A Difficult Peace: The UN and the Challenges of Modern Peacekeeping

... elements thereof overlapped and were often pursued simultaneously, new missions—now called ‘multidimensional’–went above and beyond traditional peacekeeping. www.lowyinterpreter.org Aslan Abashidze, Denis Vidineyev: Who Sends Peacekeepers and How? Modern multidimensional UNPK operations no longer simply observe and monitor ceasefire lines. In most conflict zones there are no clear borders or frontlines to speak of, nor are threats and challenges to peace concentrated in any single geographical location. Instead, the problems ...