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Peacekeepers and Local Women and Girls: A Comparative Mixed-Methods Analysis of Local Perspectives from Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Luissa Vahedi, Sabine Lee, Stephanie Etienne, Sandrine Lusamba, Susan A. Bartels
The UN may sanction peacekeeping operations (POs) to neutralize armed groups and promote democratization. This research presents perceptions from beneficiaries of assistance related to POs and rela...
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How Stress, Trauma, and Emotion May Shape Post-Conflict Environments – with Implications for International Peacekeeping International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Kelsey L. Larsen, Elizabeth A. Stanley
Recent research on post-conflict environments prioritizes more creative understandings of peace operations, leading researchers to dig deeper into the micro-foundations of peacebuilding and peaceke...
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Legitimacy of Using Force as a Fundamental Ingredient for Military Motivation in Robust Peacekeeping Operations International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Fernando Rodrigues Goulart
The notion of legitimacy is essential to motivate soldiers to fight in wars. However, the value of this factor to motivate in operations that do not involve the state’s vital interests – such as pe...
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How African Regional Interventions are Perceived on the Ground: Contestation and Multiplexity International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Antonia Witt, Omar M. Bah, Sophia Birchinger, Sait Matty Jaw, Simone Schnabel
Although African regional interventions have tangible effects on politics and order in African states, we know little about how people living in the countries concerned experience and evaluate thes...
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‘The Hand that Holds the Pen’: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Peacekeeping, and American Influence Over the United Nations Secretariat in the Early 1990s International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Herman T. Salton
This article reviews the creative ways in which the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, used the UN Secretariat to achieve his goals, as well as the obstacles he f...
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Ethics as Moral Practice in Peacekeeping Missions: Insights on the Importance of Ethical Training International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Jodok Troy
Identifying peacekeeping as practical ethics helps analyze how the problems of existing approaches to military ethical training led to practical problems of standard setting. This article illustrat...
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Illiberal Peacebuilding in UN Stabilization Peace Operations and Peace Agreements in the CAR, the DRC and Mali International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Geraldine Rosas Duarte, Matheus Souza
Researchers have shown how UN stabilization peace operations mix liberal and illiberal goals and strategies. Yet, further research is needed to theorize and comprehend illiberal peacebuilding featu...
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2003–2023: A Twenty-Year Reflection of the Iraqi Invasion, Occupation and Resulting Interventions International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Irene Costantini, Dylan O’Driscoll
2023 marks the twenty-year anniversary of the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq. This Special Issue collects contributions that reflect on the one hand, upon changing assumptions, worldviews, an...
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An Illusion of Empowerment? A Twenty-Year Review of United Nations Reports on Localization in Iraq International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Jacqueline Parry, Birte Vogel
Localization has emerged as a dominant reform paradigm guiding humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts on a global scale. It signals a commitment to shift power to local actors by reco...
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Estimating the Cost of Positive Peace International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Sanam, Muhammad Arshad
The study aimed to determine the estimated cost of positive peace (CoPP) that countries make in their key institutions or the main contributors to maintaining and sustaining peace. Using a system, ...
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Entangled Peace: UN Peacebuilding and the Limits of a Relational World International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Giulio Levorato
Published in International Peacekeeping (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Mass Atrocities, Peace Operations, and the UNSC: How Responsive is the UN Security Council to Atrocity Events through Peacekeeping Mandates? International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Miguel Mikelli Ribeiro, Antonio Pires
This paper examines the circumstances under which the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adjust peace operations mandates to safeguard civilians during mass atrocities. Peacekeepers are usually...
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When Peace Kills Politics: International Intervention and Unending Wars in the Sudans International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Jenniina Kotajoki
Published in International Peacekeeping (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Tom Buitelaar
Published in International Peacekeeping (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The Twilight of Liberal Peacebuilding? International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Herman T. Salton
Published in International Peacekeeping (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Are Non-Inclusive Peace Agreements Effective Counter-Insurgency Strategies? International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Marie Olson Lounsbery, Karl DeRouen Jr.
Civil wars are complex in ways that challenge effective resolution. Civil war actors tend to be dynamic in nature and often splinter then coalesce over time potentially evolving into multiple dyads...
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UN Peacekeeping at 75: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Allard Duursma, Corinne Bara, Nina Wilén, Sara Hellmüller, John Karlsrud, Kseniya Oksamytna, Janek Bruker, Susanna Campbell, Salvator Cusimano, Marco Donati, Han Dorussen, Dirk Druet, Valentin Geier, Marine Epiney, Valentin Geier, Linnéa Gelot, Dennis Gyllensporre, Annick Hiensch, Lisa Hultman, Charles T. Hunt, Rajkumar Cheney Krishnan, Patryk I. Labuda, Sascha Langenbach, Annika Hilding Norberg, Alexandra
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 ...
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African Peacekeeping International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Bruno Charbonneau
Published in International Peacekeeping (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The Impact of Protracted Peace Processes on Identities in Conflict: The Case of Israel and Palestine International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Özgenur Aktan
Published in International Peacekeeping (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Security and Interorganizational Networks in Peace Operations International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Jens Herpolsheimer
Published in International Peacekeeping (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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A Perpetual (Liberal) Peace? An Empirical Assessment of an Enduring Peacebuilding Model International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Giulio Levorato, Mattia Sguazzini
How has the local turn approach been translated within peacebuilding mission mandates? Novelties introduced by International and Regional Organizations’ strategic documents shape a new approach ter...
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Do UN Missions Have an Expiration Date? Ideational Commitment to UN Peacekeeping and the Length of Missions International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Burak Giray
Private interests might occasionally influence the decisions of troop-providers when contributing to UN peacekeeping missions. However, the pursuit of private benefits impacts how the mandates of p...
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Practical Politics, Peacebuilding and Ending Wars International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Paul Jackson
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 2, 2024)
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The War That Doesn’t Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Jacqui Cho
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 2, 2024)
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A Troubling Look at Stabilization, Intervention, and UN Peacekeeping in the 21st Century International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Dustin Johnson
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 2, 2024)
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Redefining Ceasefires: Wartime Order and Statebuilding in Syria International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Benjamin Tkach
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 2, 2024)
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Token Forces: How Tiny Troop Deployments Became Ubiquitous in UN Peacekeeping International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Martin Welz
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 2, 2024)
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At the Watchtower: Africa and the UN Security Council’s Elected Ten (E10) International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Angela Muvumba Sellström
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 3, 2023)
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The Politics of Peacebuilding in Africa International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Swetha Ramachandran
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 2, 2024)
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Fluid State-Building in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Taking Advantage of the 2003 U.S.-Led Invasion International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Kamaran Palani, Shivan Fazil
Since the U.S. led invasions of Iraq in 2003, outstanding issues between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal Government of Iraq (GoI) have gone through various phases and taken ...
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The Evolution of Mass Atrocity Early Warning in the UN Secretariat: Fit for Purpose? International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Stephen McLoughlin, Jess Gifkins, Alex J. Bellamy
A lack of early warning by the United Nations Secretariat of the Rwandan genocide contributed, in part, to the failure of the international community to respond in a timely manner to this crisis. I...
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The Grand Design: The Evolution of the International Peace Architecture International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Samantha Marie Gamez
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 1, 2024)
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Small States’ Pursuit of Impact at the UN Security Council: The Case of Tunisia 2020–2021 International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Mohammed D. Cherkaoui
ABSTRACT In an uncharted era of the COVID 19 pandemic dilemma, Tunisia, a small nation in North Africa, served as an elected member of the Security Council in 2020-2021. The temporal framework of this Tunisian experience coincided with two variables: a. multilateralism has again come under pressure, and b. great power tensions have returned to the Security Council in the last decade. This paper aims
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Conflict and Peace in Western Sahara: The Role of the UN’s Peacekeeping Mission (MINURSO) International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Tamer Morris
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 1, 2024)
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The Security Council Diplomacy and the Strengthened UNIFIL, 2006 International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Alexandra Novosseloff, Richard Gowan
This article is a deep dive into those factors in one specific case: The decision to reinforce the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) after the war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006. This case...
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Divided Opposition, Fragmented Statebuilding: Elite Bargaining in Pre- and Post-2003 Iraq International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Shamiran Mako
Elite cohesion structures interethnic bargaining and institutional design in post-conflict divided societies. Although works have explored how interethnic elite bargaining affects institutional des...
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Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Peacemaking in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Sa'odah Sa'odah, Bunyamin Maftuh, Sapriya Sapriya
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 1, 2024)
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The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Herman Salton
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2023)
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Teaching Peace and War: Pedagogy and Curricula International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Amos Fox
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2023)
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Peacebuilding Paradigms: The Impact of Theoretical Diversity on Implementing Sustainable Peace International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Sachiho Funabashi
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 5, 2023)
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Bargaining in the UN Security Council: Setting the Global Agenda International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Molly M. Melin
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 5, 2023)
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In the Beginning: Secretary-General Trygve Lie and the Establishment of the United Nations International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Chen Kertcher
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 31, No. 1, 2024)
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On the European Union’s Justice Principles in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Mitja Kleczka
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 5, 2023)
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Interactive Peacemaking: A People-Centered Approach International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Germán Otálora-Gallego
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 3, 2023)
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More Than Just Productive? Evaluating Germany’s Term at the UN Security Council 2019–2020 International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Malte Brosig
ABSTRACT Since Germany joined the United Nations (UN) in 1973, it served six times as an elected member of the UN Security Council. The main aim of the article is to evaluate Germany’s latest term (2019–2020). What policy space can elected members occupy given the still unreformed Council? Germany is selected as a case study, because it is a pivotal regional power with the potential to exert significant
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(UN-)Protected Elections – Left for Good? Withdrawal of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Its Effects on Violence During Electoral Periods in War-Affected Countries International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Jana R. Kissling, Hannah M. Smidt
ABSTRACT How does the phased withdrawal of United Nations peacekeeping operations (PKOs) influence electoral violence? Many PKOs recently ended and peacekeeping personnel numbers are decreasing. Yet, research on peacekeepers’ exit remains in its infancy. We help fill this lacuna and examine how peacekeepers’ withdrawal affects violence during electoral periods. We focus on electoral periods because
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Syria Betrayed: Atrocities, War, and the Failure of International Diplomacy International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Bilal Salaymeh
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2023)
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Practicing Peace: Conflict Management in Southeast Asia and South America International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Jones Catherine
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 3, 2023)
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Peacekeeping Deployments, Intragroup Cohesion, and the Use of Sexual Violence by Armed Non-State Groups International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Bryce Wesley Reeder, Rachel Dicke
ABSTRACT How do United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions influence the use of conflict related sexual violence (CRSV) by armed non-state actors? This study argues efficacy is influenced by conditions that precede deployment and the composition of UN forces. Poor intragroup cohesion within rebel ranks incentivizes CRSV, putting peacekeepers in a precarious position upon deployment. UN police improve
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Sweden’s 2017–18 UNSC Formula: Mobilizing the MFA’s Competitive Advantages, Highlighting Africa, and Boosting the E10 International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Kjell Engelbrekt
ABSTRACT This article examines Sweden’s successful 2016 bid to serve at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and shows that the subsequent 2017–18 tenure relied on a formula with three key elements. One was to mobilize the competitive advantages of its Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and a second to systematically highlight Africa-related priorities. A third element was to boost the standing
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The Building and Breaking of Peace: Corporate Activities in Civil War Prevention and Resolution International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Amy Yuen
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 2, 2023)
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Overcoming ‘Smallness’: Niger as an Elected Member of the UN Security Council, 2020–2022 International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-03-18 Issaka K. Souaré
ABSTRACT Niger served on the Security Council in the period 2020–2021 and remained throughout its tenure an active player in its West African region on security issues. The government in Niamey also leveraged its moral high ground in the region, based on its experience of democratic transfers of power in presidential elections in early 2021. Niger had expertise on security challenges in one of the
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The Southern African Development Community’s Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM): Policymaking and Effectiveness International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa
ABSTRACT On 23 June 2021, after months of deliberations, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved the establishment of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) in response to escalating violent extremism and insurgency by an Islamist armed group, Al-Shabaab or Al-Sunnah wa Jama’ah (ASWJ), in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province, which posed the risk of regional contagion. SAMIM
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The Collective Neglect of Southern Iraq: Missed Opportunities for Development and Good Governance International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Marsin Alshamary, Hamzeh Hadad
One of the enduring puzzles of post-2003 Iraq is why southern Iraq, a relatively homogenous, wealthy, stable, and politically represented area suffers from poverty, unemployment, and a dire lack of...
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The Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Place, Space and Knowledge Production International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Mason Grant Considine
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2023)
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Review of ‘The 2006 Crisis in East Timor. Lessons for Contemporary Peacebuilding’ International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Roberta Holanda Maschietto
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 2, 2023)
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Peacebuilding Legacy: Programming for Change and Young People’s Attitudes to Peace International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Elke Krahmann
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 2, 2023)
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Leadership Changes and Civil War Peace Agreements: Does Who Comes to Power Influence the Implementation? International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Anurug Chakma
ABSTRACT Why is the implementation of civil war peace agreements comparatively higher in some countries than in other countries? In this study, I address this puzzle by investigating the effects of insider-outsider leader turnover on the execution of peace agreements. The idea is that leaders should be the fundamental units of analysis to explain the implementation of peace agreements due to more frequent
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Routledge Handbook of African Peacebuilding International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Paul F. Diehl
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 2, 2023)
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Proscribing Peace: How Listing Armed Groups as Terrorists Hurts Negotiations International Peacekeeping (IF 2.203) Pub Date : 2023-01-14 Magnus Lundgren
Published in International Peacekeeping (Vol. 30, No. 1, 2023)