Peace Enforcement: The United Nations Experience in Congo, Somalia, and Bosnia FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Boulden argues that, while problematic, peace enforcement is a potentially viable tool for the United Nations. The implementation of peace enforcement operations does, however, present the United Nations with a number of complicated challenges. Three factors have the power to influence the outcome of such operations. Without an adequate mandate, and - most importantly - without sufficient resources, the likelihood of success is low. Further, the maintenance of impartiality in the implementation of the operation (as opposed to whether or not the mandate itself is impartial) is critical to the chances of a positive outcome. Over all, the Security Council needs to have a greater awareness about the potential difficulties inherent in peace enforcement mandates and, accordingly, to take greater care in designing and monitoring these operations."--BOOK JACKET.
SYNOPSIS
Examines whether peace enforcement is a useful tool for the United Nations and what improvements might be made to peace operations in the future.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Case studies reveal a number of common characteristics and issues associated with the choices made by the UN Security Council in lending support to peacekeeping operations, as well as in the problems that arise in carrying out the operations. This lessons-learned study seeks to clarify the issues likely to arise in future UN peacekeeping missions and well as to help inform policy for their operations. Boulden, a research fellow at the Centre for International Relations at Oxford U. and a 1999-2001 NATO fellow, conducted much of the research for her study as part of her doctoral thesis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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