Does Peacekeeping Mitigate the Impact of Aid on Conflict? Peacekeeping, Humanitarian Aid and Violence Against Civilians

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10071615
AutoresShenghao Zhang (0000-0001-6821-1689, Institute for International Relations, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China), Han Dorussen (0000-0002-3458-0555, University of Essex)
Ano2025
Volume69
Fascículo9
Páginas1524-1552
Data de publicação2025-01-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00220027251315668
OpenAlexW4406780767
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas63

Peacekeeping has been found to be effective in containing conflict and civilian victimization, while the findings for the effect of aid on violence are indeterminate. So far the effects of peacekeeping and aid on violence have mainly been studied separately, this article investigates, at the subnational level, the effect of humanitarian aid on one-sided violence conditional on the deployment of peacekeeping forces. Although humanitarian aid can occasionally exacerbate violence, it is argued that peacekeepers reverse this unintended consequence of the provision of aid. We argue that they do so by means of sharing information and the provision of security bubbles. Empirically, we look at the coincidence of subnational location of humanitarian agencies and peacekeeping troops and find support for the idea that the effect of aid on violence against civilians is conditional on the presence of peacekeepers

Armed conflict · Computer security · Criminology · Humanitarian aid · Peacebuilding · Peacekeeping · Political science · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology · Public Administration