Policy Articles and Blog Posts
2025
Hellmüller, Sara; 2025, “Diplomacy Today: Rethinking United Nations Mediation”, The Globe, Geneva Graduate Institute.
2024
Lanfranchi, Chiara; Sara Hellmüller; Margaux Pinaud, 2024, “The Cases of MONUSCO and MINUSMA: A Moment of Reflection on UN Peace Missions”, The Conversation.
Lanfranchi, Chiara; Sara Hellmüller; Margaux Pinaud, 2024, “Tirer les enseignements des retraits des missions de paix de l’ONU au Mali et en RDC”, The Conversation France.
Hellmüller, Sara; Lucile Maertens, 2024, “What Switzerland achieved at the UN Security Council”, Swissinfo (available in 10 different languages).
Lanfranchi, Chiara; Sara Hellmüller; Margaux Pinaud, 2024, “From Research to Practice: Understanding UN Peace Missions in a Changing World”, Geneva Graduate Institute Newsletter.
Glück, Maëlys; Margaux Pinaud; Sara Hellmüller, 2024, “UN Peace Missions since 1948: What Have We Learned?”, UN Today.
2023
Hellmüller, Sara; Flavia Keller, 2023, “Mediation in Peacekeeping Contexts: Trends and Challenges for Mission Leadership”, Global Observatory, New York: International Peace Institute.
Badache, Fanny; Sara Hellmüller; Xiang-Yun Rosalind Tan; Bilal Salaymeh, 2023, “75th Anniversary of United Nations Peace Missions”, Geneva Graduate Institute Newsletter.
Hellmüller, Sara; Lucile Maertens, 2023, “A Plus for Peace: Switzerland in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)”, Geneva Graduate Institute Newsletter.
2022
Badache, Fanny; Sara Hellmüller; Bilal Salayme, 2022, “Back to the Future? UN Peacebuilding in a Multipolar World Order”, Contemporary Security Policy Blog.
Hellmüller, Sara, 2022, “Wind of Change: Peacemaking in a Multipolar World Order”, British International Studies Association Blog.
Hellmüller, Sara, 2022, “War in Ukraine: Conflict Management in a Multipolar World Order”, Geneva Graduate Institute Newsletter.
Hellmüller, Sara, 2022, “Re-establishing Congruence: UN Peacebuilding in a Shifting World Order”, The Global, Geneva: Geneva Graduate Institute.
2019
Hellmüller, Sara, 2019, “Congo’s Elections Had a Startling Result. This is What’s Going On”, Monkey Cage, Washington Post.
2018
Hellmüller, Sara, 2018, “Six Aspects to Consider on the Interaction between Local and International Actors in Peace Processes”, Global Observatory, New York: International Peace Institute.
Hellmüller, Sara, 2018, “Partners for Peace”, Center for Security Studies (CSS) Blog, Zurich: ETH Zurich.
Hellmüller, Sara; Marie-Joëlle Zahar, 2018, “Against the Odds: Civil Society in the Intra-Syrian Talks”, Issue Brief, New York: International Peace Institute.
2016
Abo Naser, Metwaly; Sara Hellmüller; Leila Hilal; Ryme Katkhouda; Yosra Nagui, 2016, “Inside Syria: What Local Actors Are Doing For Peace”, Research Report, Berne: swisspeace.
Kirchhoff, Lars; Sara Hellmüller; Anna Hess; Anne Isabel Kraus; Chris McNaboe; Valerie Sticher, 2016, “Challenges to Mediation Support in Hot Wars: Learnings from Syria and Ukraine”, Mediation Support Network (MSN) Discussion Points, No. 7, Foreword by Jimmy Carter.
2015
Hellmüller, Sara, 2015, « République Démocratique du Congo : à la recherche d’une réponse durable et globale », Diplomatie, Nr. 16, pp. 48-52 (not accessible online).
Hellmüller, Sara; Julia Palmiano; Matthias Siegfried, 2015, “Norm-Pushers or Deal-Brokers? Normative Challenges of Modern-Day Mediators”, Oslo Forum 2015 Background Paper, Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (not accessible online).
Hellmüller, Sara; Julia Palmiano; Mathias Zeller, 2015, “The Role of Norms in International Peace Mediation”, Research Report, Berne/Oslo: swisspeace/NOREF.
Hellmüller, Sara; Julia Palmiano; Mathias Zeller, 2015, “The Role of Norms in International Peace Mediation”, Policy Brief, Oslo: NOREF.
2014
Hellmüller, Sara; Corinne von Burg; Mathias Zeller, 2014, “Can Mediation Do Harm? Conflict Sensitivity in International Peace Negotiations”, Essential, Vol. 4, Berne: swisspeace.
Hellmüller, Sara, 2014, « République Démocratique du Congo. Une lueur d’espoir ? », Diplomatie, Nr. 69, pp. 8-12 (not accessible online).
Hellmüller, Sara, 2014, “Mediation Perspectives: Localizing Peace Processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo”, Center for Security Studies (CSS) Blog, Zurich: ETH Zurich.
Hellmüller, Sara; John Ahere, 2014, “Mediation and Conflict Transformation”, Mediation Support Network (MSN) Discussion Points, No. 5.
2013
Mason, Simon; Sara Hellmüller (eds.), 2013, “Regional Intergovernmental Organizations in Mediation Efforts: Lessons from West Africa”, Mediation Support Network (MSN) Discussion Points, No. 3.
Alvarez, Miguel; Sabina Avasiloae; Roxana Cristescu; Paul Dziatkowiec; Sara Hellmüller; Lars Kirchhoff; Anne Isabel Kraus; Simon Mason; Martha Mutisi; Nathan Stock; Barbara Unger; Zahbia Yousuf, 2013, “Translating Mediation Guidance into Practice: Commentary on the UN Guidance for Effective Mediation by the Mediation Support Network”, Mediation Support Network (MSN) Discussion Points, No. 2, Foreword by Jimmy Carter.
Multimedia Contributions
Conversation on my article A Trans-Scalar Approach to Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice: Insights from the Democratic Republic of Congo organized by the journal Cooperation and Conflict, 2022.
Interview on the dataset on UN Peace Mission Mandates (UNPMM) that we established as part of the SNSF PRIMA project, Centre for Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP), Studio Episode 5, 2021.
Short movie on Five Aspects International and Local Peacebuilders Should Consider in Multi-Layered Peacebuilding, based on my book Partners for Peace: The Interaction between Local and International Peacebuilding Actors, swisspeace, 2018.
Interview on Norms in International Mediation by the Global South Unit on Mediation at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 2016.
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