Lecture by Berthold Beitz Fellow Prof. Dr. Sabrina Karim: “The Future of United Nations Peacekeeping?”
On 10 March at 6.30 p.m., Prof. Dr Sabrina Karim, the second recipient of the Berthold Beitz Fellowship initiated by the Krupp Foundation and the American Academy in Berlin, will give a lecture at Villa Hügel. Under the title “The Future of United Nations Peacekeeping?’” Karim will discuss how changes in the world are affecting United Nations peacekeeping operations and offer her thoughts on how to proceed.
The lecture, which will be held in English, is free of charge. Registration is required.
In this lecture Karim will explore the political forces reshaping UN peace operations and consider what a future model of peacekeeping must look like to meet current geopolitical realities. It concludes with a set of reforms to ensure that peacekeeping can evolve and remain a relevant instrument of global peace and security.
At the Academy, Sabrina Karim is working on a book project entitled “Pockets of Restraint in Violent Security Forces.” The project seeks to understand when and why those tasked with the use of force show restraint in the midst of security threats.
Prof. Dr. Sabrina Karim
Sabrina Karim is Associate Professor in Government at Cornell University, where she directs the Gender and Security Sector Lab dedicated to advancing research on women, gender, peacekeeping, policing, and the military. Karim holds a BS in International Politics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, an MS in Forced Migration from Oxford University, and an MA and a PhD in Political Science from Emory University. She specializes in the study of conflict and peace processes, particularly state building in the aftermath of civil war, and has published extensively on the subject.