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Towards Successful Peace-keeping : Remembering Croatia. / Pushkina, Darya.
In: Cooperation and Conflict: Journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Vol. 39, No. 4, 12.2004, p. 393-415.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards Successful Peace-keeping
T2 - Remembering Croatia
AU - Pushkina, Darya
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Using a case study of the UN's experiences in Croatia, this essay addresses the question of why some UN peace-keeping missions succeed, while others fail. The essay develops wider criteria of success than usually employed in peace-keeping literature and analyzes the performance in Croatia based on these measures. It then takes hypotheses extracted from the international relations literature on peace-keeping and comparative politics literature on civil conflict management and tests them against this case. First,‘international’ factors, those related to the UN itself, such as its level of commitment to a mission, and the presence or absence of leadership by a major power, are considered. Second, ‘domestic’ factors are addressed, including the level of consent and cooperation of the warring parties and the existence of a military stalemate. In light of these findings it is asserted that peace-keeping can indeed be successful when certain necessary and sufficient conditions are met. In Croatia, success seems mostly dependent on the domestic factors. This supports the notion of a ‘ripeness’ point for resolution.
AB - Using a case study of the UN's experiences in Croatia, this essay addresses the question of why some UN peace-keeping missions succeed, while others fail. The essay develops wider criteria of success than usually employed in peace-keeping literature and analyzes the performance in Croatia based on these measures. It then takes hypotheses extracted from the international relations literature on peace-keeping and comparative politics literature on civil conflict management and tests them against this case. First,‘international’ factors, those related to the UN itself, such as its level of commitment to a mission, and the presence or absence of leadership by a major power, are considered. Second, ‘domestic’ factors are addressed, including the level of consent and cooperation of the warring parties and the existence of a military stalemate. In light of these findings it is asserted that peace-keeping can indeed be successful when certain necessary and sufficient conditions are met. In Croatia, success seems mostly dependent on the domestic factors. This supports the notion of a ‘ripeness’ point for resolution.
KW - Civil War
KW - Croatian intra-state conflict
KW - peace-keeping
KW - success of peace-keeping operations
KW - United Nations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34248049902&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0010836704047581
DO - 10.1177/0010836704047581
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248049902
VL - 39
SP - 393
EP - 415
JO - Cooperation and Conflict
JF - Cooperation and Conflict
SN - 0010-8367
IS - 4
ER -
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