International Peace-Keeping Forces: Economics and Politics

Kenneth Arrow

Chapter 9 in The Economics of International Security, 1994, pp 81-86 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract From 1948 until the present, the UN has engaged in 26 peace-keeping operations. The total cost over that period has been about $8.3 billion (current). In 1992 there were 12 operations under way, for an annual cost of about $2.6 billion.1 This is less than 1 per cent of US military expenditure and probably less than 0.2 per cent of world military expenditure, so it is a trivial fraction of world income. Nevertheless, raising the finances for this operation is not entirely a trivial matter; uncollected contributions from member states equal more than $735 million.

Keywords: Security Council; Armed Conflict; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Military Expenditure; Tactical Level (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-23695-4_9

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