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Robert Nagel

Robert Nagel is a 2020-2022 postdoctoral fellow at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, where his research project examines women's impact on peacekeeping missions' effectiveness, particularly on the missions in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

OPINIONS

How Global Sanctions Can Be Better Targeted to End Sexual Violence in War

Opinion by Daniel Salazar and Robert Nagel
• June 14, 2022

With the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict approaching on June 19, it is time for governments to push harder to impose targeted global sanctions against perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict. …

Categories: Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Security Council

COVID-19

What the Pandemic Means for UN Peacekeeping Work

Melanne Verveer and Robert Nagel
• April 8, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Covid-19 poses major challenges for people and governments around the world and for the United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a global cease-fire on March 23 in recognition of the pandemic’s potentially devastating effects on …