Many international organizations (IOs) provide assistance to governments through country
offices or peacekeeping operations. Sometimes, government authorities in countries …

United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO) have been deployed in conflict-affected
countries for decades. While we thoroughly understand what UNPKOs are mandated to do …

Much of what peacekeepers do on a daily basis is best understood through the lens of
practice, and practice theorists have begun to explore the process by which practice change …

ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) has run numerous missions under its Common
Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Researchers have long highlighted various …

ABSTRACT The 2010 Operational Concept for the Protection of Civilians (POC) has
formalized the United Nations (UN) protection strategies into a three-tier structure: protection …

Participating in UN peacekeeping missions used to be seen as an appropriate way to
improve civil-military relations in countries where armed forces held undue political power …

This chapter deals with the increasing development toward hybridity in organizations. This
development can be seen in all of the organized world, including the military. Organizational …

Since the early 2010s, a small but growing body of research has started to explore the
connections among two fields of study that have prima facie not much in common: the …

This thesis presents the history of UN peacekeeping and how it has evolved over time to
create more effective solutions to peacebuilding. This is done by providing a comparison of …