CIAO DATE: 05/2009
March 2009
Center on International Cooperation
This essay by William J. Durch, with Madeline L. England traces the evolution and adaptation of peace operations, first to the Cold War and then to the post-Cold War environment, and more recently to a new post 9/11 era in which the ever-expanding purposes of peace operations is blurring the line between peacekeeping and war-fighting.
Resource link: The Purposes of Peace Operations [PDF] - 129K