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This edited volume provides a detailed and nuanced analysis of UN
peacekeeping and the use of force, to inform a better understanding
of the complex and interconnected issues at stake for the UN
community. Peacekeeping is traditionally viewed as a largely
passive military activity, governed by the principles of
impartiality, consent, and the minimum use of force. Today, most
large UN Peacekeeping Operations are only authorized to use force
in defence of their mandates and to protect civilians under
imminent threat of physical violence. Recently, with the deployment
of the Force Intervention Brigade in the DRC, the UN has gone
beyond peacekeeping and into the realm of peace-enforcement. These
developments have brought to the fore questions regarding the use
of force in the context of peacekeeping. The key questions
addressed in this book examine not only the utility of force, but
also the dilemmas and constraints inherent to the purposive use of
force at a strategic, operational and tactical level. Should UN
peacekeepers exercise military initiative? Is UN peacekeeping
capable of undertaking offensive military operations? If so, then
under what circumstances should peacekeepers use force? How should
force be wielded? And against whom? With chapters written by
experts in the field, this comprehensive volume will be of great
use and interest to postgraduate students, academics and experts in
international security, the UN, peacekeeping and diplomacy.
Armed groups are intrinsic to conflict. Pursuing myriad aims, they
shape and are shaped by the conflict landscape. UN missions too
inhabit this landscape. They too must decide how best to pursue
their goals of supporting early peacebuilding and so-called
stabilisation. This book argues that the UN is peacekeeping in
places where there is no peace to keep. A profoundly confused UN
has failed to develop the instruments to adequately identify armed
groups, and then deal with the challenge they pose. This book is a
policy guide for UN missions. It contemplates the challenging
nature of non-permissive UN mission environments and offers a
challenge to the UN to think afresh about the way it undertakes
missions in these settings. The book appropriates several
underdeveloped concepts � robust peacekeeping, political
processes, and the protection of civilians � and uses them to
ignite the conversation on a UN stabilisation doctrine.
This edited volume provides a detailed and nuanced analysis of UN
peacekeeping and the use of force, to inform a better understanding
of the complex and interconnected issues at stake for the UN
community. Peacekeeping is traditionally viewed as a largely
passive military activity, governed by the principles of
impartiality, consent, and the minimum use of force. Today, most
large UN Peacekeeping Operations are only authorized to use force
in defence of their mandates and to protect civilians under
imminent threat of physical violence. Recently, with the deployment
of the Force Intervention Brigade in the DRC, the UN has gone
beyond peacekeeping and into the realm of peace-enforcement. These
developments have brought to the fore questions regarding the use
of force in the context of peacekeeping. The key questions
addressed in this book examine not only the utility of force, but
also the dilemmas and constraints inherent to the purposive use of
force at a strategic, operational and tactical level. Should UN
peacekeepers exercise military initiative? Is UN peacekeeping
capable of undertaking offensive military operations? If so, then
under what circumstances should peacekeepers use force? How should
force be wielded? And against whom? With chapters written by
experts in the field, this comprehensive volume will be of great
use and interest to postgraduate students, academics and experts in
international security, the UN, peacekeeping and diplomacy.
This volume comprehensively evaluates the current state and future
reform prospects of the UN Security Council, providing the most
accessible and rigorous treatment of the subject of reform to date.
Apart from a couple of critical eyes in the academic community, few
have asked the pertinent questions that this volume seeks to
address: Will the enlargement of the Council constitute a reform?
Could the inclusion of countries such as India, Germany, Japan, and
Brazil markedly improve the Council's agency? In response, this
book focuses on: The Role and Agency of the UN Security Council The
History of the Reform Debate An Expanded Council Working Method
Reforms Enhancing Agency As the future of the UN Security Council
continues to be the focus of fierce debate, this book will be
essential reading for students of international relations,
international organizations and international security studies
alike.
This volume comprehensively evaluates the current state and future
reform prospects of the UN Security Council, providing the most
accessible and rigorous treatment of the subject of reform to date.
Apart from a couple of critical eyes in the academic community, few
have asked the pertinent questions that this volume seeks to
address: Will the enlargement of the Council constitute a reform?
Could the inclusion of countries such as India, Germany, Japan, and
Brazil markedly improve the Council's agency? In response, this
book focuses on: The Role and Agency of the UN Security Council The
History of the Reform Debate An Expanded Council Working Method
Reforms Enhancing Agency As the future of the UN Security Council
continues to be the focus of fierce debate, this book will be
essential reading for students of international relations,
international organizations and international security studies
alike.
Armed groups are intrinsic to conflict. Pursuing myriad aims, they
shape and are shaped by the conflict landscape. UN missions too
inhabit this landscape. They too must decide how best to pursue
their goals of supporting early peacebuilding and so-called
stabilisation. This book argues that the UN is peacekeeping in
places where there is no peace to keep. A profoundly confused UN
has failed to develop the instruments to adequately identify armed
groups, and then deal with the challenge they pose. This book is a
policy guide for UN missions. It contemplates the challenging
nature of non-permissive UN mission environments and offers a
challenge to the UN to think afresh about the way it undertakes
missions in these settings. The book appropriates several
underdeveloped concepts - robust peacekeeping, political processes,
and the protection of civilians - and uses them to ignite the
conversation on a UN stabilisation doctrine.
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