IN SEARCH OF EFFECTIVE SCENARIOS FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS FOR THE UN AND NATO
Summary: 1. Introduction. – 2. Criteria for Peacekeeping. – 3. The Influence of Peacekeeping on Conflict and Its Effectiveness. – 4. Open Databases of the World Bank, UN Department of Peacekeeping – Data and Examples of State Situations. – 5. Regularities that Influenced the Effectiveness of Peacekeeping and Post-conflict Stabilisation. – 6. Conclusions.
Abstract
Peacekeeping operations are considered one of the main tools for negotiating conflicts and are used by the international community to renew and keep international peace and security. The practice of peacekeeping activities has faced fundamental changes that have influenced its aims and principles. That is why the effectiveness of modern peacekeeping operations and operations for peace maintenance, as an answer to global challenges, need further assessment and explanations. The article aims to 1) characterise peacekeeping activities and principles and assess their effectiveness; 2) determine the main problems in the function of peacekeeping mechanisms; identify optimal methods for the future peacekeeping operations of the UN and NATO.
This study proposes a complex systematisation of present approaches, assessing the effectiveness of both peacekeeping operations and operations for the maintenance of peace. The key goal is to develop optimal scenarios for peacekeeping missions.
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PhD (Political Science), Head of the Department of International Relations and Information and Regional Studios, National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine n.rzhevska@kubg.edu.ua https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0963-1311
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Andriy Moroz
Cand. of Political Science (Equiv. PhD), Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and Information and Regional Studios, National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine andrii.moroz@nau.edu.ua https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2614-6027
Co-author, responsible for writing, review, and editing, methodology, validation, and formal analysis.
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Translation: The content of this article was translated with the participation of third parties under the authors’ supervision.
Managing editor – Dr Serhii Kravtsov. English Editor – Dr Sarah White.
Copyright: © 2022 N Rzhevska, A Moroz. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- peacekeeping; peacekeeping operations; peacekeeping effectiveness; UN and NATO peacekeeping operation scenarios
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Rzhevska, N, Moroz A ‘In Search of Effective Scenarios for Peacekeeping Operations for the UN and NATO’ 2022 3(15) Access to Justice in Eastern Europe 87-106. DOI: 10.33327/AJEE-18-5.3-n000319
