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Book review: the Oxford handbook of United Nations peacekeeping operations edited by Joachim A. Koops et al [PDF]

, 2016
In The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, editors Joachim A. Koops, Norrie MacQueen, Thierry Tardy and Paul D. Williams offer a major reference work that provides factual details and evaluations of each UN peacekeeping operation ...
Wilson, Gary
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The role of civil-military cooperation in contemporary United Nations peacekeeping operations: a case study of UNIFIL

Bulletin of "Carol I" National Defense University
The paper explores the place and role of civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) in contemporary United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations. The author’s starting point is that civil-military cooperation is important for the success of a peacekeeping ...
Slobodan M. RADOJEVIC
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Why Should we Worry about Nigeria's Fragile Security?

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the multifaceted implications of Nigeria's persistent security crisis, highlighting its domestic, regional and global consequences. It examines the humanitarian toll, economic disruption, poverty, food insecurity and the erosion of social cohesion within Nigeria. Regionally, it analyses how Nigeria's instability exacerbates
Onyedikachi Madueke
wiley   +1 more source

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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UN Peace operations and conflicting legitimacies [PDF]

, 2017
Analyses of UN peacekeeping increasingly consider legitimacy a key factor for success, conceiving of it as a resource that operations should seek and use in the pursuit of their goals.
von Billerbeck, Sarah B. K.
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Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry

Criminology, EarlyView.
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, Sandra M. Bucerius, Kevin D. Haggerty   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

USA Policy Towards United Nations: The Case of UN PKOs in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения
Introduction. This article examines United States policy towards United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UN PKOs) by analyzing the U.S. position towards peacekeeping operations in the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC) to trace the ...
Darya Pushkina, Rada Kalina
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THE MAIN ASPECTS OF INFORMATIONAL PROVIDING FOR THE UN PEACEKEEPING

Міжнародні відносини: теоретико-практичні аспекти, 2020
The main goal of the article is to analyze the main problems of information support for the UN peacekeeping. Over the past decades, leading political leaders and experts  have  always  paid very  serious  attention  to information  problems.
Oleksandr Stepko
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UN Peacekeeping in Africa: Nature, Scope and Development

Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2023
The hybrid nature and scope of contemporary conflicts, the terrorism threat, and the dramatic increase in competition for resources, global militarization and security challenges in Africa do not only carry the risk of state collapse, but have ...
Svetlana A. Bokeriya, Alexandra V. Khudaykulova   +1 more
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Military Leadership and International Peacekeeping: An Examination of the Experiences of Female Officers Through a Bourdieusian Framework

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides insights into how Bourdieu's social theory can be used to explore the complex experiences of female military officers. It has been over 20 years since feminist scholars first extended Bourdieu's framework to include gender, arguing that women are often denied access to valued capital in organizations due to the gendered ...
Angela McGinn
wiley   +1 more source