Peacekeeping and the US National Interest
February 01, 1994
Stimson Report 11
Co-Chairs, Senator Nancy L. Kassebaum and Representative Lee H. Hamilton
While the end of the Cold War removed the clear threat to US security posed by Soviet armed forces, it opened the door to new problems and new types of conflicts whose implications for US interests may be no less serious. A diverse working group of elected representatives, diplomats, military officers, former UN officials, and private experts convened to examine the United Nations' potential contributions to dealing with these problems, and concluded that it is in America's interest to strengthen the UN's capacity for peace operations.
This relates to…
March 01, 2009
The Purposes of Peace Operations
Fifteen years ago, peacekeeping was doctrinally and operationally segregated from war-fighting by major powers, but recent evolution of major power doctrines suggests that the old
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September 09, 2008
Peacekeeping Dues and Don’ts: A Checklist for the Next President
By Dr. William J. Durch
The Challenge
While America can act on its own in many matters of peace and security, even a superpower has finite resources as the cases of Iraq and
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July 15, 2007
US Training, African Peacekeeping: The Global Peace Operations Initiative
In 2004, President Bush announced the launch of an ambitious new program, the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), to support training of 75,000 foreign peacekeepers worldwide
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December 01, 2006
Twenty-First-Century Peace Operations
Edited by William J. Durch
"The publication of William J. Durch's third in a series of books on peacekeeping is a much-anticipated event. The carefully researched case studies, tied
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September 01, 2006
Who Should Keep The Peace?
Maintaining peace has traditionally been the job of nations but, as populations grow, distances shrink, borders leak, and belief systems clash, it has increasingly become a
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February 01, 2005
US Support to African Capacity for Peace Operations: The ACOTA Program
Since 2002, the United States has provided training support to African militaries through the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance Program (ACOTA) program. This
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