UN peacekeeping and democratization in conflict-affected countries

RA Blair, J Di Salvatore, HM Smidt - American Political Science …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Does UN peacekeeping promote democracy in countries wracked by civil war? Existing
studies are limited and reach contradictory conclusions. We develop a theory to explain how …

How Not to Do UN Peacekeeping: Avoid the Stabilization Dilemma with Principled and Adaptive Mandating and Leadership

C De Coning - Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and …, 2023 - brill.com
Looking back over the past seventy-five years of un peacekeeping, the most enduring
question has been: Is peacekeeping effective? Historically, most peacekeeping operations …

Militarised peacekeeping: lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

J Russo - Third World Quarterly, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The United Nations (UN) Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has undertaken a predominantly militarised approach …

Using force to protect civilians in UN peacekeeping

AJ Bellamy, CT Hunt - Survival June-July 2021: Ending Endless …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
The protection of civilians (PoC) has emerged over the past two decades to become one of
the core functions of United Nations peace operations. The PoC emerged as a moral …

'To serve and protect': The changing roles of police in the protection of civilians in UN peace operations

CT Hunt - Civil Wars, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the contributions of police to the Protection of Civilians (PoC) in United
Nations (UN) peace operations. Drawing on field research in four missions where police …

Sticking it out: Instability, regime type, and personnel withdrawals from UN peacekeeping operations

MM Melin, JD Kathman - Conflict Management and Peace …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
What explains UN member-state personnel withdrawals from peacekeeping operations?
Withdrawals can occur at the behest of contributor states, as contributions are voluntary. We …

Leadership Agency in UN Peace Operations

T Buitelaar - International Peacekeeping, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
There is a growing interest in the role of individual mission leaders in UN peace operations
in peacekeeping studies. However, the concept of 'agency'has remained latent in much of …

Civilian Protection in Theory and Practice

W Kilroy, S Podder, A Duursma - Civil Wars, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article introduces a Special Issue on the Protection of Civilians (PoC) efforts in United
Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations. The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1265 …

Institutionalising an emergency response:'Protection of Civilians' sites at UN bases in South Sudan as a way to deal with violence against communities

W Kilroy, K Ryan - Civil Wars, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
South Sudan's civil war has since 2013 threatened the protection of civilians, which UN
peacekeepers are mandated to ensure. One aspect represented a new challenge, due to its …

Endless Wars, Perpetual Peacekeeping?

A Day, CT Hunt - How Wars End, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Since the end of the Cold War, peace and stability operations have become a common
component of the international community's response to civil wars. The United Nations has …