, Preventing Violent Extremism, and DDR/SSR) from September 2015 to November 2017. In addition to IPI, Arthur has worked with the UN missions in Burundi (BINUB), Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT), Haiti (MINUSTAH), and Mali (MINUSMA) where he supported the 2014-15 Mali peace negotiations as part of the UN Mediation Team. His prior work with humanitarian NGOs and think tanks focused on the Middle East and Africa. He has published widely, regularly speaks at conferences and in the media, and teaches a graduate-level seminar at Columbia University. He holds a master’s degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques. He is bilingual in French and English, as well as fluent in Spanish.

Publications

“Road to a Better UN? Peace Operations and the Reform Agenda” (New York: International Peace Institute, November 2017) (with Alexandra Novosseloff)

“A Process in Search of Peace: Lessons from the Inter-Malian Agreement” (New York: International Peace Institute, June 2017) (with Marie-Joelle Zahar)

“Plug and Play: Multinational Rotation Contributions for UN Peacekeeping Operations” (NUPI & IPI, May 2017) (with John Karlsrud)

“The Threat of US Cuts: Helping Peacekeeping Help Itself?” (The Global Observatory, March 2017)

“The State of UN Peace Operations Reform: An Implementation Scorecard”(New York: International Peace Institute, November 2016) (with Lesley Connolly)

“Waging Peace: UN Peace Operations Confronting Terrorism and Violent Extremism” (New York: International Peace Institute, October 2016) (with Naureen Chowdhury Fink)

“Investing in Peace and the Prevention of Violence in West Africa and the Sahel-Sahara: Conversations on the Secretary General’s Plan of Action”and “Investir dans la paix et la prévention de la violence en Afrique de l’Ouest et dans le Sahel-Sahara : Conversations autour du Plan d’action du secrétaire général” (New York: International Peace Institute, September 2016) (with Olga Abilova, Delphine Mechoulan, and Lesley Connolly)

“The Democratic Republic of Congo,” in The Oxford Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect, edited by Alex J. Bellamy and Tim Dunne (Oxford University Press, August 2016)

“Etat des lieux des opérations de paix de l’ONU : Un an après la sortie du rapport du HIPPO” (New York: International Peace Institute, July 2016) (with Delphine Mechoulan)

“Working Together for Peace: Synergies and Connectors for Implementing the 2015 UN Reviews” (New York: International Peace Institute, May 2016) (with Andrea Ó Súilleabháin)

Le Conseil de Securite et l’evolution des operations du maintien de la paix, in Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies, Entre impuissance et toute puissance, edited by Alexandra Novosseloff (CNRS Editions : February 2016) (with Alexandra Novosseloff)

“Violent Extremism: Toward A Strategy of Prevention in the Francophone Space” (New York: International Peace Institute, January 2016) (with Olga Abilova)

“Les opérations de maintien de la paix par procuration : conséquences des partenariats de maintien de la paix de l’ONU avec des forces de sécurité non onusiennes sur l’action humanitaire” (International Review of the Red Cross, January 2016) (with Jérémie Labbé)

Can the UN Stabilize Mali? Towards a UN Stabilization Doctrine? (Stability: International Journal of Security and Development. 4(1), p.Art. 33., June 2015)

“Partnership peacekeeping: Challenges and opportunities in the United Nations–African Union Relationship” (Oxford University Press: African Affairs, 113/451, 254–278, April 29, 2014) (with Paul D. Williams)

“The Elephant in the Room: How Can Peace Operations Deal with Organized Crime?” (New York: International Peace Institute, June 2013)(with Walter Kemp and Mark Shaw)

“Chad & the Central African Republic” in Responding to Conflict in Africa: The United Nations and Regional Organizations (Palgrave Macmillan, May 2013) (edited by Jane Boulden)

“Rethinking Force Generation: Filling the Capability Gaps in UN Peace- keeping” Providing for Peacekeeping No. 2 (New York: International Peace Institute, May 2013) (with Adam C. Smith)

The Management Handbook for UN Field Missions (New York: International Peace Institute, June 2012)

“The Security Sector in Côte d’Ivoire: A Source of Conflict and a Key to Peace” (New York: International Peace Institute, May 2011)

“The Future of Peace Operations: Maintaining Momentum” (New York: International Peace Institute, November 2015) (with Olga Abilova, rapporteurs)

Côte d’Ivoire, in The UN Security Council in the 21st Century edited by Sebastian von Einsiedel, David M. Malone, and Bruno Stagno Ugarte (Lynne Rienner Publishers, October 2015) (with Alexandra Novosseloff)

“From HIPPO to SG Legacy: What Prospects for UN Peace Operations Reform?” (The Global Observatory, September 24, 2015)

The UN Mission in Burundi (ONUB), in The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, edited by Joachim Koops, Norrie MacQueen, Thierry Tardy, and Paul D. Williams (Oxford University Press, July 2015)

“Peace operations by proxy: implications for humanitarian action of UN peacekeeping partnerships with non-UN security forces” (International Review of the Red Cross: Volume 95 Number 890, May 2014) (with Jérémie Labbé)

Le Manuel de Gestion pour les Missions de Terrain Onusiennes (New York: International Peace Institute, April 2014)

“Engineering Peace: The Critical Role of Engineers in UN Peacekeeping”(New York: International Peace Institute, January 2014) (with Adam C. Smith)

“From Crisis to Reform: Peacekeeping Strategies for the Protection of Civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” (Stability: International Journal of Security and Development 2(3):48, September 2013)

“Driving the System Apart? A Study of United Nations Integration and Integrated Strategic Planning” (New York: International Peace Institute, August 2013)

“Peace Operations, the African Union, and the United Nations: Toward More Effective Partnerships in Peace Operations” (New York: International Peace Institute, April 2013) (with Paul D. Williams)

“Mali’s Peacekeeping Mission: Full-Fledged Behemoth, or Have Lessons Been Learned?” (The Global Observatory, March 12, 2013)

“UN Peacekeeping Transitions: Perspectives from Member States” (New York: International Peace Institute, August 2012)

“UN Transitions: Mission Drawdown or Withdrawal” (New York: International Peace Institute, August 2012)

“Strengthening Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation: Istanbul Retreat of the UN Security Council” (New York: International Peace Institute, March 2012) (with Christoph Mikulaschek, rapporteurs)

“What Army for Haiti?” (New York: International Peace Institute, November 2011)

“What Capabilities for What Peacekeeping?” in For a Renewed Consensus on UN Peacekeeping Operations (GCSP Geneva Papers — Conference Series n°23, October 2011)

“Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation” (New York: International Peace Institute, July 2011) (with Edward C. Luck and Christoph Mikulaschek)

“Renewing MONUSCO’s Mandate: What Role Beyond the Elections?” (New York: International Peace Institute, May 2011) (with Guillaume Lacaille)

“Cholera, Haiti and MINUSTAH: What Implications for Peacekeeping?” (New York: International Peace Institute, January 2011)

Regular contributor to www.theglobalobservatory.org

Webpage

https://www.ipinst.org/by/arthur-boutellis

Related experts

View all

The Global Initiative Network

GIN Member