Guest Lecture: Contemporary Challenges to UN Peacekeeping (Prof. Dr. Alexander Gilder)
2024-11-06
Professor Dr. Alexander Gilder, Associate Professor of International Law and Security at the University of Reading (UK), gave a guest lecture on 6 November 2024 on the topic of
Contemporary Challenges to UN Peacekeeping.
On this occasion, he discussed the difficulties currently facing UN peacekeeping missions, with particular reference to the precarious situation of the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon. He also explained the relevant international legal basis for blue helmet missions and the political challenges related to the implementation of such missions in the current political situation at the global level.
We would like to express our sincere thanks for the informative lecture and the many insights from practical experience.
Professor Dr. Alexander Gilder is Associate Professor of International Law and Security at the School of Law, University of Reading, UK, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, UK, and Associate Faculty at the School of Humanitarian Studies, Royal Roads University, Canada. He has utilised his research on human security in his work as Academic Consultant at the NATO HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) and in engagements with other areas of UK defence.
