This seminar will explore historical and recent developments in peacekeeping, focusing primarily on UN peacekeeping, but also looking at NATO and other regional organizations. We will begin by examining the origins of peacekeeping and the issues surrounding multilateral intervention in civil wars. We will survey contrasting cases of success and failure in multidimensional peacekeeping in civil wars, in an effort to determine which factors were the most important determinants of the outcomes of the operations. We will then explore contemporary U.S. interest in peacekeeping, and regional peacekeeping efforts. Finally, we will examine current debates in peacekeeping including whether deadly force should be used, and recent attempts to reform and improve the UN's capacity to keep the peace.
This course counts toward the International Relations distribution requirement.
Spring '10:
Howard L
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