Civil-Military Relations in International Interventions: A New Analytical Framework

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This book examines military and civilian actors in international interventions and offers a new analytical framework to apply on such interventions. While it is frequently claimed that success in international interventions hinges largely on military–civilian coherence, cooperation has proven challenging to achieve in practice. This book examines why this is the case, by analysing various approaches employed by military and civilian actors and discussing the different relationships between the intervening actors and those upon whom they have intervened. The work analyses different military concepts, such as peacekeeping and counterinsurgency, and the often-troubled relationship between the humanitarian and military intervening actors. It presents a new analytical framework to examine these relationships based on identification theory, which illuminates how the interveners represent those they have been deployed to engage, as well as their own identity and role. As such the book offers an enhanced understanding of the challenges related to civil-military cooperation in international interventions, as well as a theoretical contribution to the study of interventions, more generally. This book will be of much interest to students of international interventions, military studies, peacekeeping, security studies and International Relations. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations Preface and acknowledgements Chapter 1: Setting the scene: Civil–military relations in interventions Introduction Scope of the book Background and context – coherence in interventions New wars and new responses The intervening actors The practical challenges of achieving coherence Theories of interventions Theories of the rationale for interventions Theories about interventions Outline Notes Bibliography Chapter 2: Understanding coherence and its limitations Introduction Emergence of the comprehensive approach Coherence in interventions The limits of coherence Short-term output vs. long-term impact Conflicting values, principles and mandates Internal–external power imbalance Conclusions Notes Bibliography Chapter 3: The military dimension: Peacekeeping and counterinsurgency Introduction The COIN concept Civilian primacy and protection of civilians Coherence – unity of effort Host-nation ownership Restrictive use of force Doctrine and reality The peacekeeping concept The Capstone Doctrine Civilian primacy Protection of civilians Coherence – integrated approach Host nation, local ownership Minimal use of force Doctrine and reality Conclusions Notes Bibliography Chapter 4: The troubled relationship between military and humanitarian actors Introduction Legal foundations Taxonomy Logistical support Escort Traditional peacekeeping Protection of Civilians (PoC) Robust peacekeeping/stability operations/peace support operations Countering armed groups International armed conflict Conclusions Notes Bibliography Chapter 5: Towards an analytical framework Introduction Autesserre’s frames What are frames? Where do they come from? How do they operate? Frames: conclusions Analytical framework: identification Self and other How to study identification: representing the Other in three dimensions Delimitations Understanding the challenges to coherence Conclusions Notes Bibliography Chapter 6: Military, humanitarian and state-building identities in the Afghan theatre Introduction Scope and design The military identification process The spatial dimension The ethical dimension The temporal dimension Conclusions: the military identification process The humanitarian identification process The spatial dimension The ethical dimension The temporal .dimension Conclusions: the humanitarian identification process The state-building identification process The spatial dimension The ethical dimension The temporal dimension Conclusions: the state-building identification process Conclusions Notes Bibliography Chapter 7: Conclusions: And possible ways ahead Introduction Identification theory and interventions: further explorations The utility of the analytical framework Interrelationship between intervening actors: ontological security Power and resistance: interveners and internal actors Notes Bibliography Index