A Future For Peacekeeping

Author : D. Jett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780312292744

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Why Peacekeeping Fails by D. Jett Pdf

Dennis C. Jett examines why peacekeeping operations fail by comparing the unsuccessful attempt at peacekeeping in Angola with the successful effort in Mozambique, alongside a wide range of other peacekeeping experiences. The book argues that while the causes of past peacekeeping failures can be identified, the chances for success will be difficult to improve because of the way such operations are initiated and conducted, and the way the United Nations operates as an organization. Jett reviews the history of peacekeeping and the evolution in the number, size, scope, and cost of peacekeeping missions. He also explains why peacekeeping has become more necessary, possible, and desired and yet, at the same time, more complex, more difficult, and less frequently used. The book takes a hard look at the UN's actions and provides useful information for understanding current conflicts.

Author : Emily Paddon Rhoads
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198747246

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Taking Sides in Peacekeeping by Emily Paddon Rhoads Pdf

United Nations peacekeeping has undergone radical transformation in the new millennium. Where it once was limited in scope and based firmly on consent of all parties, contemporary operations are now charged with penalizing spoilers of peace and protecting civilians from peril. Despite its more aggressive posture, practitioners and academics continue to affirm the vital importance of impartiality whilst stating that it no longer means what it once did. Taking Sides in Peacekeeping explores this transformation and its implications, in what is the first conceptual and empirical study of impartiality in UN peacekeeping. The book challenges dominant scholarly approaches that conceive of norms as linear and static, conceptualizing impartiality as a 'composite' norm, one that is not free-standing but an aggregate of other principles-each of which can change and is open to contestation. Drawing on a large body of primary evidence, it uses the composite norm to trace the evolution of impartiality, and to illuminate the macro-level politics surrounding its institutionalization at the UN, as well as the micro-level politics surrounding its implementation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, site of the largest and costliest peacekeeping mission in UN history. Taking Sides in Peacekeeping reveals that, despite a veneer of consensus, impartiality is in fact highly contested. As the collection of principles it refers to has expanded to include human rights and civilian protection, deep disagreements have arisen over what keeping peace impartially actually means. Beyond the semantics, the book shows how this contestation, together with the varying expectations and incentives created by the norm, has resulted in perverse and unintended consequences that have politicized peacekeeping and, in some cases, effectively converted UN forces into one warring party among many. Taking Sides in Peacekeeping assesses the implications of this radical transformation for the future of peacekeeping and for the UN's role as guarantor of international peace and security.

Author : Edward Moxon-Browne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349260270

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A Future for Peacekeeping? by Edward Moxon-Browne Pdf

This study challenges the easy assumption that peacekeeping as we've known it in the past will be the 'pill for every ill' in the future. A 'new world order' means new types of conflict breaking out almost anywhere in a world that is more volatile and less predictable than before. Contributors to this volume argue that we need to get back to basics; that there are sobering lessons to be learnt from Somalia, the Lebanon and Cambodia; that we need to ask some fundamental questions. Can peacekeeping be 'reformed' or must it be totally 'reinvented'? Are soldiers the best peacekeepers and, if not, who should replace them?

Author : Alex J. Bellamy,Paul D. Williams
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191653476

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Providing Peacekeepers by Alex J. Bellamy,Paul D. Williams Pdf

During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the rising demand for peacekeepers saw the United Nations (UN) operate at a historically unprecedented tempo, with increases in the number and size of missions as well as in the scope and complexity of their mandates. The need to deploy over 120,000 UN peacekeepers and the demands placed upon them in the field have threatened to outstrip the willingness and to some extent capacity of the UN's Member States. This situation raised the questions of why states contribute forces to UN missions and, conversely, what factors inhibit them from doing more? Providing Peacekeepers answers these questions. After summarizing the challenges confronting the UN in its force generation efforts, the book develops a new framework for analyzing UN peacekeeping contributions in light of the evidence presented in sixteen case study chapters which examine the experiences of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Ghana, Nepal, Uruguay, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, and Japan. The book concludes by offering recommendations for how the UN might develop new strategies for force generation so as to meet the foreseeable challenges of twenty-first century peacekeeping and improve the quantity and quality of its uniformed peacekeepers.

Author : Alex J. Bellamy,Paul D. Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199672820

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Providing Peacekeepers by Alex J. Bellamy,Paul D. Williams Pdf

Providing Peacekeepers analyzes the factors which encourage (or discourage) states from contributing their soldiers to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations. It focuses on the UN's experiences during the twenty-first century and does so through four thematic and sixteen case study chapters.

Author : Robert David Steele
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Armed Forces
ISBN : PSU:000058487495

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Peacekeeping Intelligence by Robert David Steele Pdf

Author : United Nations Association of Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1436177084

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The Future of UN Peacekeeping by United Nations Association of Canada Pdf

Author : Joachim Alexander Koops,Giulia Tercovich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Peacekeeping forces
ISBN : 1138503320

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European Approaches to United Nations Peacekeeping by Joachim Alexander Koops,Giulia Tercovich Pdf

This edited volume provides a comprehensive analysis of European approaches to United Nations peacekeeping by assessing past practice, present obstacles and future potentials related to nine core European countries' contributions to blue helmet operations. By providing in-depth case studies on Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, this book offers an evaluation of European approaches as well as a wide range of facilitating and constraining factors related to the above mentioned countries' future involvement in UN peacekeeping. The book places particular emphasis on the recent involvement of European countries in the UN operation in Mali (MINUSMA) and explores to what extent this experience might lead to further marked increases of European supplies of troops and capabilities and thus a broader 'European return' to UN peacekeeping. Each chapter offers an up-to-date case study on key countries' policies, challenges and opportunities for a stronger re-engagement in UN Peacekeeping It provides a comprehensive analysis of the main challenges and concrete ways ahead for overcoming institutional, political, financial and military obstacles (both at European capitals and within the UN system) on the path towards a stronger re-engagement of European troop contributing countries in the field of UN Peacekeeping. Furthermore, each chapter includes a set of policy-relevant recommendations for future ways ahead. The chapters in this book were originally published in International Peacekeeping.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Operations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000019984735

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The Future of U.N. Peacekeeping Operations by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Operations Pdf

Author : David Rudd,Jim Hanson,Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies,Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre,Adam Stinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Peacekeeping forces
ISBN : 0919769977

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Future Peacekeeping by David Rudd,Jim Hanson,Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies,Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre,Adam Stinson Pdf

Author : Anna Powles,Negar Partow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317004417

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United Nations Peacekeeping Challenge by Anna Powles,Negar Partow Pdf

Drawing from a diverse range of military, policing, academic and policymakers’ experiences, this book seeks to provide solutions of how national militaries and police can work together to better support future United Nations peacekeeping operations. It addresses the growing tension between increasing non-combat related responsibilities being placed on land forces and the ability of UN peacekeeping forces to fulfil the demands of government and development tasks in fragile and conflict-affected environments. An original contribution to the debate on UN peacekeeping reforms that includes constructing an enhanced partnership for peacekeeping; building on renewed commitment to share the burden and for regional cooperation; providing peacekeepers with the necessary capabilities to protect civilians; and supporting nations in transition from conflict to stabilisation. This book offers the very latest in informed analysis and decision-making on UN peacekeeping reform.

Author : Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : OSU:32435083108357

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The Changing Face of Peacekeeping by Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies Pdf

This document presents papers on the following topics: United Nations procurement; peacekeeping and defence procurement; the future of peacekeeping; peacekeeping's strategic imperatives; the peacekeeping role of the conference on security and cooperation in Europe; Japan and peacekeeping; Japanese research, education, and training in peacekeeping; navy and air force peacekeeping; Canadian preparations for peacekeeping; the use of overhead surveillance in United Nations activities; the need for a standardized peacekeeping education and training system; and international peacekeeping.

Author : York University (Toronto, Ont.). Research Programme in Strategic Studies
Publisher : Downsview, Ont. : The Programme
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Canada
ISBN : PSU:000010641927

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Canada and Peacekeeping by York University (Toronto, Ont.). Research Programme in Strategic Studies Pdf

Author : Philip Cunliffe
Publisher : Hurst & Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 184904290X

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Legions of Peace by Philip Cunliffe Pdf

A critical examination of the global power relations that underpin the unprecedented deployments of UN peacekeepers from poor and developing countries since.

Author : Indar Jit Rikhye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : UOM:39015029562967

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The Future of Peacekeeping by Indar Jit Rikhye Pdf