On August 14-17, Accademia Konrad Adenauer and "Villa Collina" (Italy) welcome international expert meeting "Russia-Ukraine Conflict - Will UN Peacekeeping Mission Be Created?" that involves representatives from Germany, Russia, and Ukraine
On August 14-17, Accademia Konrad Adenauer and "Villa Collina" (Italy) welcome international expert meeting "Russia-Ukraine Conflict ...
Alexander Nikitin held a lecture and presented his report “International Intervention in Conflicts: UN, OSCE, EU, NATO, CSTO Peacekeeping Policies”
On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, Alexander Nikitin, Director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security at the Institute for International Research MGIMO and Head Research Associate of the Institute of World ...
... example of this is the AU mission in Somalia, which is primarily aimed at combating terrorist groups like Al-Shabaab in support of the internationally-recognized government in Mogadishu.
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Aslan Abashidze, Denis Vidineyev:
Who Sends Peacekeepers and How?
An additional obstacle towards more effective peacekeeping in Africa has been the funding of the operations, fraught by shortages, discrepancies, and imbalances.
This stands in sharp contrast to French and EU missions. While the latter — run by the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) — specialize in long-term training missions ...
... avoid direct interventions and possible great power confrontations where their core interests were not at stake. It also helped effectively deal with decolonization conflicts that would come to dominate the international agenda.
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UN peacekeepers patrolling the streets of
the CAR capital, Bangui
The end of the Cold War, the gradual unblocking of the UN, and the general euphoria about the Organization caused a veritable surge in peacekeeping. If in 1956-1988 the UN
fielded
10 missions,...
The Future of Peacekeeping
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is celebrated on 29 May
[1]
. The day has a dual purpose – to commemorate UN peacekeepers who have died in the name of peace and pay tribute to all men and women dedicating high levels of professionalism, dedication and courage by having served, or currently serving, in various UN peacekeeping units. With the world facing new ...
... requested. Russia is the world’s second largest contributor of helicopters to UN peacekeeping activities (http://www.ng.ru/dipkurer/2011-09-19/9_churkin.html). In December 2011, the
Russian Defense Ministry was reportedly preparing to provide UN peacekeepers
with hospitals set up at special-purpose medical units.
Russia dominates the UN peacekeeping market, as the sole supplier of heavy lift cargo planes and helicopters.
According to Ban Ki-moon
, Russia plays a special role in the resolution ...