Determinants of Success in UN Peacekeeping Operations

Download or read book Determinants of Success in UN Peacekeeping Operations written by Jacques L. Koko and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines forty-six UN peacekeeping operations, initiated from 1956 through 2006 to manage cases of intrastate and interstate conflicts, to identify the most significant factors that could help to explain the success or lack of success of such operations. Factor analysis is used to exploit the correlations between independent variables in order to regroup them into a smaller set of factors explaining the success or failure of these operations. The results show that the success of a UN peacekeeping operation can be explained by factors that are related to four categories of variables: i) the scope of resources invested in peacekeeping; ii) the duration and intensity of conflict and time of preparation for peacekeeping intervention; iii) the political support for peacekeeping from the UN Security Council; and iv) the type of conflict.