UN Peacekeeping, American Policy, and the Uncivil Wars of the 1990s
November 01, 1996
Edited by William J. Durch
This book evaluates American policy toward peacekeeping in the mid-1990s, and presents detailed case studies of UN operations in Angola, Cambodia, El Salvador, the former Yugoslavia, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Somalia. Each of these operations severely tested the UN's ability to keep the peace in a world of turmoil. The book begins with a concise treatment of lessons learned the hard way in these operations, and of the impact of US domestic politics on the entire endeavor. Note that the findings of a now out of print April 1995 Stimson publication, Handbook on United Nations Peace Operations, by Pamela L. Reed, J. Matthew Vaccaro, and William J. Durch, have been incorporated into this volume as has Stimson's July 1995 out of print Occasional Paper No. 23: Keeping the Peace in the Borderlands of Russia, by Kevin O'Prey.
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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February 01, 2008
The Origins and Evolution of US Policy Towards Peace Operations
This article contends that the William Clinton and George W. Bush administrations experienced similar transformations in their respective policies towards UN peace operations and
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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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March 01, 2006
Economic Impact of Peacekeeping
FOPO co-director William Durch is the co-author of Economic Impact of Peacekeeping, a ground-breaking and detailed study of peacekeeping operations’ effects on the war-torn economies
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January 01, 2004
Building a Better Peace Operation: Lessons from the Brahimi Report Process
Prepared for the United Nations Foundation by William J. Durch
As the work of the UN’s High-Level Panel on Threats Challenges and Change began in early 2004, Durch was invited by the
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February 01, 1994
Peacekeeping and the US National Interest
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
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