ABSTRACT

Brazil led the military contingent of MINUSTAH during the 13 years of the mission and was also the largest contributor with troops for this mission. This paper argues that what has been described as the ‘Brazilian way’ of civil-military relations in that peacekeeping mission is illustrative of the Brazilian association between notions of security and development at home. The mandate for MINUSTAH is actually representative of Brazilian efforts to promote new paradigms in UN peacekeeping operations going beyond short missions in order to address the roots of the target country’s issues and ensure long-term progress. Nevertheless, if such discourse does hold merit in terms of the deeper approach to peacekeeping it encourages, this approach involves military actors beyond the security realm, into development activities, as visible during MINUSTAH. This paper describes the implications of uncoordinated military-led humanitarian initiatives and demonstrates that this security-development nexus, as it exists currently in Brazil and in the way it is exported by Brazil into peacekeeping operations like MINUSTAH, jeopardises the country’s capacity to build sustainable civilian institutions and mechanisms for longer-term recovery and development.

摘要

巴西在联海稳定团执行任务的13年中领导了联海稳定团的军事特遣队，也是此次任务的最大出兵国。本文认为，在维和任务中所谓的“巴西方式”军民关系体现了巴西国内安全与发展理念之间的联系。联海稳定团的任务授权实际上代表了巴西为推动联合国维和行动新模式而做出的努力，超越短期任务，以解决目标国问题的根源并确保长期进展。然而，如果这种言论在其所鼓励的更深入的维和行动方面确实有其优点，那么这种方法就会让军事行动者超越安全领域，参与发展活动，正如在联海稳定团期间所看到的那样。