Eric G Berman
Biographic Data
| ID | 333652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric G Berman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric G |
| FAMILY NAME | Berman |
| SIGNATURE | BERMAN E G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent Consultant; International Commission of Inquiry |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Déjà-vu All Over Again: US Missteps in Promoting Peace in Africa
Recent Developments in Us Peacekeeping Policy and Assistance to Africa
agenda of the United States (US) in the past, but that is changing. A transformation in America’s strategic concerns is the principal reason for this development. A desire to wean itself from relying too heavily on Middle Eastern oil suppliers and to exploit Africa’s growing petroleum reserves is a major factor. So is the growing recognition that failed and failing states provide safe havens and possible recruiting grounds for international terro…
The Multinational Force for the Congo
The United Nations (UN) Security Council’s recent unanimous decision to authorize the Interim Emergency Multinational Force to supplement the UN peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a welcome development. It challenges two widely held assumptions: that the UN is irrelevant, and that France and the United States can no longer work together. The French-led 1,400-strong multinational force (MNF) will be deployed in…
The Provision of Lethal Military Equipment: French, UK, and US Peacekeeping Policies Towards Africa
Western capacity-building programs designed to support African peacekeeping efforts have focused on classroom instruction, field training, and the provision of military equipment. These policies are significant given the numerous threats to peace and security throughout the continent and given the United Nations Security Council's continued reliance on African regional organizations and arrangements in the event of armed conflicts and humanitaria…
African Regional Organisation' Peace Operations: Developments and challenges
This paper reviews recent developments among African regional organisations in undertaking peacekeeping operations, as well as in preparing for future missions. It focuses on those that have been the most active: the Organisation of African Unity/African Union, the Economic Community of West African States and the Southern African Development Community. The paper goes on to briefly describe and analyse the activities of the French, UK, and US cap…
The peacekeeping capacities of African regional organisations
This paper assesses the various peace and security mechanisms that African regional organisations are establishing and other measures that they are taking to enhance their preparedness. In the mid-1990s, the United Nations (UN) Security Council responded to the widely perceived failures of several UN peacekeeping operations by encouraging regional arrangements and agencies to assume a greater role in the promotion of peace and security. As of Dec…
Africa's First Peacekeeping Operation: The OAU in Chad, 1981-1982
Preface Peacekeeping as a Foreign Policy Tool Background to the Chadian Crisis The First Peacekeeping Operations in Chad Planning a New OAU Peacekeeping Operation for Chad The 1981-1982 OAU Peacekeeping Force in Chad: A Political View The 1981-1982 OAU Peacekeeping Force in Chad: Contingents and Political Organization The 1981-1982 OAU Peacekeeping Force in Chad: A Military View Summary, Conclusions, and Impact on the Future of African Peacekeepi…
Arming the Revolutionary United Front
On 7 July 1999, the government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) signed the Lomé Peace Agreement to end the civil war. A central component of this agreement called for the RUF to disarm. A year later, the RUF leader, Foday Sankoh, was in custody and the future of the peace accord in grave doubt. Far from disarming, all parties have been rearming at an alarming rate, in contravention of a 1997 UN arms embargo and despite a r…
The International Commission of Inquiry (Rwanda): Lessons and Observations From the Field
The author served as the political affairs officer of the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry (ICOI) during its most recent tour (May through November 1998). (The political affairs officer is not responsible for the investigation's findings, which were the responsibility of the commission's chairman and members.) The author argues that to understand the work and findings of the commission, one must first place it within the broader…
Peacekeeping in Africa: Capabilities and Culpabilities
The security council's increasing reliance on burden‐sharing: Collaboration or abrogation
This article assesses the significance of the United Nations Security Council's increasing reliance on individual UN member states, groups of states and regional organizations to take the lead in peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations. It identifies several factors behind the trend and suggests why it is likely to persist. Although the study acknowledges that burden‐sharing can be effective, it also highlights instances in which it has pro…
The Provision of Lethal Military Equipment: French, UK, and US Peacekeeping Policies Towards Africa
Western capacity-building programs designed to support African peacekeeping efforts have focused on classroom instruction, field training, and the provision of military equipment. These policies are significant given the numerous threats to peace and security throughout the continent and given the United Nations Security Council's continued reliance on African regional organizations and arrangements in the event of armed conflicts and humanitaria…
The security council's increasing reliance on burden‐sharing: Collaboration or abrogation
This article assesses the significance of the United Nations Security Council's increasing reliance on individual UN member states, groups of states and regional organizations to take the lead in peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations. It identifies several factors behind the trend and suggests why it is likely to persist. Although the study acknowledges that burden‐sharing can be effective, it also highlights instances in which it has pro…
Peacekeeping in Africa: Capabilities and Culpabilities
Recent Developments in Us Peacekeeping Policy and Assistance to Africa
agenda of the United States (US) in the past, but that is changing. A transformation in America’s strategic concerns is the principal reason for this development. A desire to wean itself from relying too heavily on Middle Eastern oil suppliers and to exploit Africa’s growing petroleum reserves is a major factor. So is the growing recognition that failed and failing states provide safe havens and possible recruiting grounds for international terro…
African Regional Organisation' Peace Operations: Developments and challenges
This paper reviews recent developments among African regional organisations in undertaking peacekeeping operations, as well as in preparing for future missions. It focuses on those that have been the most active: the Organisation of African Unity/African Union, the Economic Community of West African States and the Southern African Development Community. The paper goes on to briefly describe and analyse the activities of the French, UK, and US cap…
Arming the Revolutionary United Front
On 7 July 1999, the government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) signed the Lomé Peace Agreement to end the civil war. A central component of this agreement called for the RUF to disarm. A year later, the RUF leader, Foday Sankoh, was in custody and the future of the peace accord in grave doubt. Far from disarming, all parties have been rearming at an alarming rate, in contravention of a 1997 UN arms embargo and despite a r…
The International Commission of Inquiry (Rwanda): Lessons and Observations From the Field
The author served as the political affairs officer of the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry (ICOI) during its most recent tour (May through November 1998). (The political affairs officer is not responsible for the investigation's findings, which were the responsibility of the commission's chairman and members.) The author argues that to understand the work and findings of the commission, one must first place it within the broader…
The security council's increasing reliance on burden‐sharing: Collaboration or abrogation
This article assesses the significance of the United Nations Security Council's increasing reliance on individual UN member states, groups of states and regional organizations to take the lead in peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations. It identifies several factors behind the trend and suggests why it is likely to persist. Although the study acknowledges that burden‐sharing can be effective, it also highlights instances in which it has pro…
Arming the Revolutionary United Front
On 7 July 1999, the government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) signed the Lomé Peace Agreement to end the civil war. A central component of this agreement called for the RUF to disarm. A year later, the RUF leader, Foday Sankoh, was in custody and the future of the peace accord in grave doubt. Far from disarming, all parties have been rearming at an alarming rate, in contravention of a 1997 UN arms embargo and despite a r…
The International Commission of Inquiry (Rwanda): Lessons and Observations From the Field
The author served as the political affairs officer of the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry (ICOI) during its most recent tour (May through November 1998). (The political affairs officer is not responsible for the investigation's findings, which were the responsibility of the commission's chairman and members.) The author argues that to understand the work and findings of the commission, one must first place it within the broader…
Peacekeeping in Africa: Capabilities and Culpabilities
African Regional Organisation' Peace Operations: Developments and challenges
This paper reviews recent developments among African regional organisations in undertaking peacekeeping operations, as well as in preparing for future missions. It focuses on those that have been the most active: the Organisation of African Unity/African Union, the Economic Community of West African States and the Southern African Development Community. The paper goes on to briefly describe and analyse the activities of the French, UK, and US cap…
The peacekeeping capacities of African regional organisations
This paper assesses the various peace and security mechanisms that African regional organisations are establishing and other measures that they are taking to enhance their preparedness. In the mid-1990s, the United Nations (UN) Security Council responded to the widely perceived failures of several UN peacekeeping operations by encouraging regional arrangements and agencies to assume a greater role in the promotion of peace and security. As of Dec…
Africa's First Peacekeeping Operation: The OAU in Chad, 1981-1982
Preface Peacekeeping as a Foreign Policy Tool Background to the Chadian Crisis The First Peacekeeping Operations in Chad Planning a New OAU Peacekeeping Operation for Chad The 1981-1982 OAU Peacekeeping Force in Chad: A Political View The 1981-1982 OAU Peacekeeping Force in Chad: Contingents and Political Organization The 1981-1982 OAU Peacekeeping Force in Chad: A Military View Summary, Conclusions, and Impact on the Future of African Peacekeepi…
The Multinational Force for the Congo
The United Nations (UN) Security Council’s recent unanimous decision to authorize the Interim Emergency Multinational Force to supplement the UN peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a welcome development. It challenges two widely held assumptions: that the UN is irrelevant, and that France and the United States can no longer work together. The French-led 1,400-strong multinational force (MNF) will be deployed in…
The Provision of Lethal Military Equipment: French, UK, and US Peacekeeping Policies Towards Africa
Western capacity-building programs designed to support African peacekeeping efforts have focused on classroom instruction, field training, and the provision of military equipment. These policies are significant given the numerous threats to peace and security throughout the continent and given the United Nations Security Council's continued reliance on African regional organizations and arrangements in the event of armed conflicts and humanitaria…
Recent Developments in Us Peacekeeping Policy and Assistance to Africa
agenda of the United States (US) in the past, but that is changing. A transformation in America’s strategic concerns is the principal reason for this development. A desire to wean itself from relying too heavily on Middle Eastern oil suppliers and to exploit Africa’s growing petroleum reserves is a major factor. So is the growing recognition that failed and failing states provide safe havens and possible recruiting grounds for international terro…
Déjà-vu All Over Again: US Missteps in Promoting Peace in Africa
Political science (11 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (10 works) · Public Administration (9 works) · Peacekeeping (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works)