TY - JOUR
T1 - UN Peacekeeping at 75
T2 - Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects
AU - Duursma, Allard
AU - Bara, Corinne
AU - Wilén, Nina
AU - Hellmüller, Sara
AU - Karlsrud, John
AU - Oksamytna, Kseniya
AU - Bruker, Janek
AU - Campbell, Susanna
AU - Cusimano, Salvator
AU - Donati, Marco
AU - Dorussen, Han
AU - Druet, Dirk
AU - Geier, Valentin
AU - Epiney, Marine
AU - Geier, Valentin
AU - Gelot, Linnéa
AU - Gyllensporre, Dennis
AU - Hiensch, Annick
AU - Hultman, Lisa
AU - Hunt, Charles T.
AU - Krishnan, Rajkumar Cheney
AU - Labuda, Patryk I.
AU - Langenbach, Sascha
AU - Norberg, Annika Hilding
AU - Novosseloff, Alexandra
AU - Oriesek, Daniel
AU - Rhoads, Emily Paddon
AU - Re, Francesco
AU - Russo, Jenna
AU - Sauter, Melanie
AU - Smidt, Hannah
AU - Staeger, Ueli
AU - Wenger, Andreas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This year marks the 75th anniversary of what the UN itself understands to be its first peacekeeping operation. It is therefore an appropriate time to reflect on the track record of UN peacekeeping in its efforts to try to maintain and realize peace and security. Moreover, this milestone invites us to ponder what lies ahead in the realm of peacekeeping. For this reason, this forum article brings together both academics and UN officials to assess the achievements and challenges of UN peacekeeping over the past 75 years. Through a dialogue among peacekeeping scholars and practitioners, we hope to identify current trends and developments in UN peacekeeping, as well as explore priorities for the future to improve the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations in terms of achieving their mandate objectives, such as maintaining peace, protecting civilians, promoting human rights, and facilitating reconciliation. This forum article is structured into six thematic sections, each shedding light on various aspects of UN peacekeeping: (1) foundational principles of UN peacekeeping - namely, consent, impartiality, and the (non-)use of force; (2) protection of civilians; (3) the primacy of politics; (4) early warning; (5) cooperation with regional organizations; and (6) the changing geopolitical landscape in which UN peacekeeping operates.
AB - This year marks the 75th anniversary of what the UN itself understands to be its first peacekeeping operation. It is therefore an appropriate time to reflect on the track record of UN peacekeeping in its efforts to try to maintain and realize peace and security. Moreover, this milestone invites us to ponder what lies ahead in the realm of peacekeeping. For this reason, this forum article brings together both academics and UN officials to assess the achievements and challenges of UN peacekeeping over the past 75 years. Through a dialogue among peacekeeping scholars and practitioners, we hope to identify current trends and developments in UN peacekeeping, as well as explore priorities for the future to improve the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations in terms of achieving their mandate objectives, such as maintaining peace, protecting civilians, promoting human rights, and facilitating reconciliation. This forum article is structured into six thematic sections, each shedding light on various aspects of UN peacekeeping: (1) foundational principles of UN peacekeeping - namely, consent, impartiality, and the (non-)use of force; (2) protection of civilians; (3) the primacy of politics; (4) early warning; (5) cooperation with regional organizations; and (6) the changing geopolitical landscape in which UN peacekeeping operates.
KW - United Nations
KW - consent
KW - early warning
KW - future
KW - geopolitical
KW - impartiality
KW - mediation
KW - partnership peacekeeping
KW - peacekeeping
KW - primacy of politics
KW - protection of civilians
KW - use of force
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173681423&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13533312.2023.2263178
DO - 10.1080/13533312.2023.2263178
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85173681423
SN - 1353-3312
VL - 30
SP - 415
EP - 476
JO - International Peacekeeping
JF - International Peacekeeping
IS - 4
ER -