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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Peacekeeping Operations"”.
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UN Peacekeeping Operations: Conflicting Interests and Effectiveness
… of troop-providers to deploy troops to UN peacekeeping missions. The pursuit of private benefits affects how peacekeeping missions’ mandates are fulfilled. While some troop-providers align with the UN’s ideals and directives, others act in favor of their private benefits. Yet, we only know …
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Security forces in conflict: Composition, specialisation, and effectiveness in counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations
… of security forces in counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations influence their behaviour and performance? In this thesis I answer this question across three separate articles. Modern state militaries are expected to perform numerous duties, including offensive combat in inter- and …
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An upgradeable agent-based model to explore non-linearity and intangibles in peacekeeping operations
Peacekeeping operations (PKO) have become a significant challenge to the German Armed Forces. For the development of tactics, techniques, procedures and equipment with combat operations, agent-based models have been developed, used and exploited for many years. Modeling and simulation of PKO, …
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Private Military Companies, Peacekeeping, and African States: A Critical Analysis of PMCs in Peacekeeping Operations in Africa
… are a viable option for direct involvement in UN peacekeeping missions in African states. The involvement of PMCs in the affairs of states is a controversial and divisive issue, but since the end of the Cold War, they have become increasingly involved in the security structures of African states, …
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Peacekeepers as enforcers? A legal analysis of the attribution of enforcement powers to UN peacekeeping operations in the new millennium
… thesis argues that the distinction between UN peacekeeping operations and UN enforcement actions must be preserved so that the efficacy of peacekeeping will not be imperilled. It is submitted that the primary strength of peacekeeping has long been that it was not in the nature of enforcement. …
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Bridging the Gap : The United Nations, Global Governance and the Crisis in Peacekeeping.
… impact on the discourse of United Nations Peacekeeping and has increased the gap between the official rhetoric of the organisation and what occurs on the ground in peacekeeping operations. It will investigate the connection between the development of the norms associated with the concept of …
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Peacekeeping Operations in West Africa: Mechanisms of Cooperation between the United Nations and ECOWAS with the case studies concerning the crises in Liberia and The Gambia
<p>The African continent has significantly suffered from a great number of civil wars and armed conflicts since the beginning of the independence era in late 1960s. On May 28, 1975, the creation of a regional The African continent has significantly suffered from a great number of civil wars and …
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A critical analysis of the United Nations Organisation mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo : a focus on MONUC
Critical discussions on United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations are primarily failurefocused and seek to reform those operations, thus limiting the literature about peacekeeping and its results. This dissertation intends to expand the scope of inquiry into UN peacekeeping operations by …
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The Role of a Regional Power in Regional Integration: The case of Nigeria in the Economic Community of West African States
… of the ECOWAS to the running of its peacekeeping operations (PKOs). Nigeria's efforts in ECOWAS have demonstrated the potency and benefaction of a regional power to the development and stability of a region. This dissertation contributes to a deeper understanding of how leadership can …
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UN Peacekeeping Impacts on Human Rights
This paper seeks to explore the impacts of peacekeeping operations by the United Nations on the human rights abuses associated with civil wars. Previous research has consistently found evidence that civil wars increase human rights abuses; however, the literature has not adequately analyzed …
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The benefits of a United Nations Standing Army: Using Article 43 of the UN Charter to improve international human rights and peace
… to curb this, the UN had initiated several peacekeeping missions, some of which had success in the early stages of the organization's peacekeeping agenda. However, the broader failure of these peacekeeping operations is mainly attributed to the disorganized and decentralized nature of …
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A Gendered Intersectional Analysis of the Private Security Industry
… rights abuses. Based on lessons learned from peacekeeping operations, this thesis aims to answer the question how and whether gender mainstreaming and other interventions may be useful tools for improving respect for human rights, and reducing gender based violence in the PMSC industry.</p>
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Expanding the European Union's Petersberg tasks: requirements and capabilities
… capable of humanitarian and rescue missions, peacekeeping operations and tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking. The updated tasks add conflict prevention, joint disarmament, military advice and assistance, post-conflict stabilization, and support to third countries …
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Examining the impediments to conflict management in West Africa: a study of the ECOWAS interventions in Liberia (1990) and Cote d'Ivoire (2010)
… the deployment of ECOMOG, lack of neutrality in peacekeeping operations, and its heavy reliance on Nigeria’s leadership in interventions. These and other impediments have vitiated ECOWAS’s capacity to swiftly intervene in conflict situations. The study concludes that, overcoming the challenges …
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Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone and Mali
<p>This thesis examines the effectiveness of peacekeeping missions in promoting democracy, protecting human rights, and implementing Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) programs in post-conflict Sierra Leone and Mali. By analyzing the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone …
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A critical examination of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council, in the light of referrals and deferrals
… have arisen as a result of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. This dissertation argues that the Security Council has exercised referrals and deferrals contrary to the Rome Statute, the Charter of the United Nations (the Charter), and the Negotiated Relationship Agreement between the …
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Housing, Land and Property Rights: the impact of the UN Peacekeeping Operation on economic recovery in Bosnia and Herzegovina
… the relationship between the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO) policies on housing, land and property rights (HLP) issues and the economic recovery in post-conflict countries by looking at the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The HLP issues and related economic trends have …
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The Infrastructure of Peace: Socio-spatial planning in UN Peace Operations
… in the context of United Nations (UN) peace operations. The installation of solar panels, the repair of roads, and the construction of bridges constitutes an important vehicle for conflict transformation and imaginary for the future of a conflict-affected society. Peace operations’ …
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Ba ne’bé: where are you going? the changing nature of United Nations peacekeeping in Timor Leste
The United Nations peacekeeping intervention into Timor Leste following September 1999 signalled a victory for the 24-year Timorese struggle for independence. To date most evaluations of this intervention have taken “problem-solving” approaches, which have primarily considered how to improve the …
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