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In recent years, United Nations missions have been the frequent target of terrorist attacks in countries such as Mali, while non-UN operations have fought against violent extremist groups in Afghanistan and Somalia. Given the prospect of peace operations in countries considered hotbeds of terrorism and violent extremism, this is likely to become a common, if not predominant, feature of mission areas. Thus, multilateral peace operations are under pressure to address terrorism and violent extremism more actively. Against this backdrop, this paper explores the terrorism and violent extremism-related challenges that multilateral peace operations face in their efforts to create and implement effective missions.