Journal article
Exploring the impact of UN peacekeeping operations on the external affairs of host states
- Abstract:
- Studies of United Nations peacekeeping operations (PKOs) typically give scant attention to an important aspect of host states’ development: their external affairs. This article identifies ways in which UN peacekeeping operations can shape the external affairs of host states, focusing on UN peacekeeping in the post-Cold War period. We present the findings of a quantitative content analysis of key UN peacekeeping documents to establish which aspects of host state external affairs have been of concern to the United Nations. We then provide a conceptual framework that maps three areas of external affairs in which PKOs are particularly influential: relationship-building; institution- and diplomatic capacity-building; and the shaping of policy in domains of external affairs. We identify three pathways through which PKOs shape the external affairs of host states: mandated roles, improvised actions, and unintended consequences. Drawing on documentary analysis and original interview data, we illustrate our conceptual framework through an exploration of the impact of peacekeeping on the external affairs of two countries that have hosted large-scale UN-led peacekeeping missions in recent decades: Timor-Leste (East Timor) and Liberia.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Authors
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- Journal:
- European Journal of International Relations More from this journal
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 644–670
- Publication date:
- 2024-05-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-03-04
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1460-3713
- ISSN:
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1354-0661
- Language:
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English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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1855343
- Local pid:
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pubs:1855343
- Deposit date:
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2024-03-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Caplan et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version will be available online from a forthcoming edition of European Journal of International Relations.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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