Trends in the number and scope of peace operations since 2000 evidence heightened international appreciation for their value in crisis-response and regional stabilization. Peace Operations: Trends, Progress, and Prospects addresses national and institutional capacities to undertake such operations, by going beyond what is available in previously published literature.

Part one focuses on developments across regions and countries. It builds on data- gathering projects undertaken at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), and the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) that offer new information about national contributions to operations and about the organizations through which they make those contributions. The information provides the bases for arriving at unique insights about the characteristics of contributors and about the division of labor between the United Nations and other international entities.

Part two looks to trends and prospects within regions and nations. Unlike other studies that focus only on regions with well-established track records—specifically Europe and Africa—this book also looks to the other major areas of the world and poses two questions concerning them: If little or nothing has been done institutionally in a region, why not? What should be expected?

This groundbreaking volume will help policymakers and academics understand better the regional and national factors shaping the prospects for peace operations into the next decade.

Donald C. F. Daniel is a professor in the Security Studies Program and a fellow in the Center for Peace and Security Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Patricia Taft is a senior associate at The Fund for Peace.

Sharon Wiharta is a researcher in the Armed Conflict and Conflict Management Programme of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

"The world of peacekeeping is volatile, uncertain, and often just downright perplexing. This collection of excellently informed and refreshingly clear essays provides a sure-footed guide to this important but complex dimension of international security."

IntroductionDonald C.F. Daniel and Sharon Wiharta

Part I. Macro View: Across Regions and Nations

1. Trends from 1948-2005: How to View the Relation between the United Nations and Non-UN EntitiesBirger Heldt

2. Distinguishing Among Military ContributorsDonald C. F. Daniel, Katrin Heuel, and Benjamin Margo

3. Why So Few Troops from among So Many?Donald. C. F. Daniel

4. Preparing for the Worst: Military Requirements for Hazardous MissionsGary Anderson

5. Preparing Nations for Peace: Specialized Requirements for Complex MissionsPatricia Taft

Part II. Micro View: Within Regions and Nations

6. Africa: Building Institutions on the RunMark Malan

7. Europe: Looking Near and FarBastian Giegerich

8. Peace Support in the New Independent States: Different from the Rest?Alexander I. Nikitin and Mark A. Loucas

9. Latin America: Haiti and BeyondJohn T. Fishel

10. Rethinking Peace Operations in East Asia: Problems and ProspectsMely Caballero-Anthony

11. South Asia: Contributors of Global SignificanceDipankar Banerjee

12. The Greater Middle East: Problems of Priorities and AgendasPaul R. Pillar

ConclusionDonald C. F. Daniel

Notes

Contributors

Index