Mats Berdal is Professor of Security and Development and Director of the Conflict, Security and Development Research Programme (CSDRG) in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.

Jake Sherman is Minister Counsellor for UN Management and Reform at the United States Mission to the United Nations and formerly Director for Programmes and Director of the Brian Urquhart Centre for Peace Operations at the International Peace Institute (IPI).

1. The Political Economy of Civil War and UN Peace Operations Part I: Conceptual and Thematic Issues 2. The Importance of Political Economy 3. Operationalising the 'Primacy of Politics' in UN Peace Operations: Implications of Political Economy Analysis 4. Engaging with Political Elites and Non-State Armed Groups: A Mission Perspective 5. UN Sanctions, Panels of Experts, and the Political Economy of Intrastate Conflict 6. What Role for Business Actors in UN Peace Operations? 7. Commodities, Commanders, and Corruption: Political Economy in the Evolving Tradecraft of Intelligence and Analysis in UN Peace Operations 8. Confronting Illicit Economies and Criminal Threats in UN Missions: Operating in the "Grey Zone" Part II: Selected Case Studies 9. The UN and Logic of Congo's Political Economy: Politics is Wealth, Wealth is Power 10. The Unbuilding of a State: UNMISS's Role in the Lead Up to South Sudan's Civil War 11. UNAMA Amidst Counter-terror and Counterinsurgency: No Peace Left to Keep 12. UNAMSIL and the Political Economy of War in Sierra Leone: What is the Price of Peace? 13. MINUSMA and the Political Economy of Mali's Crises 14. The Political Economy of Peace Operations in Somalia Part III: Conclusions 15. Adopting a Political Economy Lens: Policy Implications for UN Peace Operations