What peacekeeping leaves behind: evaluating the effects of multi-dimensional peace operations in Africa

Peacekeeping today has become ever more complex reaching deep into conflict affected societies aiming to facilitate social, economic and political transformative processes in order to establish sustainable peace. However, most quantitative studies evaluate mission effectiveness only in terms of conflict abatement. This leaves a substantial assessment gap. Therefore this study explores the effects of multi-dimensional peacekeeping by using 12 governance indicators. The article finds that its ambitious goals have largely not been fulfilled. Although there are measureable effects on national security and political participation, in other areas such as personal safety, human development or public management the impact is minimal or non-existent. In order to explain variation across cases and indicators we are testing four intervening variables: the type of peacekeeping mission, the amount of resources allocated, the relative size of civilian and police units per missions and the relationship between personal safety and governance indicators.     

National Interests as Friction: Peacekeeping in Somalia and Mali

ABSTRACT

The concept of friction is applied to challenge the assumption that the main goal of peace support operations is to permanently stabilise a country. By exploring missions in Somalia and Mali, where neighbouring states are the main troop contributors, we suggest to focus on the interaction among troop-contributing countries within missions. They express how national interests play out in the framework of international organisations. Even when a mission deploys, rules that should de?ne how cooperation is to occur during deployment are lacking, especially when they contradict national interests of individual troop contributors. The result is mission incoherence and fragmentation.     

South Asian Peacekeeping: Regional Possibilities

South Asia contributes the largest contingent of peacekeepers to the United Nations, and yet remains a fragile region in terms of peace within its own borders. This article argues that, although the implications of South Asia’s engagement in global peacekeeping operations has been the subject of academic study, not enough attention has been paid to how South Asian expertise in peacekeeping can be harnessed as a resource for regional cooperation.     

从平民保护到安全治理 ——加强联合国与所在国政府及民间组织的合作

冲突中的平民保护问题已经与人权、人道主义干预、保护责任等涉及《联合国宪章》基本原则和国际法基本原则的问题密切相关，是联合国维持和平、建设和平授权的主要内容之一，也是国际法院、国际刑事法院判案的重要依据之一。虽然联合国在平民保护问题上已做出相关决议，但在实践方面，其效果与预期设想还存在差距，也存在诸多困难。将“平民保护”与“安全治理”联系起来，使“平民保护”成为安全治理的一个部分，加强联合国与所在国政府和民间社会在平民保护问题上的积极合作与相互监督，这对提高联合国平民保护效果是非常必要的。     

维和警队思想政治工作地位与作用探析

思想政治工作是维和警队的生命线,是维系维和警队政治生命的根本因素。思想政治工作对维和警队的地位和作用,体现在:思想政治工作是维和警队坚定政治方向的根本保证,是提升战斗力的重要因素;是解决各种问题、完成各项任务的内在动力;是充分发挥临时党组织战斗堡垒作用的基础;是全面培养"班长"的组织领导和决策能力的必然要求。     

联合国的改革

对联合国进行改革,这是国际社会达成的普遍共识。其改革的内容主要包括安理会的改革,以及维和行动、经济与社会发展、联合国的民主化等诸多方面。本文还对如何建立一个强有力的联合国提出了建议。