The UN's Multidimensional Approach to the Israel–Arab Conflict, 1967–1982 An Architecture for Peace

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Foundations and Frameworks: Tracing the Israel-Arab Conflict and the Evolution of the UN's Peacekeeping Architecture
Chapter 3: Inter-Operation Collaboration
Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Architect or Builder? The Political Role of the United Nations Secretariat in the Israel-Arab Conflict
Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Stress testing the peacekeeping architecture in the Middle East
Chapter 6: Conclusion

Biography

Diego Salama is a Research Associate at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs Leiden University and Managing Editor of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations. He is also Head of Partnerships and Communications at the United Nations University in the Netherlands. His research focuses on the institutional history of UN peacekeeping, multilateral diplomacy, and the politics of international organisations. His recent publications include a study of UN peace operations in a collected volume (2023) and an article in Strategic Assessment (2026) and a forthcoming article on the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.

"Diego Salama has produced a provocative and highly-original book analysing UN peacekeeping in the East. This excellent book showcases the value of historical approaches to current conflicts and demonstrates the historical continuities which shape present challenges to peacekeeping."

 - Professor Alanna O’Malley, Chair of Global Governance & Wealth, Head of Department of History, Erasmus University

 

"This is a very original and novel study on how key individuals and institutions within the United Nations peacekeeping system managed to advance institutional innovation and inter-mission cooperation between four major missions in one of the most volatile conflict regions. It will offer new insights for scholars, students and practitioners of UN peacekeeping."

- Professor Joachim Koops, Chair of Security, Institute for Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University

 " At a moment when in international institutions are under strain, Diego Salama’s deeply-researched and elegantly-argued book offers a reminder of what the United Nations and affiliates can achieve even amid geopolitical rivalry. Salama demonstrates how a regional UN architecture emerged through the interdependence of multiple operations, and through the ingenuity of figures such as Ensio Siilasvuo. Salama challenges conventional accounts that treat UN missions in isolation, and demonstrates that despite challenges, determined practitioners can build cooperation, reduce conflict, and create space for diplomacy. In short, this book marks an important contribution with urgent lessons for today." 

- Professor Lise M. Howard, Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University , Chair of the Faculty, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Author of Power in Peacekeeping, winner of the Best Book Award in International Security, International Studies Association