Militarised peacekeeping: lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jenna Russo

Third World Quarterly, 2021, vol. 42, issue 12, 3070-3086

Abstract: The United Nations (UN) Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has undertaken a predominantly militarised approach to peacekeeping, in particular in its stabilisation and protection activities. While military operations have achieved some short-term gains there have been a number of drawbacks, including that they have closed the door on political solutions to the conflict, while undermining the perception of the UN’s impartiality, increasing risk to civilians, and drawing resources from non-military activities. Further, in spite of resources invested in military solutions, they have not been effective overall in consolidating peace. The purpose of this research is to examine the benefits and drawbacks of pursuing a predominantly militarised approach to peacekeeping, based on lessons learned in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/01436597.2021.1992272 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:42:y:2021:i:12:p:3070-3086

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/ctwq20

DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2021.1992272

Access Statistics for this article

Third World Quarterly is currently edited by Shahid Qadir

More articles in Third World Quarterly from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().