UN Robust Peacekeeping, 2014 Civilian Protection in Violent Civil Wars

This book examines the emergent conviction that UN robust peacekeeping works better than UN traditional peacekeeping in reducing civilian killings within contemporary post-cold war violent civil wars. In an unprecedented study, Nsia-Pepra has systematically and empirically documented the relationship between robust peacekeeping and civilian killings in violent civil wars using both statistical and case study models. His research, engagingly expounded upon in UN Robust Peacekeeping, indicates that robust peacekeeping works better than traditional peacekeeping in lowering civilian killings by spoilers in violent civil wars. His book also presents the concept of a formidable barrier model of robust peacekeeping success using the game theoretical model. It makes policy recommendations to enhance the UN's capacity to protect civilians from human rights violations, including a unified, coherent doctrinal definition for robust peacekeeping, an operational doctrine on the use of force, and improved UN intelligence capacity. Nsia-Pepra also suggests employing the GA 1950 Uniting for Peace Resolution as well as robust mandates, common training doctrine, pre-deployment training, improved UN intelligence capacity, major power participation, implementation of R2P and US objective global leadership.

Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgements Preface List of Tables List of Figures Chapters 1. Introduction 2. Peacekeeping and Human Rights Protection 3. Robust Peacekeeping and Civilian Protection 4. Data and Methodology 5. Statistical Analysis of Robust Peacekeeping and Civilian Protection in Civil Wars 6. Case Studies: Testing the Formidable Barrier Model of Robust Peacekeeping 7. The Politics of Civilian Protection- The Case of Darfur 8. Moving Forward: UN Robust Peacekeeping and Civilian Protection in Civil Wars Appendices Bibliography Index

Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio Northern University