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Making War And Securing Peace: The Viability Of Peace Enforcement As A Mechanism For Promoting And Securing Civil War Termination, Shawn H. Greene May 2013

Making War And Securing Peace: The Viability Of Peace Enforcement As A Mechanism For Promoting And Securing Civil War Termination, Shawn H. Greene

Political Science Honors Projects

Peace enforcement—the threat or use of military force to compel belligerent adherence to a civil war settlement—has become increasingly salient in the past decade. Using a hazards analysis of all civil wars and associated third party interventions between 1945 and 2013 in addition to three structured, focused case studies, I argue that peace enforcement operations that 1) utilize the appropriate typological spoiler management strategy and 2) maintain legitimacy and impartiality through close cooperation with UN peacekeepers, are the most successful at catalyzing civil war termination and securing durable peace. I also provide a theoretical framework through which to study peace …


Neutrality, Peacekeeping, And Globalization: Problems For The United Nations In Africa, Ibpp Editor May 2000

Neutrality, Peacekeeping, And Globalization: Problems For The United Nations In Africa, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes problems facing the United Nations as it seeks to effect its global mandate to foster peace, resolve conflict, and otherwise contribute to human welfare.


When Peacekeeping Is Not Peacemaking: Syrian-Israeli Negotiations At Shepherdstown, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

When Peacekeeping Is Not Peacemaking: Syrian-Israeli Negotiations At Shepherdstown, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article contrasts peacekeeping and peacemaking not only as distinct denotations but also as functional antitheses.


The Oxymoron Of Peacekeeping, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

The Oxymoron Of Peacekeeping, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some conceptual difficulties with the notion of military personnel and weapons as peacekeeping assets.