{"id":9143,"date":"2026-05-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/developments-and-trends-in-multilateral-peace-operations-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:00:00","slug":"developments-and-trends-in-multilateral-peace-operations-2025","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/developments-and-trends-in-multilateral-peace-operations-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Developments and Trends in Multilateral Peace Operations, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"content column\">\n<div class=\"highlighted\">\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-breadcrumbs\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-labelledby=\"system-breadcrumb\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n          \t\t            \t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/search\">Publications search<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-page-title\" class=\"block block-core\">\n<h1>\n<span>Developments and Trends in Multilateral Peace Operations, 2025<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views\" id=\"views-block-publications-block-4\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-199598738f3904331af35bc2dc08b2266c56fe06c798ce6b62cb790bf0fbf6ba\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/publications_lareg\/public\/2026-05\/fs_2605_mpo_2026_cover_page_01.png?itok=lyVDifIX\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" alt=\"Developments and Trends in Multilateral Peace Operations, 2025\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-view\"><span class=\"field-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-c1389234ac13b2c717220eab3ae6269e814a7fbd80347af9f94ecce481398ead\">\n<p> <span class=\"_506 views-row\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-claudia-pfeifer-cruz\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Claudia Pfeifer Cruz<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>   <span class=\"_0 views-row\"><br \/>\n     and <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-jair-van-der-lijn\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Ja\u00efr van der Lijn<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-year-of-publication\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">May 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-loaction\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">Stockholm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-name\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">SIPRI<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-doi\">\n<p class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/WDYY8158\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/WDYY8158<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-content\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<div data-history-node-id=\"7878\" class=\"node node--type-publication node--view-mode-full ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-pdf-full-publication field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item button_style\">\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-05\/fs_2605_mpo_2026.pdf\">DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION<\/a>\n      <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>This SIPRI Fact Sheet presents the latest SIPRI data on multilateral peace operations, along with analysis of developments and trends in 2025.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e2e68e501851cd590f98b87121d1c3c41\">A total of 58 peace operations were active in 34 countries or territories during 2025. This was three fewer than in 2024.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e9264811d385c9488e0e3ec6126c4fbe2\">Personnel deployments to peace operations declined sharply to reach 78 633, just over half the number deployed in 2016 and the smallest number in at least 25 years.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e27846063f6c968d9ef58f462fcb9f957\">Sub-Saharan Africa, which saw the biggest personnel cuts, hosted 70 per cent of peace operation personnel in 2025.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e319b8df17fd11fdf44ada935e885de39\">A combination of political, geopolitical and budgetary factors continued to challenge multilateral peace operations in 2025, at both United Nations and regional level.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e2c2da62d7894b2633cc4a6ff75ea7a2a\">The cuts in deployed personnel during 2025 were largely driven by a liquidity crisis in the UN due to delayed or unpaid contributions from major donors.<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eea45689c937a8e5275a9f70c6940917d\">In the absence of multilateral responses to new and ongoing conflicts, the trend towards conflict management by ad hoc, often militarized bilateral or mini-lateral interventions continued in 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-contents field--label-above\">\n<div class=\"label\">Table of contents<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>Developments in personnel deployments<\/p>\n<p>Developments by type of conducting organization<\/p>\n<p>The state of conflict management and peace operations<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)\/EDITORS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"dynamic-block-fieldnode-commentary-about-the-authors field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<div class=\"views-element-container\">\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-e959fd797cc76afaa85e5196acc2e067b1d07086db0696eb8d3442ab88e73c29\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-claudia-pfeifer-cruz\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2021-08\/claudia_headshot_orange-2.jpg?itok=9dvkeUhi\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Claudia Pfeifer\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-claudia-pfeifer-cruz\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Claudia Pfeifer Cruz<\/a> is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-jair-van-der-lijn\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/Jair%20van%20der%20Lijn.jpg?itok=0U61B-VL\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Ja\u00efr van der Lijn\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/dr-jair-van-der-lijn\" hreflang=\"en\">Dr Ja\u00efr van der Lijn<\/a> is a Senior Researcher and Director of the SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-donatepopup\" class=\"block block-block-content\">\n<div class=\"body field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<style>\n  .center-content {\n    text-align: center;\n  }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"center-content\">\n<p style=\"padding: 40px 10px 20px; text-align: center; font-family: Arial;\"> When peace is under threat, accurate information is more important than ever. <\/p>\n<h3>Invest in the facts<br \/><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 10px; text-align: center;\"> <span class=\"button_style\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/donate.sipri.org\/\">Support SIPRI<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"back-to-top\" href=\"#\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg back-to-top\" role=\"button\" title=\"Click to return to the top of the page\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"left\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-circle-up fa-4x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n  <\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/2026\/sipri-fact-sheets\/developments-and-trends-multilateral-peace-operations-2025?rand=6456\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb Publications search Developments and Trends in Multilateral Peace Operations, 2025 Dr Claudia Pfeifer Cruz and Dr Ja\u00efr van der Lijn May 2026 Stockholm SIPRI https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/WDYY8158 DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION This SIPRI Fact Sheet presents the latest SIPRI data on multilateral peace operations, along with analysis of developments and trends in 2025. 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