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- Title
Redefining Post-Conflict Peacekeeping Success in Regional and International Missions.
- Authors
Bruens, Alexander; Miranda, Mirella
- Abstract
The scholarly literature on post-conflict intervention focuses primarily on negative peace as a goal. In the post-conflict environment, however, many states ignore or are incapable of providing more practical externalities of peace or civilian access to basic needs. Post-conflict mediation with provisions that provide civilians access to basic needs are more likely to create a positive and durable peace. The authors conceptualize post-conflict success as a measure of civilian access to food, clean water, healthcare and electricity. Access to these needs is restricted or completely unavailable following many civil wars. The authors test our argument using quantitative analysis. The authors argue that this is because regional mediators and states have a shared cultural background and history, similar experiences and geographical connections between them, which facilitates vested interest. Our results are mixed, but at the least suggest further research is necessary. This research will hopefully compel third-party actors to give equal emphasis to reestablishing civilian access to basic needs, rather than simply focusing on a negative peace following civil war.
- Subjects
PEACEKEEPING forces; POSTWAR reconstruction; CONFLICT management; TERMINATION of war; INTERNATIONAL conflict; INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
Florida Political Chronicle, 2018, Vol 26, Issue 1, p68
- ISSN
1549-1323
- Publication type
Article