ISBN:
978-1-58826-782-5
,
1-58826-782-2
,
978-1-58826-757-3
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XVIII, 270 S
Serie:
A _Projekt of the International Peace Institute
Schlagwort(e):
Afrika Frieden
;
Konfliktmanagement
;
Sicherheit
;
Geschichte
;
Vereinte Nationen
Kurzfassung:
Nearly half of all UN peacekeeping missions in the post-Cold War era have been in Africa. Assessing 5 decades of peacekeeping in Africa, this book focuses on a series of questions: what accounts for the resurgence of UN peacekeeping efforts in Africa? What are the factors that have determined the success of the missions?
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction: blue berets, burning brushfires -- The stealing of Suez and the Sahara: the UN in North Africa -- "No more Congos!" the UN in the Great Lakes region -- Orphans of the cold war: the UN in southern Africa -- The tragic triplets: the UN in West Africa -- The conflicts of identity: the UN on the Horn of Africa -- Conclusion: from burden shedding to burden sharing.
