Enforcing The Peace
Anarchy makes it easy for terrorists to set up shop. Yet the international community has been reluctant to commit the necessary resources to peacekeeping -- with devastating results locally and around the globe. This daring new work argues that modern...
Anarchy makes it easy for terrorists to set up shop. Yet the international community has been reluctant to commit the necessary resources to peacekeeping -- with devastating results locally and around the globe. This daring new work argues that modern peacekeeping operations and military occupations bear a surprising resemblance to the imperialism practiced by liberal states a century ago. Motivated by a similar combination of self-interested and humanitarian goals, liberal democracies in both eras have wanted to maintain a presence on foreign territory in order to make themselves more secure, while sharing the benefits of their own cultures and societies. Yet both forms of intervention have inevitably been undercut by weak political will, inconsistent policy choices, and their status as a low priority on the agenda of military organizations. In more recent times, these problems are compounded by the need for multilateral cooperation -- something even NATO finds difficult to achieve but is now necessary for legitimacy.
1. Peace, or Change?2. Peacekeeping and Control3. State Interests, Humanitarianism, and Control4. Political Will and Security5. Military Tasks and Multilateralism6. Security as a Step to Peace
- Autor: Kimberly Zisk Marten
- 2004, 208 Seiten, Maße: 16,2 x 23,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- ISBN-10: 0231129130
- ISBN-13: 9780231129138
"An important, useful, and timely contribution to our understanding of peacekeeping." -- Satish P. Joshi, H-War
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