Timothy Donais is a Professor in the Department of Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University and at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, both in Canada. He is author of Peacebuilding and Local Ownership: Post-Conflict Consensus-Building (2012) and The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in Post-Dayton Bosnia (2005).

• 1 Introduction: Situating Protection in Peacekeeping Contexts 2 Robust Protection Debates 3 Non-coercive Protection: Protection by Peaceful Means? 4 All Necessary Means, with an Asterisk: How UNMISS has Operationalized its PoC Mandate 5 MONUSCO: Innovation without Transformation? 6 Protecting Civilians and Expanding State Authority in the Central African Republic 7 Conclusion: PoC’s Uneven Past and Uncertain Future

Timothy Donais is a Professor in the Department of Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University and at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, both in Canada. He is author of Peacebuilding and Local Ownership: Post-Conflict Consensus-Building (2012) and The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in Post-Dayton Bosnia (2005).

• 1 Introduction: Situating Protection in Peacekeeping Contexts 2 Robust Protection Debates 3 Non-coercive Protection: Protection by Peaceful Means? 4 All Necessary Means, with an Asterisk: How UNMISS has Operationalized its PoC Mandate 5 MONUSCO: Innovation without Transformation? 6 Protecting Civilians and Expanding State Authority in the Central African Republic 7 Conclusion: PoC’s Uneven Past and Uncertain Future