Peace Infrastructures: How UN Peace Operations Build Roads, Bridges, and Solar Farms in the Pursuit of Sustainability

In this episode, Dr. Silvia Danielak discusses her book Peace Infrastructures: How UN Peace Operations Build Roads, Bridges, and Solar Farms in the Pursuit of Sustainability (MIT Press, 2026). She explores how UN peace operations have expanded into infrastructure projects and what this shift reveals about changing ideas of peace, sustainability, and climate security, as well as the opportunities and risks these interventions create.