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1st Edition

Stabilization and Human Security in UN Peace Operations

By Alexander Gilder Copyright 2022
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge
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UN peace operations are increasingly asked to pursue stabilization mandates with lofty expectations of being able to stabilize conflict zones, achieve national reconciliation, and rebuild state legitimacy. This book investigates the relationship between UN stabilization mandates and the concept of ‘human security’. The book is divided into three parts. Part I outlines the emergence of... Read more

1 Introduction

Part I Context and conceptual framework

2 The many faces of UN intervention

3 The concept of human security

Part II Case studies

4 United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)

5 United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)

6 United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)

Part III Human security’s place in international peace and security

7 The (in)compatibility of stabilization and human security

8 Making use of human security

Biography

Alexander Gilder is a Lecturer in Law at Royal Holloway, University of London.

'...this book should be read by any legal or non-legal scholar interested in recent trends in peacekeeping operations...in the framework of an impressive knowledge of legal issues pertaining to peacekeeping missions...the content of each chapter is carefully researched, well-presented and full of interesting analysis...this concise and clever book deserves to be read widely, is going to be read widely and probably will spark more debate among peacekeeping experts and stakeholders from legal and non-legal fields alike.'

Dr Marco Longobardo, Westminster Law School, UK; book review in Journal of Conflict & Security Law

'His book serves as a primer on U.N. peacekeeping operations and what makes a mission a stabilization mission, and on the concept of human security and how it continues to change over time. His findings can help defense planners move beyond a focus on physical protection and civilian harm mitigation to a broader understanding of bottom-up and localized approaches that shift “the objective of security from the state to the individual.” Gilder understands the strategic implications of force and cooperation with bad actors, and how such approaches delegitimize military intervention and fail to protect individuals or achieve long-term peace.'

Dr Karen Finkenbinder, deputy associate dean, the Marshall Center; book review in per Concordiam, Journal of European Security and Defense Issues

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