Mission

Advance the body of knowledge and understanding about peace operations by simultaneously achieving high standards in three areas:

• Education: Offer a program of graduate-level courses, taught by an experienced and recognized faculty and expert guest lecturers, that meets the needs of the professional community, and through which students can achieve an academic degree and/or a professional certificate.
• Research: Conduct original, objective, rigorous research that contributes to the body of useful knowledge on peace operations, and which is reported in scholarly journals and professional publications.
• Practice: Engage in practical projects that produce benefits in the field while simultaneously contributing to both the education and research goals described above.