Peacekeeping operations

Der mörderische Krieg Putins gegen die Ukraine trifft Europa unvorbereitet in einer Zeit sicher geglaubten Friedens.

Gershon Baskin's memoir of thirty-eight years of intensive pursuit of peace begins with a childhood on Long Island and a bar mitzvah trip to Israel with his family.

Gershon Baskin's memoir of thirty-eight years of intensive pursuit of peace begins with a childhood on Long Island and a bar mitzvah trip to Israel with his family.

We have known for many decades that the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 "e;failed"e;, in the sense that it did not prevent the outbreak of World War II.

While everyday high level practices have become an important area of study, the everyday of the every(wo)man has been overlooked both in theoretical and empirical conceptualizations.

Scarce Heard Amid the Guns tears the curtain of myth away, providing a rare, visceral inner perspective of the various Canadian peacekeeping missions.

This book sets out the legal issues surrounding privatized peacekeepers, and asks the essential questions for the debate going forward.

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

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.

Im Mittelpunkt von Analysen und Konzepten, die in den letzten drei Jahrzehnten entstanden sind, steht die Idee der "Vertrauensbildenden Verteidigung".

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

Our world of increasing and varied conflicts is confusing and threatening to citizens of all countries, as they try to understand its causes and consequences.

Introduces conflict and peace economics, outlines its history of thought, contemporary theory and evidence, and maps trajectories for further research.

In 2011, South Sudan was welcomed into the United Nations as the world's newest nation.

With the terrorist attacks of 9/11, international attention has shifted to Afghanistan.

The complexity of the twenty-first century threat landscape contrasts markedly with the bilateral nuclear bargaining context envisioned by classical deterrence theory.

Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies examines the complex revolutionary struggle in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802.

How can peace be brokered between warring sides in conflicts over self-determination and what roles do external third parties play?

This book critically re-evaluates the problem of sex between international personnel and local people and offers regulatory solutions to legal problems.

While everyday high level practices have become an important area of study, the everyday of the every(wo)man has been overlooked both in theoretical and empirical conceptualizations.

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

Military organizations are cultures, and such cultures have ingrained preferences and predilections for how and when to employ force.

Das Nachschlagewerk enthalt Definitionen von Konzepten der Internationalen Sicherheit und des Friedens.

As Oliver Richmond explains, there is a level to peacemaking that operates in the realm of dialogue, declarations, symbols and rituals.

International security must be understood in much broader terms in the aftermath of the Cold War.

Into Action is the story of the Irish Defence Forces' role as international peacekeepers since 1960.

Fighting for Peace in Somalia provides the first comprehensive analysis of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an operation deployed in 2007 to stabilize the country and defend its fledgling government from one of the world's deadliest militant organizations, Harakat al-Shabaab.

The book introduces a theoretical framework to understand the role of religious leaders in conflict transformation and peacebuilding.

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

The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years.

Das Konzept der Responsibility to Protect (R2P) hat sich in kürzester Zeit in der internationalen Politik fest verankert und genießt vordergründig eine starke Akzeptanz in der Völkergemeinschaft.

Stabilizing Fragile States: Why It Matters and What to Do About It is a masterclass on intervening to help fragile states stabilize in the face of internal challenges that threaten national security and how the United States can do better at less cost with improved chances of success.

This Element examines the transition from analogue to digital IR and explores the impact of digital technologies on peace processes.

Mit Beiträgen von Hans Thirring (Abdruck seines Friedensplans); Erwin Bader, Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic, Leo Gabriel, Heinz Gärtner, Erik Gornik, Günther Greindl, Andreas Gross, Marko Hren, Karin Liebhart, Rosa Logar, Christoph Matznetter, Gerhard Oberkofler, Christine Schweitzer und Werner Wintersteiner.

How can peace be brokered between warring sides in conflicts over self-determination and what roles do external third parties play?

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.

This book analyses the international phenomenon of private peace entrepreneurs.

This book explores the post-national defense and its gender implications.

The trauma of hostile fire, roadside bombs, mines, and the ab- duction and death of comrades is told in vivid, unforgettable detail.

This book provides a survey of the U.

Composing Peace: Mission Composition in UN Peacekeeping is about mission composition in peacekeeping operations and asks how diversity of mission composition influences the ability of a peace mission to keep the peace.

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

In this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Dr Aaron Edwards provides a concise overview of one of the most difficult and controversial actions in recent history.

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