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UN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
FOR EFFECTIVE ADVISING
STRATEGIC ADVISING IN POS
THE HYBRID THREAT
Strategic Advising in Policing dressing the root causes of conflicts. Within this framework, it is impe-
Operations: the challenge of In relation to the former, the nee- rative to consider trends in confli-
“hybrid conflicts” ded role of prevention has been ct evolution. The Uppsala Conflict
By Marco Maiolino recognised already, however, it Data Program of the Uppsala Uni-
Daniele Plebani brings a number of challenges: for versity in Sweden analyses trends
example, the decision on whether, in organised violence and peace
when and how to intervene . agreements with an history of al-
The United Nations (UN) concept For the latter, a truly comprehen- most 40 years and relying on an
on “Sustaining Peace” is a com- sive approach is needed but outstanding database that covers
prehensive and innovative ap- difficult to operationalise. The organised violence since 1946 .
proach. It was outlined into three identification of root causes of
primary documents – the UNSC conflicts is not straightforward, Three elements arise as particular-
Resolution S/RES/2282 (2016) , the they are diversified, cross-cut- ly relevant:
UNGA Resolution A/RES/70/262 ting and unique at once and the 1. The fact that, “the wor-
(2016) and the UN Secretary-Ge- most immediate ones may some- ld has seen a new peak in the
neral Report on peacebuilding times not be the most profound. number of conflicts after 2014,
and sustaining peace (2018) . matched only by the number of
Going through the mentioned
sources, two main elements of in- CONDITIONS MUTATE CONSTANTLY, AND
novation may be identified in (i) the DOCTRINES AND APPROACHES NEED TO
integration of the preventive lens
beyond the usual post-conflict per- CHANGE ACCORDINGLY, ADAPTING TO
spective and (ii) the focus on ad- EMERGING THREATS
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