1st Edition

International Peacekeeping Training Centres Security Assistance, Peacekeeping and Postcolonial Ethics

By Silvia Peirolo Copyright 2026
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the politics of international peacekeeping training centres as key sites where security is shaped, practised, and legitimised. Focusing on two prominent institutions—the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (Ghana) and the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (Italy)—it investigates how peacekeeping training influences understandings of security... Read more

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Conceptualizing practices of security assistance
  • Chapter 2. Navigating the Field of Training Centers: Methodological considerations, Positionality, and Ethical challenges
  • Chapter 3. A Glimpse into Everyday Life in Training Centers
  • Chapter 4. The enactment and performance of statehood in training
  • Chapter 5. The locals: the outlaws or the victims?
  • Chapter 6. What does it take to build peace?
  • Conclusion

Biography

Silvia Peirolo is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Palermo. Her research focuses on the governance of security, practices of international intervention, and the production of knowledge, with a particular emphasis on West Africa. She has extensive fieldwork experience and has worked as a consultant and collaborator with international organizations, including the United Nations, ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project), and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), conducting conflict analysis, data collection and systematization, and research on patterns of political violence.