Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 05/2009

The Broader Horn:Peacekeeping in a Strategic Vacuum

A. Sarjoh Bah

March 2009

Center on International Cooperation

Abstract

The deployment of peacekeepers is increasingly becoming a reflex solution to crises, often in the absence of viable political agreements. The cluster of peace operations in the Broader Horn of Africa are disjointed even though the various conflicts in the region are inter-linked. Dr. Sarjoh Bah argues that weak commitment and slow implementation have hampered peacekeeping efforts across the region.