Peacekeeping operations

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

After more than seventy years, the Palestinian refugee problem remains unsolved.

After more than seventy years, the Palestinian refugee problem remains unsolved.

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.

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.

Examining the efficacy of U.

Examining the efficacy of U.

In the 20th century, South Korea was usually seen as a "e;shrimp amongst whales"e;, a minor player with limited agency in regional and global affairs.

In the 20th century, South Korea was usually seen as a "e;shrimp amongst whales"e;, a minor player with limited agency in regional and global affairs.

This book provides a survey of the U.

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

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

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

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.

How to respond effectively to humanitarian crises is one of the most pressing and seemingly intractable problems facing the United Nations.

Linda Polman's We Did Nothing: Why the truth doesn't always come out with the UN goes in is an eye-opening account of peace-keeping operations across the globe.

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.

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.

Why do human beings fight one another?

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.

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.

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

With the end of the Cold War has come an upsurge in humanitarian interventions-military campaigns aimed at ending mass atrocities.

With the end of the Cold War has come an upsurge in humanitarian interventions-military campaigns aimed at ending mass atrocities.

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.

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.

Civil wars have caused tremendous human suffering in the last century, and the United Nations is often asked to send peacekeepers to stop ongoing violence.

Civil wars have caused tremendous human suffering in the last century, and the United Nations is often asked to send peacekeepers to stop ongoing violence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war, groups of ex-combatants seized control of natural resource enclaves in the rubber, diamond, and timber sectors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war, groups of ex-combatants seized control of natural resource enclaves in the rubber, diamond, and timber sectors.

This book proposes a new approach to studying the effectiveness of peace operations.

Peace operations are the UN's flagship activity.

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.

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

The Procedure of the UN Security Council is the definitive book of its kind and has been widely used by UN practitioners and scholars for nearly 40 years.

Countries emerging from civil war or protracted violence often face the daunting challenge of rebuilding their economy while simultaneously creating the political and social conditions for a stable peace.

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.