Peacekeeping And Peacemaking After The Cold War

Author : Lynn Etheridge Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Civil war
ISBN : UCSD:31822016707127

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Peacekeeping and Peacemaking After the Cold War by Lynn Etheridge Davis Pdf

This report addresses the challenges of peacekeeping and peacemaking after the Cold War, looking first at recent efforts to keep the peace and then suggesting a multifaceted approach for the future. It looks at operations in which the international community successfully cooperated--such as in Iraq, and less successfully so--such as in Cambodia and the western Sahara. It points out that bringing peace to post-Cold War conflicts will require the international community to take a role in helping build nations and, in the process, carry out such additional activities as monitoring human rights, demobilizing armies, providing administrative services, and setting up democratic institutions.

Author : Tom Woodhouse,Robert Bruce,Malcolm Dando
Publisher : Springer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349262137

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Peacekeeping and Peacemaking by Tom Woodhouse,Robert Bruce,Malcolm Dando Pdf

The fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations was commemorated in 1995 with a number of conferences and publications which assessed the history and contemporary role of this paramount international organisation. This book is the result of a meeting of scholars and specialists who wished to further understanding of the challenges faced by the United Nations in its efforts to intervene in post-cold war conflict. In particular the experiences in Bosnia, Somalia and in Rwanda, where UN peacekeepers seemed powerless to act in the face of acts of genocide, gross violations of human rights and the widespread suffering caused by war, makes such an analysis timely and important.

Author : John Terence O'Neill,Nicholas Rees
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : World politics
ISBN : 0714684899

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United Nations Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era by John Terence O'Neill,Nicholas Rees Pdf

In seeking to examine whether peacekeeping fundamentally changed between the Cold War and post-Cold War periods the author concludes that most peacekeeping operations were flawed due to the failure of UN members to agree upon various matters such as achievable objectives, provision of necessary resources and unrealistic expectations.

Author : Fariborz Levaye Mokhtari
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : International police
ISBN : OSU:32435072485352

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Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Coalition Warfare by Fariborz Levaye Mokhtari Pdf

Author : David S. Sorenson,Pia Christina Wood
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0714684880

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The Politics of Peacekeeping in the Post-cold War Era by David S. Sorenson,Pia Christina Wood Pdf

This book focuses on explaining peacekeeping commitment decisions at the nation-state level, filling a gap in the peacekeeping scholarly literature on the political dynamics of peacekeeping decisions.

Author : Alexander Mirza
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781665754446

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PEACEKEEPING, PEACEMAKING, & WORLD ORDER by Alexander Mirza Pdf

The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the UN's role in peacekeeping and peacemaking in the post-Cold War era. The author evaluates the strength and shortcomings of multilateralism, its evolution, challenges, and failures. The author sees a role in peacemaking operations through U.N. multilateralism to address self-determination movements and solve the debate between humanitarian intervention and national sovereignty.

Author : Fariborz L. Mokhtari
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : International police
ISBN : NYPL:33433080383213

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Peacemaking, Peacekeeping and Coalition Warfare by Fariborz L. Mokhtari Pdf

Author : Olara A. Otunnu,Michael W. Doyle,Nelson Mandela
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780585114309

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Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century by Olara A. Otunnu,Michael W. Doyle,Nelson Mandela Pdf

The UN's record in peace operations is long, various, distinguished by both accomplishments and failures, and most importantly, innovative. Unfulfilled expectations and escalating violence in Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia forced retrenchment upon UN peace operations_but at the same time, a new opportunity to enhance capacities, review strategies, redefine roles, and reaffirm responsibilities has opened up. Here, a dynamic group of leading diplomats, academics, and journalists combines forces with UN policymakers and leaders including current Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to explore how the international community can improve its practice in negotiating and implementing peace. They look at what works and what doesn't in UN peacemaking and peacekeeping, and then map out alternative futures for UN action in the 21st century.

Author : A.B. Fetherston
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1994-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349236428

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Towards a Theory of United Nations Peacekeeping by A.B. Fetherston Pdf

'At a time when peacekeepers are struggling to fulfil increasingly demanding mandates and UN peacekeeping is in danger of losing the distinct character that won it the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize, this important book argues for a clear theoretical redefinition within a conflict resolution framework and examines the practical implications for training. This is a valuable and original contribution to the peacekeeping literature.' - Dr. Oliver Ramsbotham, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford 'Both for the 'blue helmets' on the ground, and for the diplomats at UN headquarters, conflict resolution skills are essential for conducting peacekeeping operations. Betts Fetherstone's excellent study points the way forward to a synthesis between conflict management and peacekeeping?' - Hugh Miall, Research Fellow, European Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs The prevailing over-taxed ad hoc system of peacekeeping does not meet the growing demands posed by the post-Cold War world. This volume argues that peacekeeping needs to be placed on firm conceptual footing directly congruent with its peaceful third party role. The implications of this conceptualisation of peacekeeping for practice are then discussed. Training is cited as a key means of translating conceptual understanding into practice. Without this foundation work, UN has little chance of changing its existing, and largely ineffective, system of conflict management. At a time when peacekeepers are struggling to fulfil increasingly demanding mandates and UN peacekeeping is in danger of losing the distinct character that won it the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize, this important book argues for a clear theoretical redefinition within a conflict resolution framework and examines the practical implications for training. This is a valuable and original contribution to the peacekeeping literature.

Author : T. David Mason,James D. Meernik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135989828

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Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies by T. David Mason,James D. Meernik Pdf

This volume provides an overview of the costs, benefits, consequences, and prospects for rebuilding nations emerging from violent conflict. The rationale for this comes from the growing realization that, in the post-Cold War era and in the aftermath of 9/11, our understanding of conflict and conflict resolution has to include consideration of the conditions conducive to sustaining the peace in nations torn by civil war or interstate conflict. The chapters analyze the prospects for building a sustainable peace from a number of different perspectives, examining: the role of economic development democratization respect for human rights the potential for renewal of conflict the United Nations and other critical topics. In an age when 'nation-building' is once again on the international agenda, and scholars as well as policy makers realize both the tremendous costs and benefits in fostering developed, democratic, peaceful and secure nations, the time has truly come for a book that integrates all the facets of this important subject. Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies will appeal to students and scholars of peace studies, international relations, security studies and conflict resolution as well as policy makers and analysts.

Author : Donald M. Snow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU72351730

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Peacekeeping, Peacemaking and Peace-enforcement by Donald M. Snow Pdf

The search for the appropriate uses of military force in the post-cold war international system has commenced. During the cold war, the use of force by the major powers was tied clearly to their political and ideological competition; deterrence of major conflicts between them served the most fundamental national interest, survival. Vital interests revolved around preventing the other side from gaining undue influences in important places such as the Persian Gulf. The post-cold war system is not so simple. The order and predictability of the cold war system have been replaced by the disorder, even chaos, of the new order, what one observer has called "the old world disorder in new configurations."1 East-West competition has evaporated and can no longer form the anchor that tethers policy and strategy together. As Leslie H. Gelb noted recently, the "old hawk-dove divide"2 no longer serves to inform where military action will and will not occur. No alternative structure has taken its place. We are left instead with vague entreaties that forces must serve the national interest, and apparently innocuous but potentially precedential and systemically upsetting notions of the "humanitarian use of force"3 and "humanitarian intervention,"4 to mention two recent designations. Lacking a framework of where and when to use force to provide guidance for "a more anarchical and competitive world order,"5 both the United States and the world at large are forced to consider situations on a case-by-case basis where the criteria for evaluation are often vague. On a piecemeal basis, the United States has mounted a post-Gulf War operation in Iraq (Operation PROVIDE COMFORT/SOUTHERN WATCH) and in Somalia (RESTORE HOPE), leading General Powell to conclude: "Peacekeeping and humanitarian operations are a given."6 What--if anything--should be done about ethno-religious fighting in Bosnia or Nagorno Karabakh? How much do we care about the Tamils in Sri Lanka? What patterns, if any, are emerging?

Author : Donald C.F. Daniel,Bradd C. Hayes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349238552

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Beyond Traditional Peacekeeping by Donald C.F. Daniel,Bradd C. Hayes Pdf

As the UN celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is embroiled in controversy sparked by its recent extensive involvement in operations which go beyond traditional peacekeeping. This book brings together leading scholars and practitioners who explicate the issues at the heart of the controversy and recommend changes for the organisation and its member states. In dedicated analyses as well as in case studies, the authors focus on issues of sovereignty and intervention, national commitments to non- traditional missions, and operational efficiency and effectiveness when undertaking such missions.

Author : Steven R. Ratner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Peace
ISBN : 0333694384

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The New UN Peacekeeping by Steven R. Ratner Pdf

As the United Nations passes its fiftieth anniversary, it has undergone a sea change in its approach toward peacekeeping. Originally a stopgap measure to preserve a cease-fire, peacekeeping has, since the waning of the Cold War, become a means to implement an agreed political solution to conflict between antagonists. Placed inside war-torn states, UN peacekeepers have encountered manifold new challenges through oversight of elections, protection of human rights, and reconstructing of governmental administration. In this study, Steven R. Ratner offers a comprehensive framework for scholars, policy-makers, and all those seeking to understand this new peacekeeping. He sees the UN as an administrator, mediator, and guarantor of political settlements - roles that can conflict when peace accords unravel, as is all too common. He describes the numerous actors, inside and outside the UN, who are engaged in this process, often with competing interests. And in historical review, beginning with the League of Nations, he reveals many striking precedents long before the 1990s.

Author : Norrie MacQueen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317861799

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The United Nations, Peace Operations and the Cold War by Norrie MacQueen Pdf

This is the first introduction to the United Nation's activities during the Cold War period. It combines a history of the UN with a broader account of east-west diplomacy during the Cold War and after. Norrie MacQueen begins by looking at the formation, structure and functions of the UN. Then, within a chronological framework, he assesses its contribution to international security from the emergence of the UN's peacekeeping role in 1945-56 right through to UN operations in the 1990s in Angola, Somalia and Bosnia.

Author : Robert M. Cassidy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313072680

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Peacekeeping in the Abyss by Robert M. Cassidy Pdf

Military organizations are cultures, and such cultures have ingrained preferences and predilections for how and when to employ force. This is the first study to use a comparative framework to understand what happened with the U.S. military endeavor in Somalia and the British effort in Bosnia up to 1995. Both regions were potential quagmires, and no doctrine for armed humanitarian operations during ongoing conflicts existed at the outset of these efforts. After detailing the impact of military culture on operations, Cassidy draws conclusions about which military cultural traits and force structures are more suitable and adaptable for peace operations and asymmetric conflicts. He also offers some military cultural implications for the U.S. Army's ongoing transformation. The first part of the study offers an in-depth assessment of the military cultural preferences and characteristics of the British and American militaries. It shows that Britain's geography, its regimental system, and a long history of imperial policing have helped embed a small-war predilection in British military culture. This distinguishes it from American military culture, which has exhibited a preference for the big-war paradigm since the second half of the 19th century. The second part of the book examines how cultural preferences influenced the conduct of operations and the development of the first post-Cold War doctrine for peace operations.