How to lead forces for peace, w/Cheryl Pearce |Department of Peacekeeping Operations |Awake at Night

United Nations Department of Peace Operations (podcast) · January 20, 2026

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Host introduces the episode and the guest: a senior military leader in the United Nations, noting she is the highest-ranking woman in uniform at the UN and that the conversation will focus on peacekeeping work. Melissa Fleming identifies herself as the host of the podcast.

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Podcast interview with Lieutenant General Cheryl Pierce, acting military adviser for UN peacekeeping operations, on funding shortfalls, troop reductions and the growing complexity of missions, and a personal account of her 35-year military career and challenges as a woman in uniform.

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