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Does peacekeeping only work in easy environments? An analysis of conflict characteristics, mission profiles, and civil war recurrence
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Abstract Peacekeeping is widely considered to be an effective means of preventing civil war recurrence. However, as peace has collapsed in a considerable number of cases despite peacekeeping efforts, we are left with the question which combinations of peacekeeping environments and peacekeeping missions lead ... view more
Peacekeeping is widely considered to be an effective means of preventing civil war recurrence. However, as peace has collapsed in a considerable number of cases despite peacekeeping efforts, we are left with the question which combinations of peacekeeping environments and peacekeeping missions lead to lasting peace. This article compares 22 peacekeeping missions between 1990 and 2012. While prominent United Nations documents assume that the success of post-conflict peacekeeping primarily depends on the features of the mission itself, the analysis shows that characteristics of the terminated civil war have a strong influence on whether peace endures. Restrained peacekeeping, defined by low troop density, non-robustness, and a lead nation that is not a permanent member of the Security Council, only succeeds in preserving peace in conducive environments. Inconclusive war endings, evenly distributed military capabilities at war’s end, ethnic conflicts, and high intensity create a particularly difficult context for peacekeeping.... view less
Keywords
civil war; peace process; peacekeeping troops; peacekeeping; success-failure
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Nachkonfliktphase; Peace operations; Friedensichernde Organe; stabiler Frieden; QCA
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 459-480
Journal
Contemporary Security Policy, 40 (2019) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2019.1659575
ISSN
1743-8764
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0