Peace Support Operations: Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives

by Spillmann, Kurt R.; Bernauer, Thomas; Gabriel, Jurg Martin; Wenger, Andreas

• ISBN13: 9780820456461
• ISBN10: 0820456462
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	11	(6)
Preface	17	(2)
General Introduction	19	(14)
PART I ACADEMIC VIEWS: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS OF PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS	33	(102)
United Nations Peace Operations: The Brahimi Report in Context	35	(20)
Mats Berdal
Introduction: The Debate on the Role of the UN in Modern International Relations	35	(3)
What is ``Traditional'' about ``Traditional'' UN Peacekeeping?	38	(2)
The Nature of Change in UN Field Operations	40	(6)
The Brahimi Report and the Problem of UN Reform	46	(6)
Conclusion: A More Effective Service Agency for the ``International Community''	52	(3)
The Development of Peacekeeping Forces	55	(20)
John Mackinlay
Introduction	55	(2)
The Traditional Peacekeeping Model	57	(6)
The New Conflict Environment	63	(5)
The International Response	68	(3)
Conclusion: Conceptualizing Complex Humanitarian Emergencies	71	(4)
UN, OSCE and NATO: International Division of Labor in Peace Support Operations	75	(34)
Wolfgang Biermann
Introduction	75	(1)
Division of Labor in European Conflict Management in the 1990s	76	(3)
The Conceptual Challenge: Early De-Escalation of Conflict	79	(5)
The Division of Labor between NATO and UN during the Experimental Phase of UNPROFOR	84	(4)
Survey: Lessons Learned by Practitioners from an Unusual Division of Labor during UNPROFOR	88	(4)
The UN in Former Yugoslavia: Forgotten Successes	92	(5)
Conclusion	97	(12)
Civil-Military Relations in International Peace Operations	109	(26)
Michael Pugh
Introduction	109	(3)
State-Centrism and Modern Conflict	112	(5)
Nationals, Internationals and Transnationals	117	(4)
Civilian Sector in Flux	121	(6)
Institutionalization of Civil-Military Cooperation	127	(3)
Conclusion: The Cosmopolian Distance	130	(5)
PART II PRACTICIONERS' VIEWS: LESSONS LEARNED IN THE BALKANS	135	(62)
A First-Hand Perspective from Kosovo	137	(10)
Bernard Kouchner
Introduction	137	(1)
Civil-Military Cooperation	138	(1)
Institution-Building in Kosovo	139	(6)
Conclusion	145	(2)
Lessons Learned as Commander KFOR in Kosovo	147	(10)
Klaus Reinhardt
Introduction	147	(1)
Military Command and Politics	147	(3)
KFOR's Assignment	150	(2)
Lessons from the Operation	152	(2)
Conclusion	154	(3)
Humanitarian Aspects of International Peace Support Operations: The Experience of the International Committee of the Red Cross	157	(16)
Jakob Kellenberger
Introduction	157	(1)
The Nature of Conflict in the Post-Cold War Era	158	(1)
The International Community's Response	159	(1)
The Balkan Wars and Conflict Management	160	(4)
The Militarization of Aid	164	(3)
The Development of Peace Support Operations and Lessons Learned by the ICRC	167	(3)
Conclusion	170	(3)
International Stabilization and Peace Support: What the European Union Can Contribute	173	(8)
Leonidas A. Evangelidis
Introduction	173	(1)
The EU's Future Role in International Crisis Management	173	(3)
The Need for Close International Cooperation in Peace-Building	176	(2)
NATO and the EU: an essential Partnership	178	(1)
Conclusion	179	(2)
Peace Support Operations in the Balkans: The NATO Experience	181	(16)
James Appathurai
Introduction	181	(2)
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Forcing NATO Out of Its Shell	183	(7)
Kosovo: Learning the Lessons of Bosnia-Herzegovina	190	(2)
Kosovo and NATO's Internal Transformation	192	(4)
Conclusion	196	(1)
PART III NATIONAL VIEWS: THE EXPERIENCES OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES WITH PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS	197	(36)
Recent Experience with Peace Support Operations: Austria's View	199	(14)
Gunther Greindl
Introduction	199	(1)
Austrian Participation in Peace Support Operations	199	(2)
A New Environment for Peackeeping	201	(5)
Some Specific Lessons Learned in Recent Operations	206	(4)
Conclusion	210	(3)
Experience as a Newcomer: Switzerland's Contribution to International Peace Support Operations	213	(10)
Bruno Lezzi
Introduction	213	(1)
Switzerland's Involvement in International Peace Efforts	214	(4)
The Partial Revision of the Swiss Military Law: Armed Participation in Peace Support Operations	218	(3)
Conclusion	221	(2)
Training Soldiers for Peace Support Operations: New Training Requirements and Switzerland's Approach	223	(10)
Bruno Rosli
Introduction	223	(1)
Traditional Military Skills	224	(1)
Peace Support Operations Requirements	225	(2)
The Swiss Approach	227	(3)
Conclusion	230	(3)
Selected Bibliography	233	(12)
About the Authors	245	(4)
Agenda of the Conference	249