either case, to play its optimal role in the future of peacekeeping operations, the U.N. will have to face up to new demands … the United Kingdom), it is plausible that a truly collective effort by the U.N., even at higher costs in people and …

The study of peacekeeping from an economics perspective is a fairly recent phenomenon. This chapter surveys three … research areas pursued by economists in analyzing peacekeeping. The first research strand examines the theory and empirics of … peacekeeping financing and burden sharing, while the second strand focuses on the efficacy of third-party intervention in reducing …

peacekeeping operations from 1999 to 2009. Individual nations make their decision about where, when and how to send their military … peacekeeping may be universally accepted but a country decision to participate is also based on self-interest combined to the geo … international level peacekeeping contributions are driven by the security threat that a conflict poses and the number of displaced …

factors that influence the demand for peacekeeping missions, i.e., conflict situations that invite third-party interventions …, as well as the supply of peacekeeping, the ability and desire of states to intervene elsewhere through peacekeeping … missions. On the demand side, a framework is developed that synthesizes the main obstacles to peacekeeping intervention, in …

While the demand for UN peacekeeping operations increases, the production of these operations remains problematic. The … inherent characteristics of peacekeeping make it difficult to efficiently produce UN peace missions. Importantly, a country …'s participation in a UN peacekeeping operation is based on its national interests for that mission. The system of discretionary …

The article briefly reports on the funding of Canadian peacekeeping activities and outlines the shift toward … peacekeeping operations in Canadian defense activity and expenditure since 1989. It then analyzes equipment deployed or readied in … deployment possible are substantial and form a major hidden cost of peacekeeping that, in future, needs to be made explicit to …