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UN Peacekeeping at 75: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects [PDF]

, 2023
This year marks the 75th anniversary of what the UN itself understands to be its first peacekeeping operation. It is therefore an appropriate time to reflect on the track record of UN peacekeeping in its efforts to try to maintain and realize peace and ...
Novosseloff, Alexandra, Duursma, Allard, Novosseloff, Alexandra,, Smidt, Hannah,, Hultman, Lisa, Wilén, N., Bruker, J., Hunt, C. T., Oriesek, Daniel,, Sauter, Melanie, Gyllensporre, Dennis,, Dorussen, Han,, Oksamytna, Kseniya,, Russo, Jenna, Campbell, Susanna, Hellmüller, Sara, Bara, Corinne,, Druet, D., Wenger, Andreas,, Norberg, A. H., Donati, Marco,, Langenbach, Sascha, Hunt, Charles T, Gelot, L., Smidt, H. M., Sauter, M., Hiensch, Annick,, Geier, Valentin,, Campbell, Susanna,, Novosseloff, A., Staeger, Ueli,, Cheney Krishnan, Rajkumar, Sauter, Melanie,, Geier, Valentin, Paddon Rhoads, Emily, Donati, M.A., Hellmüller, S., Hultman, L., Oriesek, Daniel, Oksamytna, Kseniya, Epiney, Marine,, Rhoads, Emily Paddon,, Hilding Norberg, Annika, Duursma, Allard,, Oksamytna, K., Wilén, Nina, Smidt, Hannah, Dorussen, H., Cusimano, Salvator,, Gelot, Linnéa,, Re, F., Norberg, Annika Hilding, Krishnan, Rajkumar Cheney, Dorussen, Han, Hiensch, A., Gelot, Linnéa, Oriesek, D., Bruker, Janek, Wenger, A., Hellmüller, Sarah, Druet, Dirk,, Bruker, Janek,, Langenbach, Sascha,, Labuda, Patryk I, Donati, Marco, Krishnan, Rajkumar Cheney,, Gyllensporre, D., Langenbach, S., Bara, C., Staeger, Ueli, Re, Francesco,, Krishnan, R. C., Staeger, U., Wilén, Nina,, Hunt, Charles T., Hunt, Charles T.,, Norberg, Annika Hilding,, Hiensch, Annick, Epiney, Marine, Epiney, M., Labuda, P. I., Wenger, Andreas, Karlsrud, J., Campbell, S. E., Re, Francesco, Russo, J., Bara, Corinne, Duursma, A., Duursma, Allard; id_orcid, Geier, V., Druet, Dirk, Russo, Jenna,, Rhoads, E. P., Labuda, Patryk I., Hultman, Lisa,, Langenbach, Sascha; id_orcid, Hellmüller, Sara,, Labuda, Patryk I.,, Gyllensporre, Dennis, Karlsrud, John,, Cusimano, Salvator, Cusimano, S., Rhoads, Emily Paddon, Karlsrud, John   +103 more
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PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. AN ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES, CHANGES IN COMMAND ACTION AND TRAINING NEEDS [PDF]

Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2015
The aim of this paper is to uncover emerging challenges of peacekeeping operations, determine the changes in command actions and its effects on the professional preparation of commanders by analyzing experiences of military officers.
Ünsal SIĞRI, Ufuk BAŞAR
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Harmonic Cost Sharing

Journal of Public Economic Theory, Volume 28, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the total cost of public good provision when contributors face heterogeneous quadratic cost functions. We demonstrate that while the total cost of equal provision depends only on the arithmetic mean of marginal cost slopes, the total cost of cost‐effective provision depends on their harmonic mean.
Daniel Heyen, Matthew McGinty
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UN’s Use of Private Military and Security Companies in Peacekeeping Operations

Politikon, 2016
PMSCs are not only hired by states, the UN makes use of PMSCs as well. Due to the UN member states’ passivity there has not been a single peacekeeping operation without the involvement of PMSCs since 1990. But is there a legal basis?
Tina Linti
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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 206-227, Summer 2026.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
wiley   +1 more source

Trump's Transactional Diplomacy: Breakthrough or Breakdown?

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 24-40, Summer 2026.
Abstract The US‐Israeli war on Iran appears to demonstrate the perils of a transactional diplomacy that dismisses the rules‐based, liberal international order in pursuit of American dominance. Much of the growing literature assumes transactional diplomacy will be a temporary, Trump‐driven departure from traditional, values‐based statecraft. By contrast,
Guilain Denoeux, Robert Springborg
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US‐Japan Alliance: Emmeshing Bilateralism Into Broader Multilateralism

Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 13, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT In the 21st Century, geopolitical confrontation between the Eurasian continental powers and the sea powers works to divide Asia. The US‐Japan alliance has transformed itself from Japanʼs asymmetrical security dependence of the Cold War period into a mutual and more integrated partnership today.
Yoichiro Sato
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Brazil’s rising profile in United Nations peacekeeping operations since the end of the cold war [PDF]

, 2014
Brazil’s engagement in United Nations (UN)-mandated peacekeeping operations dates from 1956. Since then the country has participated in 46 of 65 UN peacekeeping operations, deploying 11,669 personnel in total.
Cravo, Teresa Almeida, Santos, Rita
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A model for understanding stress and daily experiences among soldiers in peacekeeping operations

, 1998
This article is based on research that aimed to develop a deeper theoretical understanding of the UN peacekeeping soldiers’ experiences of their daily service, from their own perspective, using a grounded theory approach.
Gerry Larsson, Johansson, Eva,, Larsson, Gerry,, Eva Johansson   +3 more
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Twenty Years Wandering (But Not in the Desert): Brazil’s 1967-1989 absence from UN peacekeeping

Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies, 2015
Since the early 1990s, Brazilian officials have often underlined the country’s role as a traditional contributor of troops to peacekeeping operations, beginning with participation in UNEF I, in 1957. However, for the two decades from 1967 to 1989, Brazil
Eduardo Uziel, João Vargas
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