Research is conducted on multilateral conflict prevention, management and resolution.
While a particular focus is placed on UN and other international peacekeeping operations, the project also covers preventive diplomacy, peace making, peace building and peace enforcement. The project's current research focuses on the use of force in peace operations. This study was launched in 1995 to examine the challenges faced by the UN in using force in multi-component peacekeeping or humanitarian missions, particularly in complex civil war situations such as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda and Somalia. A workshop was held in Stockholm in 1995 on the subject in cooperation with the Australian Government. The Use of Force in Peace Operations .