This book suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions often fail to
reach their full potential. Based on several years of ethnographic research in conflict zones …

Peace operations are now a principal tool for managing armed conflict and building world
peace. The fully revised, expanded and updated second edition of Understanding …

If democratic principles do not just" rub off" onto United Nations peacekeepers, what positive
or negative implications can be observed? Winner of the Luciano Tomassini Latin American …

How do states overcome problems of collective action in the face of human atrocities,
terrorism and the threat of weapons of mass destruction? How does international burden …

This article assesses the utility of the notion of emerging powers in analysing key
characteristics of Brazil's past and present policy towards peace operations. After …

What explains China's deployment to UN peacekeeping operations? Material factors are
necessary but insufficient to explain China's calculus; identity is a key causal variable also …

Civil-military relations constitute a crucial element in the transition to substantive democracy
all over the world. During periods of authoritarianism or civil war, the military in Latin …

As a result of UNSCR 1325, the UN has been eager to decrease incidents of sexual
exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping operations, improve local women's security, and …

The introductory essay offers a brief overview of current trends in critical globalization
studies and international relations scholarship that shed light on three intersections …

This introductory article outlines the main rationale of the Special Issue and places the topic
of the so-called 'European Return to United Nations Peacekeeping'in the wider context of …