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United Nations peace operations have undergone multiple
transformations over the more than seventy years of their
existence. Multidimensional peace operations have organised
elections, helped deliver humanitarian assistance, advised on army
and police reform, and fought rebel groups. Such operations not
only represent a core pillar of the multilateral peace and security
architecture but also reshape the lives of millions of people
around the world. This volume provides the first comprehensive
overview of multiple theoretical perspectives, offering examples of
how International Relations theories apply to specific policy
issues and demonstrates how major debates on UN peace operations -
on civilian protection, local ownership, or gender mainstreaming -
benefit from theoretical exploration. With insightful contributions
from international academics, this is an essential book for
scholars, students, and experts working on peace and security and
international cooperation. -- .
The track record of military rapid response mechanisms, troops on
standby, ready to be deployed to a crisis within a short time frame
by intergovernmental organizations, remains disappointing. Yet,
many of the obstacles to multinational actors launching a rapid and
effective military response in times of crisis are largely similar.
This book is the first comprehensive and comparative contribution
to explore and identify the key factors that hamper and enable the
development and deployment of multinational rapid response
mechanisms. Examining lessons from deployments by the AU, the EU,
NATO, and the UN in the Central African Republic, Mali, Somalia and
counter-piracy in the Horn of Africa, the contributors focus upon
the following questions: Was there a rapid response to the crises?
By whom? If not, what were the major obstacles to rapid response?
Did inter-organizational competition hinder responsiveness? Or did
cooperation facilitate responsiveness? Bringing together leading
scholars working in this area offers a unique opportunity to
analyze and develop lessons for policy-makers and for theorists of
inter-organizational relations. This work will be of interest to
scholars and students of peacebuilding, peacekeeping, legitimacy
and international relations.
This edited volume offers a thorough review of peacekeeping theory
and reality in contemporary contexts, and aligns the two to help
inform practice. Recent UN peacekeeping operations have challenged
the traditional peacekeeping principles of consent, impartiality
and the minimum use of force. The pace and scope of these changes
have now reached a tipping point, as the new mandates are
fundamentally challenging the continued validity of the UN
peacekeeping's core principles and identity. In response the volume
analyses the growing gap between these actual practices and
existing UN peacekeeping doctrine, exploring how it undermines the
effectiveness of UN operations, and endangers lives, arguing that a
common doctrine is a critical starting point for effective
multi-national operations. In order to determine the degree to
which this general principle applies to the current state of UN
peacekeeping, this book: Provides a review of conceptual and
doctrinal developments in UN peacekeeping operations through a
historical perspective Examines the debate related to peace
operations doctrine and concepts among key Member States Focuses on
the actual practice of peacekeeping by conducting case studies of
several UN peacekeeping missions in order to identify gaps between
practice and doctrine Critically analyses gaps between emerging
peacekeeping practice and existing doctrine Recommends that the UN
moves beyond the peacekeeping principles and doctrine of the past
Combining empirical case-based studies on UN peace operations, with
studies on the views and policies of key UN Security Council
members that generate these mandates, and views of key contributors
of UN peacekeepers, this volume will be of great use to
policy-makers; UN officials and peace operations practitioners; and
academics working on peace and conflict/security studies,
international organizations and conflict management.
In recent decades there have been several constructivist scholars
who have looked at how norms change in international relations.
However few have taken a closer look at the particular strategies
that are employed to further change, or looked at the common
factors that have been in play in these processes. This book seeks
to further the debates by looking at both agency and structure in
tandem. It focuses on the practices of linked ecologies (formal or
informal alliances), undertaken by individuals who are the
constitutive parts of norm change processes and who have moved
between international organizations, academic institutions, think
tanks, NGOs and member states. The book sheds new light on how norm
change comes about, focusing on the practices of individual actors
as well as collective ones. The book draws attention to the role of
practices in UN peacekeeping missions and how these may create a
bottom-up influence on norm change in UN peacekeeping, and the
complex interplay between government and UN officials, applied and
academic researchers, and civil society activists forming linked
ecologies in processes of norm change. With this contribution, the
study further expands the understanding of which actors have agency
and what sources of authority they draw on in norm change processes
in international organizations. A significant contribution to the
study of international organizations and UN peacekeeping, as well
as to the broader questions of global norms in IR, this work will
be of interest to students and scholars of international relations
alike.
This edited volume offers a thorough review of peacekeeping theory
and reality in contemporary contexts, and aligns the two to help
inform practice. Recent UN peacekeeping operations have challenged
the traditional peacekeeping principles of consent, impartiality
and the minimum use of force. The pace and scope of these changes
have now reached a tipping point, as the new mandates are
fundamentally challenging the continued validity of the UN
peacekeeping's core principles and identity. In response the volume
analyses the growing gap between these actual practices and
existing UN peacekeeping doctrine, exploring how it undermines the
effectiveness of UN operations, and endangers lives, arguing that a
common doctrine is a critical starting point for effective
multi-national operations. In order to determine the degree to
which this general principle applies to the current state of UN
peacekeeping, this book: Provides a review of conceptual and
doctrinal developments in UN peacekeeping operations through a
historical perspective Examines the debate related to peace
operations doctrine and concepts among key Member States Focuses on
the actual practice of peacekeeping by conducting case studies of
several UN peacekeeping missions in order to identify gaps between
practice and doctrine Critically analyses gaps between emerging
peacekeeping practice and existing doctrine Recommends that the UN
moves beyond the peacekeeping principles and doctrine of the past
Combining empirical case-based studies on UN peace operations, with
studies on the views and policies of key UN Security Council
members that generate these mandates, and views of key contributors
of UN peacekeepers, this volume will be of great use to
policy-makers; UN officials and peace operations practitioners; and
academics working on peace and conflict/security studies,
international organizations and conflict management.
United Nations peace operations have undergone multiple
transformations over the more than seventy years of their
existence. Multidimensional peace operations have organised
elections, helped deliver humanitarian assistance, advised on army
and police reform, and fought rebel groups. Such operations not
only represent a core pillar of the multilateral peace and security
architecture but also fundamentally reshape lives of millions of
people around the world. This volume provides the first
comprehensive overview of multiple theoretical perspectives on UN
peace operations. It offers practical examples of how International
Relations theories apply to specific policy issues and
simultaneously demonstrates how major debates on UN peace
operations - on civilian protection, local ownership, or gender
mainstreaming - benefit from theoretical exploration. With
insightful contributions from a range of international academics,
UN peace operations and International Relations theory is an
essential book for scholars, students, and experts working on peace
and security and the broader issue of international cooperation.
This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development
Goal 16, Peace, justice and strong institutions -- .
In recent decades there have been several constructivist scholars
who have looked at how norms change in international relations.
However few have taken a closer look at the particular strategies
that are employed to further change, or looked at the common
factors that have been in play in these processes. This book seeks
to further the debates by looking at both agency and structure in
tandem. It focuses on the practices of linked ecologies (formal or
informal alliances), undertaken by individuals who are the
constitutive parts of norm change processes and who have moved
between international organizations, academic institutions, think
tanks, NGOs and member states. The book sheds new light on how norm
change comes about, focusing on the practices of individual actors
as well as collective ones. The book draws attention to the role of
practices in UN peacekeeping missions and how these may create a
bottom-up influence on norm change in UN peacekeeping, and the
complex interplay between government and UN officials, applied and
academic researchers, and civil society activists forming linked
ecologies in processes of norm change. With this contribution, the
study further expands the understanding of which actors have agency
and what sources of authority they draw on in norm change processes
in international organizations. A significant contribution to the
study of international organizations and UN peacekeeping, as well
as to the broader questions of global norms in IR, this work will
be of interest to students and scholars of international relations
alike.
The track record of military rapid response mechanisms, troops on
standby, ready to be deployed to a crisis within a short time frame
by intergovernmental organizations, remains disappointing. Yet,
many of the obstacles to multinational actors launching a rapid and
effective military response in times of crisis are largely similar.
This book is the first comprehensive and comparative contribution
to explore and identify the key factors that hamper and enable the
development and deployment of multinational rapid response
mechanisms. Examining lessons from deployments by the AU, the EU,
NATO, and the UN in the Central African Republic, Mali, Somalia and
counter-piracy in the Horn of Africa, the contributors focus upon
the following questions: Was there a rapid response to the crises?
By whom? If not, what were the major obstacles to rapid response?
Did inter-organizational competition hinder responsiveness? Or did
cooperation facilitate responsiveness? Bringing together leading
scholars working in this area offers a unique opportunity to
analyze and develop lessons for policy-makers and for theorists of
inter-organizational relations. This work will be of interest to
scholars and students of peacebuilding, peacekeeping, legitimacy
and international relations.
This book is a critical political and institutional reflection on
UN peace operations. It provides constructive suggestions as to how
the UN and the international system can evolve to remain relevant
and tackle the peace and security challenges of the 21st century,
without abandoning the principles that the UN was founded upon and
on which the legitimacy of UN peace operations rests. The author
analyses the evolving politics on UN peace operations of the five
veto powers of the UN Security Council, as well as major
troop-contributing countries and western powers. He investigates
the move towards peace enforcement and counter-terrorism, and what
consequences this development may have for the UN. Karlsrud issues
a challenge to practitioners and politicians to make sure that the
calls for reform are anchored in a desire to improve the lives of
people suffering in conflicts on the ground-and not spurred by
intra-organizational turf battles or solely the narrow
self-interests of member states. Finally, he asks how the UN can
adapt its practices to become more field- and people-centered, in
line with its core, primary commitments of protecting and serving
people in need.
Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola
pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital
role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent. But
while the African Union has demonstrated its ability to deploy
forces on short notice and in difficult circumstances, the
challenges posed by increasingly complex conflict zones have
revealed a widening divide between the theory and practice of
peacekeeping. With the AU's African Standby Force becoming fully
operational in 2016, this timely and much-needed work argues that
responding to these challenges will require a new and distinctively
African model of peacekeeping, as well as a radical revision of the
current African security framework. The first book to provide a
comprehensive overview and analysis of African peace operations,
The Future of African Peace Operations gives a long overdue
assessment of the ways in which peacekeeping on the continent has
evolved over the past decade. It will be a vital resource for
policy makers, researchers and all those seeking solutions and
insights into the immense security challenges which Africa is
facing today.
Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola
pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital
role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent. But
while the African Union has demonstrated its ability to deploy
forces on short notice and in difficult circumstances, the
challenges posed by increasingly complex conflict zones have
revealed a widening divide between the theory and practice of
peacekeeping. With the AU's African Standby Force becoming fully
operational in 2016, this timely and much-needed work argues that
responding to these challenges will require a new and distinctively
African model of peacekeeping, as well as a radical revision of the
current African security framework. The first book to provide a
comprehensive overview and analysis of African peace operations,
The Future of African Peace Operations gives a long overdue
assessment of the ways in which peacekeeping on the continent has
evolved over the past decade. It will be a vital resource for
policy makers, researchers and all those seeking solutions and
insights into the immense security challenges which Africa is
facing today.
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