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the rule of law and security sector which were subsequently used as 1. https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/de-
fault/fi les/capstone_eng_0.pdf
reforms: police forces can play a a starting point for the post-event 2. Agenzia creata dal Congresso degli Stati
leading role in all these activities. workshop, namely: the importance Uniti per avere una visione obiettiva
Fair societies, which provide op- of the identifi cation and evaluation ed indipendente sull’impiego dei fondi
portunities for their young people, of “spoilers” in the planning pha- destinati all’Afghanistan (https://www.
sigar.mil/)
tend to be less violent, so do tho- se of international missions, the 3. S. J. Stedman, ‘Negotiation and Media-
se ones which guarantee universal importance of having a common tion in Internal Confl icts’, in M. E. Brown
access to basic goods and services. and shared methodology to assess (ed.), The International Dimensions of
Internal Confl ict (Cambridge: MIT Press,
Chief Superintendent Cuenca then their threat, the central role of local 1996) pp. 369-71
pointed to a number of risk fac- and international police forces in 4. Principal deputy special representative of
the UN secretary-general for the United
tors for the emergence of confl i- this evaluation process and fi nally Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and
cts, such as sudden demographic the possibility of bringing together senior deputy high representative in
Bosnia.
growth, with its impact on the la- in a single approach the diffe- 5. Criminalized power structures (CPS)
bour market, climate change, with rent methodologies that existed are illicit networks that profi t from
and were presented transactions in black markets and from
at the conference. criminalized state institutions while per-
petuating a culture of impunity.
NATO plays a cen- 6. International Security Assistance Force –
NATO Mission in Afghanistan
tral role in the global 7. During the NATO summit, held in War-
geostrategic scenario saw on 8 and 9 July 2016, the project
with the declared aim called “Projecting Stability” was appro-
of “projecting stabi- ved, as a tool to increase global security
also through the protection of civilian
lity” : in this context, populations, with a clear reference to the
the document pro- concept of Stability Policing.
duced by the NATO 8. During the NATO summit, held in War-
saw on 8 and 9 July 2016, the project
SP CoE at the end called “Projecting Stability” was appro-
of the post-confe- ved, as a tool to increase global security
also through the protection of civilian
rence workshop will populations, with a clear reference to the
the desertifi cation of large areas lay the doctrinal foundations for concept of Stability Policing.
historically dedicated to agricul- dealing with it in a more structu-
ture, corruption and confl icts re- red, coherent and systematic
lated to gender inequalities: all way, as well as in a holistic way,
these factors should be clearly the planning of peace missions.
taken into account for the analy- With this perspective in mind, it is of
sis of the “spoilers”. The United utmost importance to highlight the
Nations Security Council has so operational dimension of “Stabili-
far been concerned about confl i- ty Policing”, which has the NATO
cts and not about prevention. The SP CoE as its main Ambassador.
latter requires a long-term stra-
tegic vision and a careful look at Disclaimer: this paper is a pro-
the possible causes, already in- duct of the NATO Stability Poli-
cluded in the planning stages of cing Centre of Excellence and its
a possible peacekeeping mission. content does not refl ect NATO
policies or positions, nor repre-
5.Conclusions: the proposal for sent NATO in any way, but only
an effective methodology to be the NSPCoE or author(s) de-
adopted within NATO. pending on the circumstances. Lt. Col. David Ellero
At the end of the conference, four Acting Head of Lessons
conclusions, which resulted from Learned Validation and
the speeches and the following PICTURES: Dissemination Section
NATO SP COE
discussions, were formulated , NATO SP COE

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