Whose Peace Are We Building?: Leadership for Peace in Africa

by Youssef Mahmoud, Mbiatem Albert

Overview

What is the relationship between leadership and peace? What kind of leadership styles, processes and strategies are required to gain a deeper understanding of local context while at the same time maintaining the trust and cooperation of host authorities and other stakeholders on the ground? As concerns mount about the continued relevance and efficiency of UN peace operations, Youssef Mahmoud – who led several challenging peace missions in Africa – draws on many years of experience to offer insights into how political leadership might be exercised to help restore and nurture peace.

Mahmoud makes the case for a paradigm shift in the type of leadership required to bring about strong, global diplomacy for peace. Making extensive use of the authors' unique personal experiences in Burundi, Central African Republic and Chad, the book offers an unparalleled insight into the leadership challenges of complex and often seemingly intractable conflict situations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780755618552
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	03/11/2021
Series:	African Perspectives on Peacebuilding and Leadership
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Dr. Youssef Mahmoud is Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute (IPI) and a Visiting Professor at the African Leadership Centre at King's College London. Before retiring from the United Nations in January 2011, he was the Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). From 2007 to 2009 he served as Executive Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Burundi (BINUB).

Albert Mbiatem is an alumnus of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London, UK.
Dr. Youssef Mahmoud is Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute (IPI) and a Visiting Professor at the African Leadership Centre at King's College London. Before retiring from the United Nations in January 2011, he was the Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). From 2007 to 2009 he served as Executive Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Burundi (BINUB).

Prior to these assignments, he held several other UN senior positions, notably as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Guyana, Director in the UN Department of Political Affairs, and Head of the Office of the Undersecretary-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. In 2015, he served as member of the UN Secretary-General High Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations and simultaneously a member of the High Level Advisory Group for the Global Study on Security Council Resoultion 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
Albert Mbiatem is an alumnus of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London. He is currently undertaking a PhD programme and in parallel works as an independent Leadership and Peace Consultant in Cameroon. He works as an aide to Ambassador Mahmoud Youssef collecting, discussing and analysing primary and secondary data. He is also civil society and political activist in Cameroon.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Perspectives on Peacebuilding and Leadership
2. An Uncharted Leadership Path
3. Burundi: A Wounded Puzzle
4. Leading BINUB in a Fragile Context
5. A Trans-Border Humanitarian Crisis and a Contested Response
6. Leading MINURCAT to the Exit Door
7. What It Would Take to Build Peace Better?
Index