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Conditions Affecting The Outcome Of Peace Operations In Post-Cold War Africa, Aaron Kyle Smith
Conditions Affecting The Outcome Of Peace Operations In Post-Cold War Africa, Aaron Kyle Smith
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
What factors have led to successful outcomes in international peace operations conducted in Sub Saharan African countries? What factors explain mission failure? I proposed a basic theory of peace operations that linked conflict conditions to mandate design to the capability of an intervening force deployed for mission implementation developed from arguments and empirical results of previous research.
Data on 86 peace operations that occurred in 23 African states covering 33 separate conflict periods between 1990 and 2015 was analyzed. My main findings showed that mandates were derived from conflict assessments and determined the size of intervening force required. The results …
The United Nations: The Syrian Refugee Crisis, Zahra R. Syed
The United Nations: The Syrian Refugee Crisis, Zahra R. Syed
Honors Undergraduate Theses
The main objective of this research paper is to analyze the international effects the Syrian Conflict has had to the global community. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has declared this conflict to be the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. Millions of Syrians have fled their home country to avoid unjust persecution and are looking to not only neighboring countries, but the European Union for assistance in resettlement.
Since the outbreak of the conflict in Syria in 2011, more than 220,000 people have been massacred, leaving fifty percent of the population in unrest due to home displacement. According …