Blue Berets, Burning Brushfires

The History, Successes, and Failures of UN Peacekeeping

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ID12430372
AuthorsAdekeye Adebajo (0000-0002-3656-3134, University of Pretoria Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship South Africa Pretoria, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume29
Issue2
Pages136-151
Publication date2023-06-08
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720
PublisherLynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1163/19426720-02902007
OpenAlexW4380028471
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

This article makes three important arguments. The first is that one of the most crucial factors in explaining the various outcomes of UN peacekeeping cases over the past seventy-five years can be found in the role of contingencies: the idiosyncratic circumstances that have combined to enable success or failure. The second is that these peacekeeping missions critically demonstrate the importance of focusing attention on the significant role of key domestic, regional, and external actors. The third is that contingencies at these three important levels, rather than any established security patterns or theories, are often the most critical factors in explaining the outcomes of UN peacekeeping missions over the past seven and a half decades. The choices of national and regional actors as well as external great powers often shape how these missions start, develop, and end. Examining interests and motivations in detail thus helps explain how and why UN peacekeeping missions have succeeded or failed

Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security

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