A rapid reaction capability for the United Nations: past failures and future possibilities
| dc.contributor.author | Lieverse, Amanda D. | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Buteux, Paul (Political Studies) Byrne, Sean (Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice) | en |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Fergusson, Jim (Political Studies) | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-06-22T14:23:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-06-22T14:23:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-06-22T14:23:42Z | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Political Studies | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The post-Cold War era saw the extraordinary expansion of UN activity in the maintenance of global peace and security. Such a rapid expansion led to organizational over-stretch and failure and many in the international community began searching for ways to improve UN peacekeeping by reducing deployment time. In the mid-1990s, the Dutch, Canadian and Danish governments released proposals for a UN rapid reaction capability. Unfortunately, of the three proposals only the Danish proposed Stand-by High Readiness Brigade (SHIRBRIG) was implemented. The lack of movement toward UN rapid reaction is due to a number of factors, namely the loss of post-Cold War idealism, a disconnection with the political reality of the time and cost concerns. More fundamentally, rapid reaction posed a threat to state primacy. | en |
| dc.description.note | October 2006 | en |
| dc.format.extent | 494172 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/254 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | United Nations | en |
| dc.subject | Rapid reaction | en |
| dc.subject | Post-Cold War peacekeeping | en |
| dc.subject | Regional Organizations | en |
| dc.subject | Private Security Companies | en |
| dc.subject | American foreign policy | en |
| dc.title | A rapid reaction capability for the United Nations: past failures and future possibilities | en |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |