Peace operations
by Diehl, Paul F., (Paul Francis)
fromWar and conflict in the modern world
"Peacekeeping has gradually evolved to encompass a broad range of different conflict management missions and techniques, which are incorporated under the term "peace operations." Well over 100 missions have been deployed, the vast majority within the last twenty years. This book…
Peace operations
by Diehl, Paul F., (Paul Francis)
fromWar and conflict in the modern world
"Peacekeeping has gradually evolved to encompass a broad range of different conflict management missions and techniques, which are incorporated under the term "peace operations." Well over 100 missions have been deployed, the vast majority within the last twenty years. This book…
"This book searches for causes of the spectacular failures of UN missions after the Cold War. Drawing on theories of international relations, and interviews with diplomats, UN officials, and peacekeepers, it contends that the missions that failed all contained common weaknesses,…
Nowadays, peacekeepers are increasingly engaged in internal rather than international conflicts and perform a multitude of tasks. Among others, they act as civilian administrators, oversee elections and monitor human rights. These changes have raised new legal problems. Which hu…
Aspects of peacekeeping
by Gordon, D. S., (D. Stuart), Toase, F. H.
fromSandhurst conference series
"Somalia. March 4, 1993. Two Somalis are shot in the back by Canadian peacekeepers, one fatally. Barely two weeks later, sixteen-year-old Shidane Abukar Arone is tortured to death. Dozens of Canadian soldiers look on or know of the torture. The first reports of what became kno…
From peacekeeping to peacemaking: Canada's response to the Yugoslav crisis
by Teleglobe Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal., Centre d'études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité, Gammer, Nicholas
fromForeign policy, security, and strategic studies
This examination of Canada's response to the disintegration of the Federal State of Yugoslavia considers how Canadian foreign policy was formed, and the role of the prime minister in this decision-making. Gammer (political science, Okanagan University College) argues that Mulron…
From peacekeeping to peacemaking: Canada's response to the Yugoslav crisis
by Teleglobe Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal., Centre d'études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité, Gammer, Nicholas
fromForeign policy, security, and strategic studies
What are the internal and external factors which have caused so many African states to 'fail' and 'collapse'? How have developments in the broader international system affected conflicts in Africa? What determines 'success' and 'failure' in African peacekeeping? This comprehensi…