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Peacekeeping

2021
Abstract International peacekeeping after the Second World War began as a modest means of subduing conflicts between states and grew in importance, partly to facilitate processes of decolonization. This analysis pays particular attention to the concept of peacekeeping and its evolution in the light of conflict within states, the majority
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The Extraordinary Relationship between Peacekeeping and Peace

British Journal of Political Science, 2020
Numerous empirical studies have examined the role of third-party peacekeeping in reducing violence around the world. Their results reveal an extraordinary relationship between peacekeepers and peace, notwithstanding a number of well-known problems.
Barbara F. Walter, L. Howard, V. P. Fortna   +2 more
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Using Force to Protect Civilians in UN Peacekeeping

, 2021
The protection of civilians has become the principal issue on which UN peacekeeping missions are judged, but its principles and methods require refinement.
A. Bellamy, Charles T. Hunt
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The Dark Side of Institutional Collaboration: How Peacekeeping-counterterrorism Convergences Weaken the Protection of Civilians in Mali

, 2021
Within the field of international peace and security, policy makers and analysts alike commonly treat collaboration and convergence among international organizations and intervention frameworks as a policy objective in itself.
L. Moe
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Promise of Peacekeeping: Protecting Civilians in Civil Wars

International Organization, 2020
Do peacekeepers protect civilians in civil conflict? Securing civilian safety is a key objective of contemporary peacekeeping missions, yet whether these efforts actually make a difference on the ground is widely debated in large part because of ...
A. Carnegie, Christoph Mikulaschek
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Peacekeeping Intelligence and Information Peacekeeping

International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 2006
The world remains in danger of slipping into complex global emergencies on several fronts. At the same time, the United Nations is rethinking its organization and mission; information technology is...
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Deploying to Protect: The Effect of Military Peacekeeping Deployments on Violence Against Civilians

International Peacekeeping, 2020
Do UN peacekeeping forces protect civilians from harm in post-war environments? Current evidence suggests that the answer to this question is yes. But extant research mostly examines this relationship at the country-level and consequently has logical ...
Anup Phayal, Brandon C. Prins
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Keeping electoral peace? Activities of United Nations peacekeeping operations and their effects on election-related violence

, 2020
In war-torn countries, elections are held to support peacebuilding, but they sometimes trigger new violence. While peacekeeping operations (PKOs) regularly accompany electoral periods, we lack systematic knowledge on how they influence election-related ...
Hannah M. Smidt
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Myths, Peacekeeping and the Peacekeeping Myth

2023
An overview of the political functions of myths and maps the peacekeeper myth throughout United Nations (UN) doctrine and academic theorisations about UN peacekeeping in international relations. Details how distinctions between traditional peacekeeping (associated with consent, neutrality and non-violence) and second- or third-generation peacekeeping ...
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Downsizing in UN Peacekeeping: The Impact on Civilian Peacekeepers and the Missions Employing Them

, 2020
After a decade of remarkable growth in the early 2000s, UN peacekeeping has entered a period of sharp contraction. This trend has been especially severe for civilian peacekeepers, who play vital though often neglected roles in UN operations: the number ...
K. P. Coleman
semanticscholar   +1 more source