A coalition of the willing is being discussed for Ukraine. In this policy brief published with @ipinst.bsky.social Global Observatory, John Karlsrud & I discuss the pros and cons of coalitions of the willing, drawing on our research in the ADHOCISM project.

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Excellent news! New NUPI led project will investigate how local efforts in the West African #Sahel Belt can teach us how to manage the effects of #ClimateChange on peace and security: www.nupi.no/en/news/lear...

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Vår doktorgradsstipendiat Claudia Emilie Aanonsen var på EKKO på NRK P2 i dag og snakket om Donald Trump sin handelskrig og potensielle konsekvenser for Norge og EU.
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▶️ New article out in International Peacekeeping: @crismaglia.bsky.social, @johnkarlsrud.bsky.social and @yfreykers.bsky.social present their dataset on military ad-hoc coalitions (AHCs) containing 58 AHCs since 1945.

▶️ Check it out here (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

SAINDO DO FORNO: Nova coluna na Revista Interesse Nacional: "Multilateralismo respirando por aparelhos e a política externa equilibrista"

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This article is part of the ADHOCISM project, where I’ve been lucky to work with such fantastic and generous colleagues @johnkarlsrud.bsky.social, @yfreykers.bsky.social, @stephofmann.bsky.social, Malte Brosig and Pernille Rieker.

With this article, we’re adding another brick to the wall of comparative analysis: not only among military AHCs, but also between them and other types of arrangements, like UN operations 🇺🇳 and regional organizations’ efforts responding to crises.

We hope that the ADHOCISM dataset becomes a valuable resource for better understanding the role and impact of AHCs, and for thinking about the future of international conflict management more generally.

We also show that AHCs are not a new phenomenon, but also that more and more countries have been relying on AHCs for conflict management. One of our key findings is that AHCs are more likely to be a first responder than operations by the UN or regional organizations.

Using the ADHOCISM dataset (also fully available on our project Harvard dataverse: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...), we answer questions on the evolution of AHCs over time, their geographical trends, key members, and their interactions with other military conflict management initiatives.

In this article, co-authored with my brilliant colleagues @johnkarlsrud.bsky.social and @yfreykers.bsky.social, we present our dataset with an empirical mapping of 58 military AHCs since 1945.

The ADHOCISM dataset is out! 📣 So happy to share that our article on military ad hoc coalitons (AHCs) has found a home in International Peacekeeping Journal. The article is open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The dataset in its entirely is available on our Harvard Dataverse repository here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm... 🌎🌍🌏

The dataset is connected to the article “Ecosystems and Ordering: Exploring the Extent and Diversity of Ecosystem Governance,” published last year in Global Studies Quarterly, (here: doi.org/10.1093/isag...) and offers data about cooperation initiatives around 221 cross-bordered ecosystems.

The dataset goes beyond the scholarly work on regional environmental governance by having terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems defined by natural science criteria, using them as the unit of analysis and conducting a systematic assessment of variation in levels and types of governance 🔔

📣 1st post here to share that our dataset paper, “Ecosystems and Ordering,” co-authored with the brilliant @elanawilsonrowe.bsky.social, is out! It’s open access in #DatainBrief here: doi.org/10.1016/j.di.... This is part of the ERC-funded Lorax project @nupinytt.bsky.social