Together with Oya Dursun-Özkanca, I have co-edited a special issue of Civil Wars on Assessing Regional and International Organisations’ Interventions in Civil Wars: Capabilities and Context.
This includes a range of case studies on the United Nations, NATO, the OSCE, the European Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, the African Union, and the Organisation of American States. Each case study features a presentation and analysis of empirical data in two dimensions: the organization’s general capabilities to carry out intervention in civil wars and, specific to one particular intervention, the conflict context in which it happened. This serves two purposes. First, to offer insights into the dynamics of each individual case and helping us understand the specific outcome of an intervention effort (i.e., why did a mission succeed/fail/something in between). Second, it enables us to make real comparisons between the cases (comparing military, civilian and hybrid missions, assessing the importance of capabilities vs. context, etc.).
My introduction, co-authored with Oya Dursun-Özkanca, is available here: Regional and International Conflict Regulation: Diplomatic, Economic and Military Interventions
My contribution on the EU, co-authored with Annemarie Peen Rodt, is available here: European Union Conflict Management in the Western Balkans