UN Peacekeeping Doctrine in a New Era: Adapting to Stabilisation, Protection and New Threats

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This edited volume offers a thorough review of peacekeeping theory and reality in contemporary contexts, and aligns the two to help inform practice. Recent UN peacekeeping operations have challenged the traditional peacekeeping principles of consent, impartiality and the minimum use of force. The pace and scope of these changes have now reached a tipping point, as the new mandates are fundamentally challenging the continued validity of the UN peacekeeping’s core principles and identity. In response the volume analyses the growing gap between these actual practices and existing UN peacekeeping doctrine, exploring how it undermines the effectiveness of UN operations, and endangers lives, arguing that a common doctrine is a critical starting point for effective multi-national operations. In order to determine the degree to which this general principle applies to the current state of UN peacekeeping, this book: Provides a review of conceptual and doctrinal developments in UN peacekeeping operations through a historical perspective Examines the debate related to peace operations doctrine and concepts among key Member States Focuses on the actual practice of peacekeeping by conducting case studies of several UN peacekeeping missions in order to identify gaps between practice and doctrine Critically analyses gaps between emerging peacekeeping practice and existing doctrine Recommends that the UN moves beyond the peacekeeping principles and doctrine of the past Combining empirical case-based studies on UN peace operations, with studies on the views and policies of key UN Security Council members that generate these mandates, and views of key contributors of UN peacekeepers, this volume will be of great use to policy-makers; UN officials and peace operations practitioners; and academics working on peace and conflict/security studies, international organizations and conflict management. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Introduction: Addressing the emerging gap between concepts, doctrine, and practice in UN peacekeeping operations Defining the key terms Transformation and diversification of peace operations Development of UN peacekeeping doctrine: The preeminence of the Brahimi reform Emerging tensions Towards a new typology of peacekeeping Outline of the book PART I: Doctrinal Debates 1. US military doctrine and the challenges of peace operations US interests and peace operations: The policy context The origin and development of US peace operations doctrine: Convergence into “stability” Peacekeeping principles and the use of force US civil-military operations and UN civil-military coordination Emerging thematic focus Conclusion 2. The United Kingdom and UN peacekeeping The Cold War UNPROFOR and the United Kingdom’s doctrinal evolution Peace support operations The “War on Terrorism” Stabilization A return to peacekeeping? Conclusion 3. France and the evolution of the UN peacekeeping doctrine The early stage of post–Cold War peacekeeping: No doctrinal framework and lessons learned An uneasy doctrinal adaptation The difficulty of existing between peacekeeping and war-fighting France shaping the peacekeeping debate at the United Nations Conclusion 4. China’s doctrine on UN peacekeeping China’s active participation in UN peacekeeping Analytical framework China’s peacekeeping doctrine before the twenty-first century China’s peacekeeping doctrine in the twenty-first century The PLA’s understanding of UN peacekeeping Conclusion 5. The Russian perspective on UN peacekeeping: Today and tomorrow Russia and the idea of peacekeeping Russian participation in UN peacekeeping Russian peacekeeping as policy The problem of unrecognized mandates Conclusion: Russia’s world outlook and recent peacekeeping trends 6. The large contributors and UN peacekeeping doctrine Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan Key doctrinal considerations among the large TPCCs Conclusion PART II: UN Peacekeeping Practice 7. UN support in the formation of new states: South Sudan, Kosovo, and Timor-Leste Kosovo: The asterisk state Timor-Leste: How to build a state from scratch South Sudan: From euphoria to estrangement Conclusion 8. Protection of civilians in the absence of peace agreements: Darfur, Chad/CAR, and Côte d’Ivoire On a treadmill to nowhere? Peacekeeping operations where there is no peace to keep Mission impossible? PoC mandates in countries with limited consent and no peace to keep Conclusion and recommendations 9. Protecting governments from insurgencies: The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali MONUSCO’s Force Intervention Brigade UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Changing principles of UN peacekeeping operations Conclusion and key considerations for future doctrine development PART III: Emerging Issues 10. Exploiting the water: Naval involvement in UN peacekeeping—prospects and difficulties The record of naval peacekeeping Trends Difficulties Organizational learning and the future Conclusion 11. New technologies and UN peacekeeping operations Opportunities and challenges Surf, not turf Beware of techno-hubris New technologies do not equate with robust operations Conclusion 12. Conclusion: Towards a United Nations stabilization doctrine—stabilization as an emerging UN practice Stabilization as a concept: Key features UN stabilization missions Demarcating and distinguishing peace operations and stabilization: Towards a new UN stabilization doctrine Conclusion Index Routledge Global Institutions Series