Offensive Use of Force in Peace Operations: The Force Intervention Brigade

Menent Savas Cazala

European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies Articles, 2016, vol. 2

Abstract: This study focuses on the establishment of the force intervention brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as an offensive armed force into the equation of peacekeeping and on the paradox related to legal, military and political issues. Introducing an overtly offensive combat force will confront controversial implications for UN peacekeeping’s basic principles regarding the use of force, consent of the host country and impartiality. The intervention brigade changed unprecedentedly the boundaries of peacekeeping while creating an environment of hesitation and reluctance in spite of successful actions and its renewed mandate since 2013.

Keywords: intervention brigade; UN; peacekeeping; peace enforcement; use of force; intervention. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.26417/ejis.v4i2.p116-123

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