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Conceptualization of UN Peacekeeping as an International Regime

open access: yesObrana a Strategie, 2012
It is widely recognized that UN peacekeeping operations are an undertheorized topic. In this respect, scholars call to devote more attention to the incorporation of the study of UN peacekeeping operations into the framework of international relations ...
Jana Urbanovská
doaj  

Visioning ecologically diverse and harmonious futures of Korea in Good Anthropocene

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1379-1402, May 2026.
Abstract The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer between North and South Korea, holds profound historical, cultural and ecological significance, as well as exceptional potential for conservation and transformation. This study explores ecologically diverse and peaceful futures for the Korean Peninsula by envisioning the DMZ as a landscape for ...
HyeJin Kim   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Searching for a Theory of International Peacekeeping

open access: yesCzech Journal of International Relations, 2007
This article offers a critical review of the few existing scholarly attempts to conceptualize and theorize the study of peacekeeping operations. It reveals that even though the study of peacekeeping operations is burgeoning, most of the available ...
Oldřich Bureš
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Indonesian Female Peacekeepers in The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission

open access: yesJurnal Pertahanan: Media Informasi tentang Kajian dan Strategi Pertahanan yang Mengedepankan Identity, Nasionalism & Integrity, 2017
As peacekeeping has evolved to encompass a broader humanitarian approach, women personels have become increasingly part of the peacekeeping family. The UN has called for more deployment of female peacekeepers to enhance the overall “holistic” approach to
Leonard F. Hutabarat
doaj   +1 more source

Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry

open access: yesCriminology, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 313-334, May 2026.
Abstract Drug entry into prisons represents a serious issue for both incarcerated people and prison staff. Although substances enter prisons in many ways, staff drug smuggling represents a consistent problem facing correctional institutions globally. We draw on 131 interviews with correctional officers (COs) working in four Western Canadian prisons to ...
William J. Schultz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thailand's Participation in UN Peacekeeping Missions

open access: yes, 2017
This paper traces experiences of the Royal Thai Armed Forces in UN peacekeeping missions. A relatively small troop contributor at first, Thailand later took a high-profile role in the UN operations in East Timor during 1999-2005, and has continued since ...
Brendan M. Howe
core   +1 more source

The Rise and Decline of Brazil as a Peacekeeper [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional
The article investigates the trajectory and transformations of Brazil’s involvement in UN peacekeeping operations, seeking to explain the recent hesitation to assume a leadership role in contrast to previous periods, particularly during the two initial ...
Geraldine Rosas Duarte   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Political Economy of Emergency: Postcolonialism, Crisis Governance and Decolonial Alternatives

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue S1, Page S73-S92, April 2026.
Abstract The political rhetoric surrounding the Horn of Africa is perpetually framed through narratives of crisis, tragedy and emergency. These labels, rather than simply being used to describe instability, function as tools of governance to normalise dysfunction and entrench cycles of dependency.
HOPE JOHNSON
wiley   +1 more source

Linked ecologies and norm change in United Nations peacekeeping operations [PDF]

open access: yes
How do norms guiding peacekeeping change, and who are the important actors in this process? Using sociology of professions and practice theory, this thesis seeks to advance constructivist theorizing of norm change in international organizations by a ...
Karlsrud, John E.
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Understanding Coherence in UN Peacekeeping : A Conceptual Framework

open access: yes, 2019
Coherence is a core objective in most multinational interventions and seems of particular relevance to UN peacekeeping missions with their increasing complexity and multidimensionality. Yet, coherence has rarely been studied empirically.
Ruffa, Chiara,   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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