Peacekeeping operations

During a government career that spanned nearly the whole of the Cold War, George R.

Catastrophic wartime casualties and postwar discomfort with the successes of women who had served in combat roles combined to shatter prewar ideals about what service meant for Soviet masculine identity.

This book explores the relationship between the development of UN peacekeeping and the protection of civilians under international law.

Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) is practised globally by civilians protecting fellow civilians without the use of weapons.

Leading scholars explore how the arguments of classical European thinkers relate to the ethics and politics of military intervention today.

Comprehensive study of Australia''s role in the peace enforcement operations that developed at the end of the Cold War.

For decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only needs the ability to absorb an enemy nuclear attack and still be able to respond with a devastating counterattack.

Develops a coherent and realistic legal framework which strengthens the human rights protection and the accountability mechanisms in peace operations.

This book provides a survey of the U.

This first volume in A Treatise on Northern Ireland illuminates how British colonialism shaped the formation and political cultures of what became Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.

The idea of studying peace has gained considerable traction in the past few years after languishing in the shadows of conflict for decades but how should it be studied?

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.

For decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only needs the ability to absorb an enemy nuclear attack and still be able to respond with a devastating counterattack.

The Long Search for Peace recounts Australian peacekeeping missions that began between 1947 and 1982 and follows them to 2006.

Although all religions and cultures preach the gospel and virtues of peace, the history of mankind is the history of war and peace; millions have perished in international and domestic conflicts, and many wars have been fought on behalf of those same religions and people who call for peace around the world.

Eine neue, einzigartige Perspektive auf die deutsche Geschichte – der Weg der Deutschen von 1942 bis heute, vom Volk der Täter zum anerkannten Partner in der Welt.

The extent to which humanitarian intervention has become a legitimate practice in post-cold war international society is the subject of this book.

The second volume of the definitive political history of Northern Ireland.

Every day the American government, the United Nations, and other international institutions send people into non-English speaking, war-torn, and often minimally democratic countries struggling to cope with rising crime and disorder under a new regime.

The peaceful end of apartheid in South Africa was a monumental event in late twentieth century history.

The Element explains how ''token'' contributions became the most common way states participate in UN peace operations.

The UN plays a vital but underappreciated role in restoring the rule of law in countries recovering from civil war.

The authoritative manual on the applicable international law and best practice in the planning and conduct of peace operations.

There is a long history of state governments providing support to nonstate armed groups fighting battles in other countries.

Recent developments such as Sweden's' Feminist Foreign Policy, the "e;Hillary Doctrine,"e; and the integration of women into combat roles in the U.

The Italian sixteenth century offers the first sustained discussion of women's militarism since antiquity.

The Element explains how ''token'' contributions became the most common way states participate in UN peace operations.

Why do human beings fight one another?

The Trouble with the Congo suggests a new explanation for international peacebuilding failures in civil wars.

The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (UNPBC) was established in December 2005 to develop outlines of best practice in post-conflict reconstruction, and to secure the political and material resources necessary to assist states in transition from conflict to peacetime.

Catastrophic wartime casualties and postwar discomfort with the successes of women who had served in combat roles combined to shatter prewar ideals about what service meant for Soviet masculine identity.

Since the end of the last century, UN peacekeeping has undergone a fundamental and largely unexamined change.

For as long as there has been war, there have been demands for its elimination.

As peace operations become the primary mechanism of conflict management used by the UN and regional organizations, understanding their problems and potential is essential for a more secure world.

The idea of studying peace has gained considerable traction in the past few years after languishing in the shadows of conflict for decades but how should it be studied?

Peace operations are the UN's flagship activity.

Since the end of the last century, UN peacekeeping has undergone a fundamental and largely unexamined change.

United Nations peace operations have undergone multiple transformations over the more than seventy years of their existence.

The second volume of the definitive political history of Northern Ireland.

An examination of how peacekeeping is woven into national, regional and international politics in Africa, and its consequences.

Since the end of the Cold War, crises from the Balkans to Central Asia and Africa have forced international organizations to adapt, expand, and cooperate to end civil wars, manage humanitarian challenges, and contain terrorist threats.

Battle for Cassinga is written as a firsthand account by an ordinary South African paratrooper who was at the 1978 assault on the Angolan headquarters of PLAN, the armed wing of SWAPO.

Explores the use of armed force in occupied territory under different international law branches.

The second edition of this well received handbook provides a comprehensive overview and annotated commentary of those areas of international law most relevant to the planning and conduct of military operations.

I am about to be left in charge of the office.

The imperatives of sovereignty, human rights and national security very often pull in different directions, yet the relations between these three different notions are considerably more subtle than those of simple opposition.